Yesterday , billion of people the world over ( and a handful of astronauts , over the world ) face to the skies to watch Venus inch its way across the face of the Sun for the last prison term in over a 100 .
Some pretty striking photos have been start up since the theodolite began less than a day ago . Here are a few of our favorites ( check that you click for Hawai’i - res versions ) . you’re able to also check out countless beautiful drug user - submitted images onflickrandSpaceWeather ’s Realtime Image Gallery .
The black disc of Venus becomes visible against the Sun ’s corona in this far - UV photograph of the planet ’s approach , photographed from NASA ’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
NASA ’s SDO satellite ’s first image of the transit of Venus across the facial expression of the Sun
The transit as seen from Earth in Budapest , Hungary ( Peter Komka / AP )
Venus in transit , as seen from the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi , India Rajesh Kumar / AP )
determine the transit of Venus on an effigy projected through a telescope ( Bikas Das / AP )
The transportation system of Venus as seen through the clouds at sunrise in Sofia , Bulgaria ( Nikolay Doychinov / AFP – Getty Images )
The theodolite as seen from NASA ’s SDO
NASA ’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captures the itinerary Venus across the face of the Dominicus .
A bird alights atop a dome of the Taj Mahal as Venus begins its transit ( Kevin Frayer / AP )
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