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alfredo

(60,071 posts) Tue Aug 20, 2013, 12:22 AM Aug 2013

The Sun and Venus

APOD: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

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The Sun and Venus (Original Post) alfredo Aug 2013 OP

Damn, I missed another eclipse! Oh well... NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #1

Great picture (And Venus is not even nearly that big) cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #2

Scientific imaging has really advanced in my lifetime. alfredo Aug 2013 #6

Unusual, thanks alfredo. freshwest Aug 2013 #3

Spectacular! Thanks for posting... Surya Gayatri Aug 2013 #4

Averroes saw that and changed the universe Recursion Aug 2013 #5

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

1. Damn, I missed another eclipse! Oh well...

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 12:33 AM

Aug 2013

There's another one in 2117!

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)

2. Great picture (And Venus is not even nearly that big)

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 12:50 AM

Aug 2013

There is about 67 million miles between Venus and the sun in that picture.

The picture is taken from around 92 million miles from the sun, and with Venus only about 25 million miles away from us.

And it is still tiny against the sun.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

6. Scientific imaging has really advanced in my lifetime.

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 10:14 AM

Aug 2013

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

3. Unusual, thanks alfredo.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 01:04 AM

Aug 2013

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

4. Spectacular! Thanks for posting...

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 05:29 AM

Aug 2013

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

5. Averroes saw that and changed the universe

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 05:30 AM

Aug 2013

What a beautiful image. Thanks!

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