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2004 Venus Transit In Pictures
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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Granger lay on the small bed in the hospital wing at an awkward
position, the knee of one leg slightly bent, one foot in front of the
other. Her arms were in strange positions as well, one hand hovered
just above the bed clutched into a little fist and the other hand was
held out from her body as if she was getting ready to pour something
from an invisible bottle onto herself.
The truth was that she was in this strange position because she was
not able to change it herself. Hermione had just figured out the type
of creature that was prowling the grounds of the castle when she was
petrified by the reflection of the basilisk in the mirror she had been
carrying and using to look around corners. The reflection had not
killed her of course but it had been enough to completely shut down
her voluntary muscle system though she could hear everything that was
being said around her, and she could see as well, at least sort of.
You see, because the muscles in her body were frozen, her vision was
slow to adjust, and focus, and she could not change her view because
she could not blink nor look around the room. All she could do was
stare straight ahead. Evidently no one had thought of this after they
brought her up here after the attacks, because no one had bothered to
close her eyes or to cover them.
So there she lay for days her muscles cramping and aching with nothing
she could do about it.
Professor Severus Snape had been furious when Dumbledore had refused
to listen to him, once again giving Potter free run of the school
grounds and the choice to do whatever he wanted to do. The rules be
damned. He'd had enough and was ready to burst, he just wanted to
find a way to rid himself of Dumbledore and become headmaster himself.
He sat in his office drinking and thinking about how to solve his
problems when he began to perceive the answer.
Going to the hospital wing, Snape spoke in hushed tones to Madam
Pomfrey about the condition of the petrified victims and voiced his
concerns about the condition they were in, she agreed readily but did
not know what they could do about it. Thinking quickly, Snape said to
Madam Pomfrey, "Listen, you go down to dinner and relax for a bit and
I will stay here and make some examinations of the patients and see if
anything can be done." Smiling coolly but not uncharacteristically
when she said "Well, ok, let me know what you find out though"
After she had gone he drew the curtains by the beds and went about the
task of examining the victims making notes and scratching down some
ideas to try. After she returned, he worked for a few hours in his
labs until he had come up with some very potent muscle relaxers.
Going back to the hospital wing, he found Madam Pomfrey beginning to
nod off in her chair at her desk while reading a voluminous tome on
medusa and other petrifying creatures. Rousing her from her lethargy
he said "Madam Pomfrey, I have devised a potion here that I think will
do the trick, but it may take a day or so to react, maybe not at all
for some of them that have been stiff for a while.", as she sleepily
grinned at him. "Goodness!" she exclaimed as she rose, "How is it
administered?". Looking at her calmly, he said "Eye dropper under the
tongue should be adequate to do the job"
It took them only a few moments to administer the potion and then he
instructed her to go and rest and he would tend to the patients until
morning, that way he could look for side effects. Gratefully, Madam
Pomfrey thanked him, yawned and wandered off to bed. As soon as she
had left he raised his wand and magically locked the door so that he
would not be interrupted.
He had not planned what happened next, but neither was he in a
position to refuse it. He had not mentioned to Madam Pomfrey that the
potion could be used as a topical ointment as well, but it was quite
potent this way. Applying some of the ointment to his f
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Only if he's jewish.
Maybe we DID take the blue pill. You wouldn't remember anyway.
Mods should be forced to demonstrate that they have a sense of humor before they gain the ability to moderate something unfunny.
Yes, this is offtopic.
Stop the world; I need to get off.
The word "transit" also applies to buses, trains, and subways. But that's not what we're talking about either. The transit of Venus begins when Venus is observed passing the limb of the sun. Bringing up unrelated data about the corona is not going to make the Transit of Venus start any sooner.