Transit of Venus

[private parts]

The strange thing was how close Venus looks to the sun in a lot of the pictures when it is 67 million miles away from it.

This will give some perspective on planetary distance.

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[katina]

This will give some perspective on planetary distance.

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Wow!!! Very illustrative, thanks.

I had an off topic question.....The background music is Sergio Leone????

[katina]

[katina]

Sorry, I don´t know why the photo is so big, the entire Transit of Venus.
You will need sunglasses......

[ashstralia]

ok here's my pic for posterity..