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Old 06-05-2012, 11:58 PM
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Default Venus transit in in front of the sun. Visible now.
It won't happen again in over 100 years. Go watch it live at NASA.

http://venustransit.nasa.gov/transitofvenus/







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Old 06-06-2012, 12:24 AM
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Old 06-06-2012, 12:37 AM
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Cool. I hope to see it myself in the morning when the sun comes up here. I'm pretty sure it will be too cloudy though
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Old 06-06-2012, 01:26 AM
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A cool shot: Look how small Venus is compared with that boiling sun.

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Old 06-06-2012, 07:37 AM
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a cool clip of the whole transit.
http://venustransit.gsfc.nasa.gov/as...s_193Track.mp4
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Old 06-06-2012, 07:57 AM
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Is it a mole? Is is a wound??
NO it's Venus!

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Old 06-06-2012, 11:08 AM
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I always thought Venus was bigger, I didnt know it could fit in the palm of your hand!
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