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  • Venus to transit sun

    Wednesday at sunrise.

    Remember to wear special eye protection folks! ( that is- if it's not raining! )

    BBC News - Venus to put on Sun spectacular
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

  • #2
    Thanks, Nicos.
    I do like this from the BBC article - talk about covering your back!

    "Once the latest transit has passed, the next pair will not occur until 2117 and 2125. Most people alive today will probably be dead by then."
    Doesn't take a genius to work that one out!!

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    • #3
      You'll never get the sun in a ford transit

      You need something bigger.

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      • #4
        Nissan pickups are supposed to be pretty indistructable aren't they?
        I seem to recall Jeremy Clarkson doing some road tests on them
        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

        Location....Normandy France

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        • #5
          There is a Horizon Special on tonight BBC 2 at 9 oclock giving the full sp
          He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

          Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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          • #6
            Oooh thanks Nicos I wonder if you can do that pinhole-in-a-piece-of-cardboard thing to see it...better get goooooooogling

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            • #7
              Transit of Venus...hmmm I COULD get up at 5am and look at it with reflection of rays on paper OR I could let someone else do it, lie in and look at astronomical pics on Utube... okies jobs done then LOL

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              • #8
                Did anyone get to see it?

                Flipping cloudy here!
                "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                Location....Normandy France

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                • #9
                  no,forgot all about it,to busy having nightmares and scaring DH,
                  sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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                  • #10
                    I'm waiting for the next one in 2117

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                    • #11
                      No...I was still asleep after the incredibly dull Horizon programme bored me senseless , but there are some awesome photos out there on the interwebby :-)

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                      • #12
                        Too cloudy and trees in the way but lovely image on the iphone app Skyview. My favourite app, you can see all sorts of things floating around up there.It's free so that's a bonus!
                        Gardening forever- housework whenever

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