Dear Jan,
Wilson thought I was making an art picture - objects arranged in a bizarre still life.
In actuality, I was making science. Behold, the Transit of Venus.
Love,
Ellen
P.S. Now with Bonus Sunspots!
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June 5th, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Oh that is so cool! Thanks for sharing the photo — was it visible around the world (e.g., the Western Pacific?)
June 5th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
WOW! Cool! I went outside with eclipse glasses but just couldn’t see a thing.
June 6th, 2012 at 5:24 am
YAY!
It was rainy here, so Venus transited unseen.
I’m SO glad to have a chance to see her this morning!!!
love, Cricket
June 6th, 2012 at 6:28 am
That is so cool! Well done.
June 6th, 2012 at 7:50 am
I wasn’t that creative - we watched some of it on NASA TV
June 6th, 2012 at 8:59 am
Oh cool! We were talking about doing just that, but didn’t have a clear shot of the sun (it’s been raining ever since we got here…we apparently got lucky with that first day). Now I can say I’ve actually seen Venus in transit!
June 8th, 2012 at 6:02 am
Awesome! When do the Ginsu knives arrive?
June 9th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Was that not the COOLEST thing ever? We headed up to a local hill with the huge binoculars swathed in special sun-viewing film, and got a great view (sunspots and all). And all I could think was, that tiny dot is a PLANET. And it’s the size of the EARTH. And it’s two times closer to the earth than it is to the sun. Dude. The sun is unutterably HUGE. I don’t think I’d ever quite gotten such a gut feeling of the distances between these bodies, nor that we live close to a STAR. Amazing.