File:2012 Venus Transit.gif

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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.
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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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Category:2012 Transit of Venus Category:Animated GIF files Category:Animations from NASA Category:PD NASA Category:Time-lapse animations of astronomy Category:Time-lapse videos of the Sun