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Old 09-11-2012, 09:12 AM   #1
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September 11, 2012 - Venus Passing the Sun



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The Transit of Venus 2012 offered a spectacular show to the enthusiastic sky watchers. People from the 7 continents gathered to watch this spectacular phenomenon of Venus passing the sun. This event will re occur only in the 22nd century around 2117 AD.

Venus can be seen as a small dark spot on the Red Giant Sun, like a bug on a large plate, reported Daily Mail.
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Voice of America interviews Jim Green of NASA's Planetary Space Division.

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“Because Venus’ orbit is inclined to ours, we only see it at very special times when the two orbits connect to one another – we call nodes - and everything lines up perfectly. So this actually is the last transit that we will see in our lifetime. The next one will be in twenty one seventeen.”
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Old 09-11-2012, 09:28 AM   #2
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Does this mean everyone will fall in love??


Or that your love will go down in a fire-y crash?
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Old 09-11-2012, 10:36 AM   #3
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Love gets my vote. Burnin', burnin' love.
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Old 09-11-2012, 11:46 AM   #4
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Burning love?
I have a toll-free number for help with that.
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Old 09-12-2012, 12:00 AM   #5
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Have you ever smelled a hunk of burnin' love?
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Old 09-12-2012, 01:06 AM   #6
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Um, yeah.
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