NASA image captured June 5, 2012.
On June 5-6 2012, SDO is collecting images of one of the rarest predictable solar events: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. This event happens in pairs eight years apart that are separated from each other by 105 or 121 years. The last transit was in 2004 and the next will not happen until 2117.
Credit: NASA/SDO, AIA
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OnceAndFutureLaura 12 months ago | reply
wow.
dodagp 12 months ago | reply
Great series !!!!!!
All of them so spectacular and awe-provoking !!!!
Micro43 12 months ago | reply
So amazing!