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Venus is currently passing right between us here on earth and the sun. This is a rare effect and will not occur again until 2012 then approximatly 100 years after. It last happened in 1882.

Nasa has put up a page here about it: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/sunearthday/2004/index_vthome.htm

There are also numerous live webcasts and streams to watch this event..

I think its pretty cool

sounds niffty, but im problay gonna miss it

That would be very cool.

I know that a magazine offers a tour to Africa to watch the transit, because the ransit is best viewed from there.
But that is quite expensive I guess.

Darn...
I wanted to make this topic...
Oh well...
Guess im gonna make it on other forums

Btw:
Here's a live video... :
http://telescope.astro.auth.gr/venus_video.htm

Does it work for you?

yeh its kool we were talking about it in school

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Yep thats what also happens to me...
But it works fine on another computer...

Well...
My uncle has a telescope and now he is probably taking photos of this rare event...
Well i'll ask him for the photos he got, and then i'll upload them here

Edit: More live transits!
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de...e%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN    This website has other websites which have the venus transit live.

http://www.ip.pt/coaa/transit.htm    This page should automaticly refresh about every minute with a new picture.

Sounds cool, but ill prob forget and realise a week l8er

Umm.. its happening now and well.. I'm pretty sure its actually over.

The first pic my uncle sent me...

He said that he took it with his digital camera!

I suppose now he is taking with his telescope...