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| A cameo by Venus |
| Planet Venus, pictured as a black dot, is seen in transit across the sun during sunrise in Sofia on June 6, 2012. Sky-gazers around the world held up their telescopes and viewing glasses to watch a once-in-a-lifetime event as Venus slid across the Sun. Photo by AFP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| Venus is seen passing in front of the sun in the clouds, in this image taken through a telescope, from Losevo village, north of St. Petersburg, Russia, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on June 5 and early June 6 in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. Photo by AP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| A bird flies past as Venus crosses the sun over Raisina Hill in New Delhi, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on June 5 and early June 6 in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. Photo by AP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| A man looks at planet Venus transiting across the sun with a solar filter at a public viewing at the Singapore Science Centre, June 6, 2012. Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on June 5, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years. Photo by Reuters |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| A Filipino student uses negative film strips to watch Venus passing between the Sun and the Earth in Silang, Cavite, south of Manila, June 6, 2012. Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on June 5, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years. Photo by Reuters |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| People look at Venus transiting across the sun over Amman, June 6, 2012. Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on June 5, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years. Photo by Reuters |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| A boy, along with others, wears special goggles to watch Venus crossing the sun’s face on June 5, 2012 in College Park, Maryland. Astronomers around the world trained their telescopes on the skies on June 5 to watch Venus pass in front of the sun, a once-in-a-lifetime event that will not be seen for another 105 years. Photo by AFP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| Saudi men use a special telescope and special protective viewing glasses to observe the transit of Venus in Riyadh, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on June 5 and early June 6 in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. Photo by AP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| People look at the Venus transiting across the sun during sunrise over Amman, June 6, 2012. Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on June 5, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years. Photo by Reuters |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| A plane flying under a thin layer cloud crossing the sun, as Venus moves past the sun, are seen through a coelostat at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, June 5, 2012. Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on June 5, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years. Photo by Reuters |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| Children take turns to look at planet Venus transiting across the sun at a public viewing at the Singapore Science Centre, June 6, 2012. Photo by Reuters |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| Science students from Kogarah High School watch Venus pass in front of the sun at the historic Sydney Observatory where a sell-out crowd of 1,500 people bought tickets to witness the rare occurrence on June 6, 2012. Australia was one of the best places to observe the spectacle, an event that will not be seen for another 105 years, with the more than six-hour phenomena visible from eastern and central parts of the country, although broken cloud hampered eager sky watchers. Photo by AFP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| A man poses for a photograph as people queue up along the Hong Kong harbour waterfront to look through a telescope as Venus orbits between the sun and the earth during the transit of Venus on June 6, 2012. Sky-gazers around the world held up their telescopes and viewing glasses to watch a once-in-a-lifetime event as Venus slid across the sun. Photo by AFP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| Venus can be seen on its transit of the sun, from New Delhi, June 6, 2012. Venus last made a visible pass in front of the sun in 2004, but will not make another visible transit until 2117. Photo by Reuters |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| Two women peer through special sun-viewing eye shades to witness the Venus in transit across the sun, in Yellowknife, Canada, June 5, 2012. From the US to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on June 5 and early June 6 in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. Photo by AP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| This image provided by NASA shows the Solar Dynamic Observatory’s ultra-high definition view of Venus (the black dot at top centre), passing in front of the sun on June 5, 2012. The next transit of Venus won’t be for another 105 years. Photo by AP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| People in Singapore use special glasses to watch the transit of Venus across the surface of the Sun on June 6, 2012. Sky-gazers around the world held up their telescopes and viewing glasses to watch Venus slide across the sun—a rare celestial phenomenon that will not happen again for more than 100 years. Photo by AFP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| A boy smiles as he uses makeshift sunglasses to watch Venus crossing the sun’s face on June 5, 2012 as seen from College Park, Maryland. Astronomers around the world trained their telescopes on the skies on June 5 to watch Venus pass in front of the sun, a once-in-a-lifetime event that will not be seen for another 105 years. Photo by AFP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| A group of students of the Astronomic Society of Engineering Faculty look at the Transit of Venus with their telescopes at the Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City on June 5, 2012. Photo by AFP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| A girl uses a sun observation glass to watch the transit of Venus across the face of the sun on June 5, 2012, in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia. Astronomers around the world are training their telescopes on the skies to watch Venus pass in front of the sun, a once-in-a-lifetime event that will not be seen for another 105 years. Photo by AFP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| Thai residents queue to use a special telescope to observe Venus crossing the sun’s face at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok on June 6, 2012. Astronomers around the world trained their telescopes on the skies to watch Venus pass in front of the sun, a once-in-a-lifetime event that will not be seen for another 105 years. Photo by AFP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| A bird comes into land atop one of the domes of theTaj Mahal as Venus, top left, begins to pass in front of the sun, as visible from Agra, India, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. Photo by AP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| New Yorkers wear special goggles to observe the transit of Venus from the High Line park on June 5, 2012. The transit involves the planet Venus crossing in front of the sun. The next pair of events will not happen again until the year 2117 and 2125. Photo by AFP |
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| A cameo by Venus |
| Venus makes its transit across a setting sun on the Pacific Ocean in Encinitas, California, June 5, 2012. Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on June 5, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years. Photo by Reuters |
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