Transit of Mercury 2016: your photos and stories

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Mercury’s journey across the face of the sun, as captured by our GuardianWitness contributors

Our readers have been sharing their images of the transit of Mercury, as chronicled by our comprehensive live blog.

After a fairly pessimistic weather forecast (for the UK, at least) the rain stayed away long enough for you to capture some stunning images of this unusual astronomical event.

Here are a few of our favourite reader contributions. You can see the full collection on GuardianWitness.

The set-up

First contact (see the dot at the very top of the image)

The view from south London

A failed attempt

Mercury making good progress

The view from India

Smartphone attempts (via solar telescopes!)

Arrows: helpful

Thanks to everyone who took part

Contributors

James Walsh and Guardian readers

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