Today I witnessed an incredible event that will not occur again in my lifetime--the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. The next time this rare astronomical event will occur is 2117.
Venus was a small dot barely visible to the naked eye (through a welder's helmet) as it made a transit across the face of the sun. Venus started in the upper left and made a transit to the middle right (as viewed from Bettles, Alaska).
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| Venus is the small black dot on the very right edge of the sun |
The last time this phenomenon occurred was in 2004--eight years ago. The transit of Venus occurs in pairs eight years apart that are separated by either 105.5 years or 121.5 years.
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