Posted on 06/13/2012 2:40:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Waiting years and traveling kilometers -- all to get a shot like this. And even with all of this planning, a good bit of luck was helpful. As the Sun rose over the Baltic Sea last Wednesday as seen from Fehmarn Island in northern Germany, photographer Jens Hackmann was ready for the very unusual black dot of Venus to appear superimposed. Less expected were the textures of clouds and haze that would tint different levels of the Sun various shades of red. And possibly the luckiest gift of all was a flicker of a rare green flash at the very top of the Sun. The above image is, of course, just one of many spectacular pictures taken last week of the last transit of the planet Venus across the face of the Sun for the next 105 years.
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Probably distortions from our atmosphere.
Ya' wanna' share some rhubarb?
;)
Hey, yours too. Thanks for your service. Now, about that rhubarb. Only if it’s blended in some sort of adult beverage of which I partook several thereof ....
Yep, 'bout the same size. Got my facts a bit off so I guess I'll go stand in the corner for a while.
Think I'll go swallow some rhubarb or sumptin
Are you able to see the ISS at night?
I’m not sure if I have seen it.
Put the dunce cap on,too. ;)
(Just kidding).
I thought it was ‘Good stuff,Maynard’.
Is that cereal any good?
Nope, I deserved it.
Don’t worry. Sometimes I feel like I should be standing in the corner.
Now that I think about it I’m thinking camera movement - probably photographer was on a boat that was moving up and down - the circles seem on top of each other.
Here's one where the Transit and solar eclipse occurred at the same time!
The big uns are Jupiter (natch), Saturn, and of course Uranus (couldn’t resist that one, could I?).
It’s pronounced “U-Ranus” not “Ur-anus” or U-rinus” as PBS TV was saying so they wouldn’t mis-prounce the “anus” word accidentally.
Stop telling me about Uranus.
Okay, no more deep space thinking. LOL
That’s one heck of a shot! Thanks for sharing it, eh?
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