Tag Archive | SPACEWEATHER: Venus Rare “Anti-transit” of the Sun

VENUS IS SO CLOSE TO THE SUN: Venus is emerging from a rare “anti-transit” of the sun. During the first week of June, it passed directly behind the solar disk, rendering the planet invisible even to SOHO coronagraphs. Less than 80 hours after it reappeared, Bartosz Wojczyński photographed Venus from La Palma, Spain.

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