Synopsis
The planet Venus is seen passing between the Earth and the Sun in this sequence of images taken by GOES/SXI. The last Venus Transit was in 1882, the next will be in 2012. Note: This movie shows Venus (the dark spot, below the center of the solar disk) moving across the solar disk. Animator: Tom Bridgman (GST). Scientist: Daniel Wilkinson (NOAA/SEC). Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: GOES-12/SXI.
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