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Transit of Venus - June 2012
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First Contact plus 1 hour, 11 minutes5 viewsVenus plods its way along the top of the Sun's disk. (Not a mistake - these pictures are 180 degrees reversed from the visual view.)
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First Contact plus 2 hours3 views
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First contact plus 4-1/2 hours - White Light View6 viewsFor the last act I switched to a mylar white-light filter, just for a change of pace.
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First Contact plus 4-1/2 hours - a different take4 viewsSlower camera settings produced a dimmer Sun.
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It's almost over2 viewsThe Sun is obscured by a bush as it nears the horizon.
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Going, going...2 viewsWe didn't get to see the end of the transit because it occurred after sunset in our location.
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Sunset, 7:57 PM3 viewsThe unfiltered setting Sun.
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