![[Transit of Venus]](DR000466.jpg)
June 8, 2004, Miami, FL.
Transit of Venus
The black dot is Venus crossing the sun's disk. The last time this happened was 1882. Capt. Cook saw it from Tahiti in 1769. If you missed it, you'll get another chance in June 2012. After that, the next one is in 2117.
This was photographed through a Televue Genesis using a Thousand Oaks solar filter. If you don't have a quality filter, you shouldn't be pointing optics at the sun.