Transit of Venus

[Bill Caulfeild-Browne]

A couple from a few hours ago....both with a77, neutral density, 70-400 with 1.4X converter. The second one is distorted through the atmosphere so Venus doesn't look like a sphere.

Not actually all that exciting but even my grandchildren will probably have passed on before this happens again!

Bill

 

[Jim DE]

Nice Bill.... I was asked if I was going to take a photo of that but I just did not want to risk my sensor.

 

[bensonga]

Nice images Bill. I saw it thru my own eyes briefly this afternoon (thanks to a fellow employee who had set up his binos and telescope with a solar filter).

Great to experience this historic event, knowing just a little about the significance of the Venus transit in the history of astronomy.

There are very few people alive today who will see this event 105 years from now.

Gary

 

[tsjanik]

Love the 2nd shot Bill. Here's my version taken a few miles south, just as the sun set on Lake Erie (K-5, 67 500mm f/5.6 @ f/32, 2x extender):


_IGP8365 by tsjanik47, on Flickr

 

[ken_vs_ryu]

these are great.

 

[Gbealnz]

Yep, spectacular event.
I grabbed a few, and have posted one in the Fuji forum.
Gary

 

[mazor]

wow amazing pics!!! pity we got a snow storm here, so no transit of venus for us

 

[monza]

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