Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Venus: a transit across the sun

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Image: Venus transits the sun



An extreme ultraviolet picture of the sun from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the planet Venus in transit, as well as dramatic swirls of solar activity.




Venus can be seen at top right, beginning to cross the face of the sun, in a picture of the transit taken from Manhattan's West Side.



This is an exciting event!  The next time Venus will pass in front of the sun will be in 2117.  I will be searching the web for more great pictures and video feed!


Blessings,

     Ellen

9 comments:

  1. Magnificent photos! Thanks for sharing! :-)

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  2. Love the pics! Hugs and blessings, Cindy

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  3. Cool pics. New follower from Happy hour hop. Love for you to follow back when you get a chance. Hosting a facebook hop. Love to have you ;)

    http://naptimeshopper.blogspot.com

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  4. Hey there! I found you via the blog hop and just added myself to your followers! Maybe you could follow back? :) Also make sure and check out a huge Steve Madden giveaway I'm having right now!!
    Hope to see you there! And thanks so much lady!
    Emily

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  5. What fantastic shots! I'll have to share this with my son; he'll love it!

    Stopping by from Hop Along Friday and glad to have found you!

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  6. these are amazing. Thank you for sharing them.

    Aloha,
    Following ya from the hop. We're riding the wave of life at localsugarhawaii.com and I'd love it if you'd join us for the ride. Ooh, and also, we're sharing aloha here there and everywhere with our ALOHA Friday HOP. I'd love it if you'd join us and other bloggers could discover your beautiful post.

    xo,
    Nicole
    localsugarhawaii.com

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  7. Amazing creation of God, great pictures, breathtaking, just leaves me in awe of God!
    Have a great weekend!
    New follower from the hop.
    TESHUVA-http://www.ugochi-jolomi.com/

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