The transit started before sunrise in California, but I thought I’d try to get a picture before heading to work.
My first shot overexposed the sun, but is kind of neat anyway. It’s wisteria below and our tree off to the right.
I took a few other shots and realized my lens has a number of spots that need to be cleaned. I thought they were mercury, but across several shots determined they were moving with the lens and not across the sun.
Looking closer I believe I did manage to get Mercury, smaller than my dirt spots. I believe the spot just above dead-center of the sun is Mercury:
