Venus Transit - NOW LIVE!

[Furtherman]

Watch it here LIVE:

Great, Nerdvana commentary going on this one:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/05/venus-transit-live/


NASA's feed, with more boring, technical commentary:

http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/webcasts/nasatv/


Here is the video of it approaching:

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I'll bump this thread in 115 years.

[disneyspy]

wow, go outside and look for yourself,fatty

[Furtherman]

wow, go outside and look for yourself,fatty

It's cloudy.

[disneyspy]

those arent clouds,those are mashed potatoes

[Furtherman]

those arent clouds,those are mashed potatoes

:laugh:

And that plane is actually a bacon bit?

[jennysmurf]

Cool! Thanks for the links, Further. Should we start a collection for when DS goes blind from looking at the sun with only two cheap pair of sun glasses to protect his eyes?

[ozzie]

Cool! Thanks for the links, Further. Should we start a collection for when DS goes blind from looking at the sun with only two cheap pair of sun glasses to protect his eyes?

Make your OWN Solar lens:

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I scrounged up two floppy discs from work before I left, but the thunderstorms here have rendered them useless.

[keithy_19]

What about Serena?

[OGC]

I'll admit that the concept is cool but the video was exciting for about 2 seconds.

[StanUpshaw]

What about Serena?

The eclipse was last month.

[furie]

cool

[Furtherman]

Still going on! It's awesomeezzzzzzzzzz......

[A.J.]

I'll bump this thread in 115 years.

No! Don't let him out!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XNPD380IpBQ/STHH0-sTJ3I/AAAAAAAAD60/NfyyTTvbuPg/s400/P88_14_Space_Seed.jpg

[Furtherman]

No! Don't let him out!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XNPD380IpBQ/STHH0-sTJ3I/AAAAAAAAD60/NfyyTTvbuPg/s400/P88_14_Space_Seed.jpg

A product of a selective-breeding and genetic engineering? What could possibly go wrong?

[Furtherman]

Hello Wanderer.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/526215_10150983212316772_54971236771_9664438_74297 9145_n.jpg

[Furtherman]

8 hours in :39 seconds.

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[StanUpshaw]

Those damn geocentrists sure have egg on their face today!

[Furtherman]

Great shots through different filters.

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[jennysmurf]

Great shots through different filters.

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Super cool! Stole it to share with my facebook buddies! Thanks!

[sailor]

That was a great compilation. Thanks!

[sailor]

Super cool! Stole it to share with my facebook buddies! Thanks!

Great idea! Heck, I'll just steal it from yours. (done)

[Furtherman]

Super cool! Stole it to share with my facebook buddies! Thanks!

What's mine is yours!


Except for the Do-Si-Do's in my desk drawer.

They're MINE and I cut anyone who dares take one.

[Misteriosa]

you can keep your do si do's.. ive got samoas :smoke:

http://i-cdn.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/kitchen/2009_04_02-Samoa.jpg

[Furtherman]

you can keep your do si do's.. ive got samoas :smoke:

http://i-cdn.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/kitchen/2009_04_02-Samoa.jpg

Coconut?



Blech

[Misteriosa]

Coconut?

Blech

you're breaking my heart. :glurps:

[jennysmurf]

you're breaking my heart. :glurps:

He just doesn't know what's good.

[sailor]

you're breaking my heart. :glurps:

Bet he hates olives, too!

[Misteriosa]

Bet he hates olives, too!

if thats so, i will sob softly while i eat my olives and click through these other pictures of Venus in transit (http://io9.com/5916193/behold-the-transit-of-venus-in-photographs/gallery/1)

[Furtherman]

Bet he hates olives, too!

Hey, I love martinis.

[BoondockSaint]

Listen, I ain't transiten nowhere.

http://thisainthell.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/venus1.jpg

[Furtherman]

Listen, I ain't transiten nowhere.

http://thisainthell.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/venus1.jpg

https://fbcdn_sphotos_c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/541967_10150885319729032_1549857087_n.jpg

[StanUpshaw]

I've been trying to figure out why people claim that they find this fascinating.

I've narrowed it down to two possibilities:

1) Residual patriotic chauvinism. The moonshot was such a moment of orgasmic nationalistic ecstasy, that any excuse to crane one's head to the skies and go "oooh, aaah" is enough rouse some cheap tribal pride.

2) Science so simple, even they can understand it. Dumb people love an opportunity to seem less dumb. "Oh, did you watch the Venus Transit? It won't happen again until 2117. It happens due to orbits. ORBITS! See, I have interests besides Dancing With The Stars."

[cougarjake13]

I thought it was just bc people think its a cool rare event to see

[jennysmurf]

I thought it was just bc people think its a cool rare event to see

Yeah, some people enjoy seeing something they've never seen before. I didn't care about looking at it directly, but the videos NASA put up were really cool.

[Furtherman]

I thought it was just bc people think its a cool rare event to see

Yeah, some people enjoy seeing something they've never seen before. I didn't care about looking at it directly, but the videos NASA put up were really cool.

Exactly. Stan must be too cool for school.

[StanUpshaw]

There is nothing cool about a black dot.

[sailor]

There is nothing cool about a black dot.

Gordon Sumner's cool.

[Furtherman]

There is nothing cool about a black dot.

You're right. There is nothing cool about a black dot. A black dot that happens to be our sister planet. Nothing cool about seeing that traveling across a star 93 million miles away and giving some perspective about our place in the universe.

Nothing cool about an event that brought together the world's greatest minds and explorers around the world in the 1700's for humankinds first international collaberation. Who cares what it may have looked like for them?

Measuring the distance between us and Venus, us and the Sun? Meh, a good guess is a good as any.

Being able to more accurately sail the globe and survey our solar system? Dead reckoning worked for centuries, why make things easier?

And now, with even more technology available, this rare occurance will give us data to help pinpoint other planets around other stars with even more accuracy?

Nah, who needs that headache?

Black dot. What a bunch of hooey.

[StanUpshaw]

You're right. There is nothing cool about a black dot. A black dot that happens to be our sister planet. Nothing cool about seeing that traveling across a star 93 million miles away and giving some perspective about our place in the universe.

Nothing cool about an event that brought together the world's greatest minds and explorers around the world in the 1700's for humankinds first international collaberation. Who cares what it may have looked like for them?

Measuring the distance between us and Venus, us and the Sun? Meh, a good guess is a good as any.

Being able to more accurately sail the globe and survey our solar system? Dead reckoning worked for centuries, why make things easier?

And now, with even more technology available, this rare occurance will give us data to help pinpoint other planets around other stars with even more accuracy?

Nah, who needs that headache?

Black dot. What a bunch of hooey.

Just copy-pasting NPR articles now?

[A.J.]

There is nothing cool about a black dot.

You prefer red ones?

http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-traditions/gifs/bindi.jpg

[Furtherman]

Just copy-pasting NPR articles now?

Far from it. Just what I learned over the past month. I did have to look up the distance to the sun though. I could have sworn it was 97 million.

[StanUpshaw]

Far from it. Just what I learned over the past month. I did have to look up the distance to the sun though. I could have sworn it was 97 million.

I'm gonna mark you down for Option 2.

[Furtherman]

I'm gonna mark you down for Option 2.

Thanks Zucko, I'm happy to be curious, sans Dancing with the stars.

[newport king]

Im pretty sure at some point in time shit like this saved someone from getting their head cut off and heart cut out as a sacrifice to Kulkukan.

[newport king]

you're breaking my heart. :glurps:

Love coconut, just hate the consistency

[ozzie]

I've been trying to figure out why people claim that they find this fascinating.

If you want to be a dick, you could post this same thing in just about any thread on here that doesn't interest you.

Or, you could skip over those.

'sup to you.

[Furtherman]

If you want to be a dick, you could post this same thing in just about any thread on here that doesn't interest you.

Or, you could skip over those.

'sup to you.

He is so going to stuff you in a locker.

[StanUpshaw]

If you want to be a dick, you could post this same thing in just about any thread on here that doesn't interest you.

Or, you could skip over those.

'sup to you.

You're missing the point.

This shit wasn't interesting, and I don't believe anyone truly thinks it was. My curiosity is why people are acting like it was.

[Furtherman]

This shit wasn't interesting, and I don't believe anyone truly thinks it was. My curiosity is why people are acting like it was.

Bunch of posers. Nature's stupid!

[jennysmurf]

You're missing the point.

This shit wasn't interesting, and I don't believe anyone truly thinks it was. My curiosity is why people are acting like it was.

I'll agree that looking at a plain black dot wasn't my cup of tea, but seeing the closer-up videos were cool. Of course, I got all frothy over the eclipse too.

[cougarjake13]

If you want to be a dick, you could post this same thing in just about any thread on here that doesn't interest you.

Or, you could skip over those.

'sup to you.


That wuldnt be the Stan we know