It is a fine time to be at a space center. Today Venus appeared as a small dark dot crossing the sun's face for the last time in this century. The next Transit to occur will be in 2117. The space center had about 8 telescopes set up for viewing the Transit that were open to the campers and the public. It took a bit to get some decent shots, shooting through the telescope eyepiece, but below you can see the action.
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| Venus at the 1 o'clock mark |
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| Venus at the 8 o'clock mark |
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| Looking through one of eight telescopes set up for viewing. This is the telescope that produced the first image with the sun looking white. |
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| Soren wearing the solar viewer glasses |
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