Maine Views Mercury Crossing the Sun [LIVE VIDEO]

Something happening today that only happens 13 times every century. The planet Mercury is crossing in front of the Sun. The transit will happens until 2:42 this afternoon. Luckily for us, Maine is one of the places on Earth with a good view of this rare celestial event. But be careful because you don't want to look directly at the Sun or even look or take pictures with your smartphone. If you do want to watch using a telescope or binoculars, use a solar filter. For the 99.9% of us that don't have a solar filter lying around, you can just watch one of our live streams.

Some people are completely freaking out about Mercury's crossing the Sun today. They think it might mean the end of the world. OK then....