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More Venus Crossing the Sun

This is a followup to my previous post Venus Crossing the Sun Photos.

We started watching the Astronomy Picture of the Day website about 4:20, and went back, refreshing the screen, every 15 minutes or so. I didn't get to see the end of the crossing because at midnight a new picture was posted on that site.

While I was watching it, I marveled at our technology that lets us see a solar event like this without burning our eyes out.

The very beginning:

This is the last one I got:

posted on June 8, 2012 12:30 PM ()

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You did well!!

comment by elderjane on June 11, 2012 1:46 PM ()

And my thoughts are "How do we know they are real?"

comment by greatmartin on June 8, 2012 2:55 PM ()

Oh! Mr. Conspiracy Theory! What a great thought. I'm going to make a tinfoil hat right now so my thoughts will stay private.

reply by troutbend on June 9, 2012 7:52 PM ()

Those dots surrounded by orange are sun spots.

comment by traveltales on June 8, 2012 12:31 PM ()

I was going to make a comment about people who eat spaghetti while looking at photos.....
These pics are so amazing!

reply by nittineedles on June 8, 2012 1:48 PM ()

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