Monday 18 June 2012

Transit Of Venus Special #3: More videos and pictures

Just a preamble...
If you'd like to help find exoplanets (stars orbiting other suns) then there's a project welcoming volunteers:
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-amateur-scientists-niche-planets.html
http://www.planethunters.org/

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The first two transit posts:



And now for the Venus transit videos...

The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory's High Definition View of the 2012 Venus Transit
http://youtu.be/WIaYsBlvUmA

Venus in Transit 2012 fast; from kayaksurfer25
http://youtu.be/QyOXGtIW3eI

Transit of Venus from Brisbane, Australia.
http://youtu.be/IfJS-RwJ0hU


A Venus Transit picture over the Baltic Sea
See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download
 the highest resolution version available.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120613.html

Venus Transits the Midnight Sun 
See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download
 the highest resolution version available.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120620.html


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It's been a long time coming, but here's Thunderf00t's view of the transit, from Mauna Kea, Hawaii, in Lyman alpha emission and visible light, overlaid:


http://youtu.be/FZMZAls6Wg8
 

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