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Transit of Venus, June 2012

Here's a few images of the transit of Venus, from White Rock, NM. The pictures were
taken with a Canon 1D MkIII camera using an 8" Celestron telescope, using an aluminized
Mylar Solar filter. There are a few pictures around second contact, and one later during the transit.
At this location, the sun set before the transit was complete.

The solar filter gives a bluish cast to the original images, which I then white-balanced on the
sun's disk midway through the observation. The later images become redder
because the sun is setting, and we have haze from a nearby forest fire hanging near the horizon.

At 162307 Before Second Contact (8493) A
At 162307 Before Second Contact (8493) A
Before Second Contact (8493)
Before Second Contact (8493)
At 162324 Nearest Second Contact (8494) (A)
At 162324 Nearest Second Contact (8494) (A)
Nearest Second Contact (8494)
Nearest Second Contact (8494)
At 183032 with Partial Cloud Cover (8555)
At 183032 with Partial Cloud Cover (8555)