It is wonderful to see that Mercury is far brighter when it moves from right to left and behind the Sun due to the fact that its fully illuminated face is seen from the slower moving Earth whereas its dark side appears to us as it moves in front of the Sun and from left to right showing a less dazzling view -

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data...current_c3.gif

In an inspirational atmosphere it is easy to forget that people act with less than kindness and goodness knows the world needs something that reminds us that people need more understanding of their solar system surroundings using instruments like the one above to explain and express just how lively our celestial neighbourhood is.