Second Contact

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 5, 2012362 views11 comments

Venus as it makes Second Contact as it full enters into the sun's disk, just about 30 minutes ago.

Pretty awesome figuring that that next time this happens, not a single person alive on the earth today will be alive to see it again!

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11 comments

Comment posted by Robert Dayton on June 5, 2012 at 7:21 PM

Awesome and wow, Youssef!

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on June 5, 2012 at 7:26 PM

Fantastic. Couldn't see it in person so thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Jean Day on June 5, 2012 at 8:08 PM

Really amazing to think of the rarity of this event. Nice capture.

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on June 5, 2012 at 8:16 PM

Let me also thank you for sharing it with us all! 'Tis a sad thought that I never did or will see it in person

. Didn't have time to figure out where to get glasses or filters to view it.

Nice capture. I'd consider getting rid of the dust spot to the top of the sun.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on June 5, 2012 at 9:07 PM

Amazing...

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on June 5, 2012 at 10:13 PM

Cool! I watched this through a crude pinhole camera that I threw together last minute, perhaps not the best way to view it but it was fun!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 5, 2012 at 10:46 PM

That is very cool!!

But it isn't the moon. Are you really Youssef? What did you do with Youssef and why are you posting under his name??

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on June 6, 2012 at 9:26 AM

Neat to see this if only in a picture. Interesting how it occurs in pairs at very predictable intervals.

not a single person alive on the earth today will be alive to see it again!

I'm reading that the next opportunity to see it will be December 2117. 2117-2012=105. Almost certainly some of the babies and toddlers and young children alive today will be around in 2117, thousands or maybe even millions. Whether any of them saw this transit and will see it "again" is debatable, but seeing it twice in one human life is now certainly within the realm of possibility.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on June 6, 2012 at 12:26 PM

Fascinating! Thanks for sharing this moment with us.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 6, 2012 at 1:58 PM

Youssef,

What a wonderful and historical moment. Great job capturing this and thanks for bringing your passion and knowledge of the heavens to us.

Lon

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on June 7, 2012 at 12:51 AM

Very cool! Thanks for sharing this rare event!

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