Everything You Need To Know About the June 5/6 Venus Transit 55
The Bad Astronomer writes "Next week, on June 5/6, there will be the last Venus transit across the face of the Sun until the year 2117. There are dozens of sites issuing press releases about it — online resources, watching live, viewing advice — so I've collected them into a single blog post with tons of links and my own advice on how to observe this (most likely) last-in-a-lifetime event. This complements the previous article on Slashdot from a few weeks ago."
busy (Score:3, Funny)
I'm busy that day, I'll just wait for the next one ...
Plan B (Score:4, Funny)
If I miss this, I'll just get in my spaceship and watch it some other time, from space.
It might not sound like much but (Score:5, Funny)
A few hundred years ago the British sent a ship out to the Pacific to observe the Transit Of Venus, with Captain James Cook in charge.
In addition to observing the rare astronomical event, he also discovered Australia
Which didn't turn out so good for the people who had been living there for 40,000 years.
Oh sure... (Score:4, Funny)
Sure, they spend money on VENUS transit, but just try to get any sort of transit in LA!!!*
*Under the ADA, for the humor impaired, I am required to note that humor tags are implied for this post