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On June 5, 2012, Venus will pass across the face of the sun, producing a silhouette that no one alive today will likely see again.
Transits of Venus are very rare, coming in pairs separated by more than a hundred years. This June’s transit, the bookend of a 2004-2012 pair, won’t be repeated until the year 2117. Fortunately, the event is widely visible. Observers on seven continents, even a sliver of Antarctica, will be in position to see it.
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Stunning view of the Milky Way appears above coconut palms at the shores of Ilha Grande, Brazil. Note Altair, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila, above the palms.
Starry Winter Landscape
Fresh snow fall has covered Zagros Mountains of Iran under a starry winter night. Light from the setting moon has illuminated the top of these mountains near Natanz in central Iran.
Sentinels of the Arctic
Image Credit & Copyright: Niccolò Bonfadini
Who guards the north?
Judging from the above photograph, possibly giant trees covered in snow and ice. The picture was taken last winter in Finnish Lapland where weather can include sub-freezing temperatures and driving snow.
Surreal landscapes sometimes result, where common trees become cloaked in white and so appear, to some, as watchful aliens.
Far in the distance, behind this uncommon Earthly vista, is a more common sight — a Belt of Venus that divided a darkened from sunlit sky as the Sun rose behind the photographer. Of course, in the spring, the trees have thawed and Lapland looks much different.
Starry Night of Damghan Desert
Winter stars and the Milky Way are photographed in the starry sky of the desert near Damghan, a historic city of Iran.
The Mileage of Light
Composite Image Credit & Copyright: Dennis L. Mammana
If you’re driving down a dark road on a starry night, you might want to check the odometer. Earlier this month, when traveling astronomer Dennis Mammana did he was greeted with the significant mileage reading of 186,282 miles.
That’s the number of miles light travels in one second. Or, if you prefer kilometers, the number you are looking for is 299,792. Mammana muses that in driving to countless observatories, star parties, and night sky photo shoots it has taken his 1998 vintage sport utility vehicle over 13 years to cover that distance. Of course, he considers his next important mileage milestone to be the distance to the Moon.
Nightfall in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Copyright: Luiza Whitaker
LIDAR & The Milky Way above Innsbruck
The LIDAR (DIAL) Laser System of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology at the Schneefernerhaus Research Station below the Zugspitze Peak.
Africa’s First Night Sky ‘Reserve’ Is Stargazing Haven
Image: The Milky Way, photographed from NamibRand reserve. Credit: George Tucker
The NamibRand Nature Reserve, a private nature reserve in southern Namibia, has gotten the stamp of approval to become an official night sky reserve — a spot supremely suited for some of the best stargazing on Earth.
A stop motion based video about the northern lights. The video is shot in the northern parts of Norway, Finland and Sweden during autumn 2011, winter and spring 2012.
Moon Between the Stones
Despite clouds and rain showers astronomer Phillip Perkins managed to spot a reddened, eclipsed Moon between the stones of this well known monument to the Sun during May’s total lunar eclipse, from Stonehenge, England.
Bryce Canyon Star Trails
Copyright: Chris Paduan
Taken from Sunset Point on the night of May 18, 2012. The glowy areas are caused by nearby communities, which, while small or far away still contribute light pollution even at Bryce Canyon.
ALMA Reaching The Halfway
Credit: JL Dauvergne / Ciel et Espace
On the 12th of May 2012, one more antenna had been added on the plateau of Chajnantor, bringing the total number to 33 for the first time, half of the total target number. ALMA is now halfway done.
