The Transit of Venus was reminder of what a tiny speck of rock we live upon. A third of the way closer to the Sun than we are, our sister speck is only slightly smaller than the Earth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9rM8ChTjY
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This wondrous once in a life-time event took place yesterday.
On June 5 2012, SDO collected images of the rarest predictable solar event--the transit of Venus across the face of the sun.
I really love that this film exists and that someone found it and shared it. Just beautiful and also a little intense looking at all that heat beyond comprehension of the sun boiling away like so many storms. Wow. (I'm an articulate blogger today huh?) Rarity and impermanence. Enjoy.
