NASA image captured June 5-6, 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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Katzi! 13 months ago | reply
Absolutely stunning imagery!
Katrin Ray 13 months ago | reply
Amazing!
Àzìz 13 months ago | reply
wôôw Superrr
rjccski 13 months ago | reply
Awesome image!
RuloCIMA 13 months ago | reply
Que más puedo decir!
StephenPate 13 months ago | reply
OK so they have better gear :)
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Colibrí 13 months ago | reply
Wowwwwwwww!
Fort Photo 13 months ago | reply
Amazing stuff, glad some of my tax dollars go to NASA!
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Seen on your photo stream. (?)
loupiote (Old Skool) pro 13 months ago | reply
the black dots were added with photoshop. the real path of venus in front of the sun was curved shaped, not straight like shown here. this is a poor simulated image :(
AnthonyGR 13 months ago | reply
loupiote (Old Skool) pro 13 months ago | reply
www.sunaeon.com/venustransit/
you can select your location on earth to see the apparent trajectory of venus, which changes depending on your position, but is always curve. it even looked like a loop from venezuela.
also, i saw the transit, and i can tell that venus entered at about 12-oclock (i am talking about the position on the sun disk, not the time), then it moved downwards, then curved to the right, and exited at about 4-oclock (again, i am talking about the position on the sun disk, not the time)
this trajectory that i saw is exactly the same as indicated by the simulator (for location = san francisco). and i cannot find a single location on earth where the apparent trajectory is linear.
i know that the sun rotates, but the rotation of the sun takes about 25 days, and the rotation of the sun have also absolutely no effect whatsoever on the apparent trajectory of venus over the sun.
i am not bashing NASA, i am pointing out something that all astronomers could notice. this image is a (poorely done) simulation).
Phil Benton Photography. 13 months ago | reply
Amazing!!!!!!
rhanelt 13 months ago | reply
Amazing.
historyox 12 months ago | reply
令人印象深刻。
eagle1effi 12 months ago | reply
artistic work
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Severin K 12 months ago | reply
on Earth.
SUPERBIA2013 12 months ago | reply
:-))))))