Venus Transit

Venus cruised in front of the sun today. Here is a photo of it...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenobot/7343429708/" title="Venus Sunspot by thenobot, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7081/7343429708_a812411d6d_z.jpg" width="628" height="640" alt="Venus Sunspot"></a>

We looked at it with a setup similar to the solar eclipse. Hold up binoculars a few feet from a flat surface, point at the sun, and focus.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenobot/7343431878/" title="Sun Projector by thenobot, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8001/7343431878_0473640b08_z.jpg" width="478" height="640" alt="Sun Projector"></a>

This way, you can see the sun without burning your eyeballs out out of your skull!