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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: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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  3. 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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  4. 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!