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Venus Transit


Venus Transit
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Copyright: Emanuel Martins (Deus) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 36 W: 4 N: 103] (780)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-06-07
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D70, Nikkor AF 75-300 mm
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/1000 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Universe, L'univers, Universo, Universum [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-06-08 8:36
Viewed: 897
Points: 17
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is the sun !
And that little black dot is the planet Venus, on it's yearly (in venus terms, of course) trip arround it. When one of the two inner planets (Mercury and Venus) crosses the line of sight between the Earth and the Sun, astronomers call it a "transit".
Today, this rare phenomena was visible with the naked eye on the northen hemisphere between 6:00m and 12:00 hours, with the use of special protective eyewear.
This is one of several pictures I took of it, at 8:00, when it was close to half it's course in front of the star.
It's only a tiny dot, and if you prefer not to think about it, you may dismiss it as a very dull image, but for me it's fascinating to dwell in abstract thought about how tiny a huge planet (i.e. ours!) can be when compared to the size of the universe. That is a nice way of, sometimes, putting our problems into perspective, when we think that thousands of millions of these planets are destroyed everyday throughout the cosmos.
I would like to leave a final word of apreciation to Mr Carl Sagan, from whom I got my apreciation of the cosmos, the earth and man, and one of the most remarkable scientific knowledge spreaders I ever read.

Post process consisted of a Hue shift, (original was greenish, because of the filter) and a crop, no resize.

P.S. I'll post, as a workshop, the adaptation I made to use the special sunglasses as a lens filter.
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I've never seen anything like this Emanuel, and I learned something new from your note. Thank you for sharing this.

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  • Piotr Gold Star Critiquer [C: 106 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2004-06-08 14:47]

Good work Emanuel, well done!

beautiful and good notes. Did you use a telescope?

I hoped someone shot the venus transit. It's a great event (appear only each 120 years). I'm happy you've do it ! It's a great shot with a very good preparation ! Very good job !

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  • lost Gold Star Critiquer [C: 104 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2004-06-09 4:30]

Nice work, of a fantastic moment..well done.

Brilliant mind you have!
A ideia é fantástica e o resultado ainda melhor. Consegues provar que não é preciso ser-se profissional e ter um super equipamento para fazer uma coisa desta, basta sermos extraordinários de imaginação.
Parabéns

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  • zto Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 976 W: 119 N: 58] (262)
  • [2004-06-09 16:57]

Wow Emanuel, you actually caught it with your camera. Good working :) I only read about, never got the chanse to see it :( And i who wanted to be an astronomer whe i was younger...meetings, see, they are not good for anything ;) lol

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  • momshu Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 23 W: 1 N: 18] (138)
  • [2004-06-10 0:53]

Right on, you got it!

Very good try!

very impressive foto. i didn't know, this kind of things are actually happened. amazing... and thanx for the useful note...

emre...

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