Subject: Sunrise & The Transit of Venus
Exposure: 1/250 second
Processing: Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Telescope: Takahashi FS102 - 102mm f/8 apochromatic refractor @ f/8
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Film: 35mm Fujicolor Superia 200
Filter: None
Location: Nauset Light Beach. Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts
Date: June 8, 2004, ~5:26am EDT
Comments: The planet Venus (black dot) can be seen crossing the Sun's surface as it rises out of a distant cloud deck over the Atlantic Ocean.
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