File:2012 Venus Transit.gif

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2012_Venus_Transit.gif ‎(481 × 450 pixels, file size: 1.97 MB, MIME type: image/gif, looped, 59 frames, 5.9 s)

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Animation of visible spectrum images of the 2012 transit of Venus, as taken from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory

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English: On June 5 2012, Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) collected images of the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. This event lasted approximately 6 hours and happens in pairs eight years apart, which are separated from each other by 105 or 121 years. The last transit was in 2004 and the next will not happen until 2117.
Date 5 June 2012
Source http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010900/a010996/index.html
Author Credit : NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO ; Animators : Tom Bridgman (GST) (Lead), Scott Wiessinger (USRA) ; Video Editor : Scott Wiessinger (USRA) ; Producer : Scott Wiessinger (USRA) ; Project and Technical Support : Swarupa Nune (Vantage) ; Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets : SDO, SDO/HMI/Continuum, SDO/AIA/171 Filter, SDO/AIA/304 Filter

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