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No mistaking where to look. Venus Transit.

Photo of the Day: No mistaking where to look. Venus Transit. 2004.
All other photos from this day:
Hummingbird.
2024		 Cinnamon-colored black bear yearling on trailcam, Custer National Forest.
2024		 Black bear yearling with mama in the background, trailcam, Custer National Forest.
2024		 Deer raids the bird feeder.
2023		 Wildflowers, Montana.
2023		 Lilacs, Mackinac Island.
2015
Deer on trail camera, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.
2013		 United Nations, New York City.
2010		 I didn't quite get the so-called teardrop effect, but this is near the end of the transit. I'll try again in 2012.
2004		 At this magnification the rotation of the earth quickly carried the planet and sun out of the telescopes's field of view. That's why the image is slightly motion-blurred. Only three large bodies come between the Sun and the Earth: Venus, the Moon (as seen from Iceland last year) and Mercury. The next Mercury transit is in 2006. It will be a much smaller dot than either Venus or (certainly) the Moon. Digiscoped with Canon S330 camera and Meade ETX 125 telescope, June 2004.
2004

 

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