Venus

[brrm]

Nipped out of work before lunch to go & have a look at the transit of Venus, in Parks. There was an impressive crowd of people there, including my old tutor Martin Noble, and Richard Dawkins. Various telescopes had been set up, and there were long (but fast-moving) queues waiting to have a look through them.


Photos here

There were two semi-naked women kissing, but I didn't think it appropriate to use the work camera to photograph them. :-) (Not to mention, like, asking their permission or anything).

Quite pleased with the photo of the sun, too - taken through a telescope, just pointing the digicam into the eyepiece.

Comments

[tithonus.livejournal.com]

ah! i read your initial sentence as a reply to my question how they got the sun to look like a snooker ball. things are much clearer now!