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2004 Venus Transit In Pictures

Posted by timothy on from the just-like-lady-godiva dept.

oneiros27 writes "For those astronomy fans out there -- pictures are starting to come in from the 2004 Venus Transit (where Venus passes in front of the sun). Times of the transit will vary by city, but make sure you use safe techniques for viewing the sun if you want to look for yourself." Anonymous Coward writes "Check out the transit of Venus webcast from Australia. It starts at 4.50 UTC on June 8." Update: 06/07 04:03 GMT by T : Linked webcast link updated to a URL projected to better handle the load, thanks to reader Tom Minchin.

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  1. OH DEAR GOD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'M BLIND!!!!

    I tried to look at Venus, and I burned out my eyes! Damn you Slashdot, damn you Sun! (The Sun, not Sun the Java people!)

    1. Re:OH DEAR GOD by pilot1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      He typed, of course.
      Any good geek can launch Firefox, navigate to Slashdot, find a story, and post a comment without looking at the screen.

    2. Re:OH DEAR GOD by Boglin · · Score: 4, Funny
      Any good geek can launch Firefox, navigate to Slashdot, find a story, and post a comment without looking at the screen.
      Except, being blind, he wouldn't be able to read the article before posting.... Wait a sec! Just how man blind people do we have here?
    3. Re:OH DEAR GOD by theyre+watching+you · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just how man blind people do we have here?

      well, according to the uid's... about 780,000.

  2. Terraforming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It would be interesting if someday human could live in Venus (w/ the little help from terraforming), and experience the transit directly from there.

    1. Re:Terraforming by Exiler · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think they'd call it "Night" or "DEAR GOD! THE GOOGLES! THEY DO NOTHING!"

      Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
      Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

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    2. Re:Terraforming by cynic10508 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, those Google people do seem to be stalling quite a bit on the IPO. But that's no reason to take the Lord's name in vain like that! Sheesh...

  3. They Linked to Pictures? by FlipmodePlaya · · Score: 4, Funny

    NASA.gov is in for the Slashdotting of its life!

  4. Cover for UFO by Hao+Wu · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's not Venus, it's SWAMP GAS.

    This is a big desert, you could really get hurt out here. Now go away.... remember that you saw nothing.

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    I suggest you read Slashdot
  5. Projecting by NIK282000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It says that you can project an image of the sun with binoculars, Im hoping that a telescope will work as well, if not, watch the news for "Wild fire obliterates southern ontario, /.er in questioning"

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  6. Eureka! by EvanED · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the article on safe viewing:
    "More recently, solar observers have used floppy disks and compact disks (both CDs and CD-ROMs) as protective filters by covering the central openings and looking through the disk media."

    My Dear Watson, I have discovered another use for AOL CDs! Grab the one from under that cup over there; we're going to watch Venus!

  7. Astonishing Scientific Breakthrough!!!! by sakusha · · Score: 3, Funny
    ..pictures are starting to come in from the 2004 Venus Transit..

    The photographic record of a Venus transit is nothing surprising. What astonishes me is that photographs are coming in from an event that is going to happen 2 days in the future.
  8. Re:Don't worry 'bout it by CyanDisaster · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...I'm tempted to make a Soviet Russia joke about them Slashdotting us...

    What, like how in Soviet Russia, Nasa slashdots you?

    Hope be with ye,
    Cyan