Venus will pass across the face of the Sun for the second and last time in this century. For observers in our area the transit will start at around 6:00 pm this evening but the Sun will set around 8:pm while the transit is still in progress.
Right now it appears that our area will have clouds and showers obstructing views of the transit but you can still watch it live as NASA will have a live webcam broadcast of this event from Hawaii. You can view this live webcam broadcast by clicking here starting at 5:45 p.m. this evening.
The next Venus transit will be in 2117. That is 105 years from now. It's unlikely that anyone reading this today will still exist then.
Think about that for a second.......the next time the orbits of Earth and Venus align just so to create a transit, the world will be entirely populated by an entirely unborn generation. That essential point about time is really what makes this transit worth a moment of your own.
Think about that for a second.......the next time the orbits of Earth and Venus align just so to create a transit, the world will be entirely populated by an entirely unborn generation. That essential point about time is really what makes this transit worth a moment of your own.
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