Transit of Venus (Live thread!): First Viewing since 1882

Nasa TV | 6-7-04 | God.

[RadioAstronomer]

Thanks for the ping. :-)

[RandallFlagg]

Anyone blame Bush yet?

[Jeremiah Jr]

The Police
King of pain

There's a little black spot on the sun today
It's the same old thing as yesterday
There's a black hat caught in a high tree top
There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop

I have stood here
before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

There's a little black spot on the sun today
That's my soul up there
It's the same old thing as yesterday
That's my soul up there
There's a black hat caught in a high tree top
That's my soul up there
There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall
That's my soul up there
There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall
That's my soul up there
There's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb
That's my soul up there
There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web
That's my soul up there

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out
There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt
There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed
There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread

King of pain

There's a red fox torn by a huntsman's pack
That's my soul up there
There's a black winged gull with a broken back
That's my soul up there
There's a little black spot on the sun today
It's the same old thing as yesterday

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain

King of pain
King of pain
King of pain
I'll always be king of pain...

[Coop]

[PatrickHenry]

You asked for it.

[longshadow]

It put on a nice show here, after the fog lifted.

[longshadow]

The biggest bummer was when the owner of a computerized "GOTO" scope tried to set up her scope to track the event; first it prompts you to point your scope at three specific stars (in order to coordinate the computer controlled drive with the stars), but how do find them when the sun is rising?

Hmmmm......

[PatrickHenry]

Obviously not designed for use in a planetary environment.

[js1138]

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