Sunrise On Mercury | Slice of Science

The thought of a never ending sunset sure sounds dreamy, doesn't it? Well, thanks to the rotation and gravity Mercury has going on that fantasy can become a reality. Learn more about what why you can chase a sunset forever on Mercury.

0:00​​ - Mercury's Rotation
0:24​​ - Mercury's Gravity
0:32​ - Mercury's Location & Temperature
1:10​ - Living In The Moment

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[EmonEconomist]

I feel bad about your experience with proctologist waiting rooms. Whenever I have to get a colonoscopy I'm cracking all kinds of shitty jokes.

Who does the graphics for these videos? That sunset at the start was *chef's kiss* - almost as good as the sunsets in Canberra!

Also, I presume if you walk somewhere other than the equator, you could walk much more slowly and still keep up with Mercury's rotation. The biggest challenge would be getting to and from the desired latitude without getting fried, right?

[forcyland]

sun rising higher: panik
standing on twilight: kalm

[ophadamia]

Please put a thick 1 billion pascal atmosphere on Damu and make it green. Also put it into about 1200 degrees Celsius.

[dragoddas]

I have done hundreds of Mercury attempts in TerraGenesis but I can never seem to fully build a bio sphere I had a message that the planet was liveable without any equipment or protection so I assumed I didn’t need habitats anymore and my population went from 40, 000 to 0 my economy crashed I had to demolish my plant and animal nurseries and the bio sphere collapsed