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Transit of Venus (June 6, 2012)

author: B.A.Tafreshi/Novapix

reference: a-cnj11-00071

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 44 cm

Planet Venus is appearing as a black dot against the disc of the sun during the 6 June 2012 transit of Venus as photographed from northern Norway during the midnight sun. At the imaging latitude of 69 degrees north the sun never set in June. The never-ending days of the season is highlighted by midnight sun which glides close to the northern horizon but always above it. Few sunspots are also recorded as smaller pale dots. The rare celestial phenomena happens only twice in each century and the 2012 transit was the last of our time. The next Venus Transit happens in the year 2117.

Keywords for this photo:

2012 - ASTRONOMY - HORIZON - MIDNIGHT SUN - NORWAY - PLANET - STAR - SUN - TRANSIT - VENUS -