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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

NASA Ultra-high Definition Time-Lapse of 2012 Venus Transit

On June 5 2012, SDO ( Solar Dynamics Observatory) collected images of the rarest predictable solar event--the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. This event happens in pairs eight years apart that are separated from each other by 105 or 121 years. The last transit was in 2004 and the next will not happen until 2117.



“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.” 
Carl Sagan



This video is public domain and can be downloaded at:http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010900/a010996/index.html

2 comments:

  1. sometimes, i really envy those nasa guys. they have some of the best toys around. i really love how they actually showed the whole thing in different spectrum. makes it all the more interesting.

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  2. sometimes, i really envy those nasa guys. they have some of the best toys around. i really love how they actually showed the whole thing in different spectrum. makes it all the more interesting.

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