Transit of Venus

[ziparumpazoo]

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[supplyship]

OMG, you are THE BEST! That is sooooooooo cool. Thank you, thank you!!

[ziparumpazoo]

Well I would have completely missed it if you hadn't reminded me. :)

[abyssinia4077]

I saw it! My college sent me sun-viewing glasses (yay being an alum of a dork school) and I got out of my exercise class and the sun was clear of the clouds and I put on the glasses and.....VENUS! And it looked just like your awesome photo, only more yellow-orange.

VENUS!

[ziparumpazoo]

My college sent me sun-viewing glasses

\o/

I barely remember watching a solar eclipse in '79 here - my dad brought welder's goggles home from school (where he was a physics teacher at the time) at lunch time and we stood outside and watched, so I picked up welding glass on a whim a while back to have 'just in case'.I was surprised how well this turned out. Going to go out again in another hour when the sun's almost setting, and then color-correct against the filter.

[a_loquita]

Oh that's so cool!!

[ziparumpazoo]

Lucky break that I never throw things out and happened to have welding glass kicking around. ;)
I just added a couple more I took as the sun was setting.

[crazedturkey]

That is AWESOME.

[ziparumpazoo]

It definitely was. The last few astronomical events it's either been cloudy, or way too cold to stand outside for any length of time (-35C), so this was a treat.

[gunhilda]

Awesome! I was hoping to catch a glimpse at sunset, but it was cloudy. I had to content myself with watching it online. Not quite the same.

[ziparumpazoo]

It's too bad, you probably would have had an excellent view from where you are otherwise.