Video of the week -- the transit of Venus
This video was made from images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory at several different wavelengths, mostly ultraviolet, which is why the Sun looks so different in each section. The film is greatly speeded up since the transit actually takes several hours. Note that Venus -- the black circle -- is similar in size to Earth, and is much closer to the camera than the Sun itself is.
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very nice video
Wow what a great vid. I was having dinner with the kinda woman that after she walks away the bro-dudes always say "Dam, that is a brick shit house", had a couple too many beers, then #teambro came by to smoke a "J" and scooped us up to see the transit at the college. I thought it was pretty epic, but this vid is better. Thanks,
Kriss
It gives you a sense of the massive scale of the sun, compared to Venus and Earth. There is so much in our universe that is simply breathtaking.
SF: Thanks.
KtSA: Sounds like you had a "transit of Venus" of your own.
Ahab: And remember that every star out there -- about 400 billion in this galaxy alone -- is comparable impressive (some are smaller than the Sun, some bigger).
The cosmos will always be infinitely greater than any fantasy we can concoct concerning it.
Indeed, religious mythology seems small and petty in contrast with the reality. Here's another good video.
a very outstadning video
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