Satellite Captures Venus En Route To Sun Transit | Video

Friday, June 1, 2012 - 11:31 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) snapped imagery of Venus, almost past Mercury, in anticipation of the Venus Transit of the Sun on June 5-6, 2012 (depending where you are in the world).

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