June 6, 2012

transit of venus


joel and amos wanted to get up early and see venus pass the sun, this morning. we did already know last night, that it very likely isn't possible to work out, as the clouds were there all day yesterday and even in the evening the wind was not fully able to move the clouds away. the forecast was not promising either.
so this morning at sunrise they quickly got up to see if the sun was going to be seen...
no luck, back to bed and no fretting. of course it would have been most amazing to see venus pass in front of the sun. that "little dot" makes it's way to be seen in an eclipse again in the year 2117, so we are out of luck.
reading about the the transit of venus made me excited though as said, we were out of luck.

and life goes on

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