Word of the day: MERCURY

Keeping on with tradition, the 3rd movement of Gustav Holst's "The Planets".

Gustav Holst - "Mercury: the winged messenger"

Images of the planet Mercury and its surface:

And Mercury portrayed by the great Masters of the past:

"Mercury and Argus" by Rubens

"Allegory of Spring" by Botticelli

"Jupiter and Mercury" byJohann Carl Loth

"Mercury piping to Argus" byJohann Carl Loth

"Mercury and Argus" by Velazquez