Second stone from the sun
If you don't have the special viewing glasses to see it directly, you can watch the Venus transit event on line here. (And yes, Venus Transit would be a great name for a rock band.)
| Posted at 4:48 PM | Permalink |
|
About
This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on June 5, 2012 4:48 PM.
The previous post in this blog was Clackamas County to voters: Take this ballot measure and shove it.
The next post in this blog is Ashley's brother busted in alleged hit-and-run coverup.
Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.
Comments (5)
I thought you were not a fan of transit.
Posted by Allan L. | June 5, 2012 5:44 PM
Methinks this is a transit Jack could like because it's 113 years until the next.
Posted by Newleaf | June 5, 2012 5:58 PM
Some of you might think, “Didn’t this just happen a few years ago”? You are right. The last Venus transit was on June 8, 2004. But the next one won’t happen for 105½ years, then again eight years later. After that we wait 121½ years, then 8, then 105½, 8, 121½, 8, rinse and repeat…
(Just learned that today).
Posted by John | June 5, 2012 6:08 PM
nothing new under the Sun
So this is one of the particulars involved in the Mayan calendar
devised to accord with Venus. Mayans were all about Venus.
This (century wait) is volcano virgin sacrifice time.
And other diminutions of the feminine.
Great link, Jack.
Posted by Tenskwatawa | June 5, 2012 6:34 PM
And Captain James Cook, the famous mariner and explorer....went out to the South Pacific to observe a transit of Venus.
Posted by portland native | June 5, 2012 7:11 PM