6 June 2012
Venus Transit Pics- Mine and the SDO!
Posted by Dan Satterfield
This image from the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory may be the most dramatic of the Venus transit images.
I drove to Ocean City, Maryland where the skies were clear and just made it in time to see the sunset across the bay. No special equipment here just a 18-200 mm lens on my Canon 500d. I held two ND Grad filters over the lens and shot it manually. It was very clearly visible through viewfinder but the bright sun almost overwhelms tiny Venus on the sun’s disk. Still, you can see it!
Click for a bigger image with a bit more blur 😉
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.
cool shot thanks
Oh this iz the most wonderful lifetime experience in my life that I ever ever ever had.Did You Enjoy It?