It will be 105 years before humans will catch a glimpse of Venus crossing between Earth and the sun. That is what makes yesterday's celestial event so special. The world watched through darkened, glasses, telescopes and cameras as the silhouette of the second planet from the sun was dwarfed by glowing orb. Here are photos from around the world.
Here is a blog by a friend of mine, Guy Rhodes, in Northwest Indiana who explains how he photographed the transit of Venus.And here is a blog by Jerry Wofford about his experience watching the event.
Hundreds of people gather wearing special viewing glasses at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario to watch the transit of Venus on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The rare event occurs when the planet Venus moves in front of the sun. The next time this will occur is in 105 years in 2117. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Dave Chidley)
A bird comes in to land atop one of the domes of the landmark Taj Mahal as Venus, top left, begins to pass in front of the sun, as visible from Agra, India, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Spectators at Edgewater Park in Cleveland watch the sun set as the planet Venus crosses the upper right portion of the star, Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The next transit of Venus won't be for another 105 years. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Stargazers watch the transit of planet Venus across the sun, at a hill top in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Planet Venus, pictured as a black dot, left, is seen in transit across the sun near the Victory Tower in Chittorgarh, India, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. The next one won't be for another 105 years. (AP Photo/Atish Aman)
Indian women use special cardboard eclipse glasses to watch the transit of Venus as other Hindu devotees take ritualistic dips on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A visitor photographs a live image of Venus moving past the sun showing through a coelostat at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The next transit of Venus won't be for another 105 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Planet Venus, pictured as a black dot, left, is seen in transit across the sun, in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Astronomer and Vice President for Planning and Development of Bahrain University, Waheeb Essa al-Naser, fourth left, watches the planet Venus pass the sun, with a small group of spectators at the university in Sakhir, Bahrain, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Venus is moving across the Sun in Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan province, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the sight of the transit of Venus. (AP Photo)
The larger black dot, top right, is the planet Venus as it transits across the face of the Sun as viewed from Earth in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. (AP Photo/MTI, Peter Komka)
A woman looks through a Solar filter at the planet Venus as it transits across the face of the Sun as viewed from Earth, at the Givatayim Observatory near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Observers on seven continents, even a sliver of Antarctica, will be in position to see it. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The sun rises behind clouds over the Baltic Sea as the Venus, top right, passes in front of the Sun in Kolobrzeg, Poland, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday to make sure they caught the sight of the transit of Venus, which won't be seen for another 105 years. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Erin Kozakiewicz, center, and Steve Whelchel, right, use glasses while viewing the transit of Venus in front of the sun with the Oklahoma Astronomy Club's viewing at the Science Museum of Oklahoma on Tuesday, June, 5, 2012. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the once-in-a-lifetime sight of the transit of Venus, which won't be seen for another 150 years. (AP Photo/Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman)
The sun rises over the Baltic Sea as the Venus passes in front of the Sun in Kolobrzeg, Poland, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday to make sure they caught the sight of the transit of Venus, which won't be seen for another 105 years. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Scott Bradley from Owasso holds up his son Caden Bradley, 4, as he watches the solar transit of Venus through a powerful telescope outside the Tulsa Air & Space Museum in Tulsa, Okla, on June 5, 2012. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World
James Liley from Tulsa adjusts his telescope which he lined up to project in image of the sun onto a white screen with venus crossing in front of it so visitors could witness the rare event, taken outside the Tulsa Air & Space Museum in Tulsa, Okla, on June 5, 2012. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World
Visitors line-up to witness the solar transit of Venus through powerful telescopes set-up outside the Tulsa Air & Space Museum in Tulsa, Okla, on June 5, 2012. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World
Obscured by clouds, Venus is silhouetted as it crosses in front of the sun, Tuesday, June 5, 2012, in Kanas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Amanda Brown watches the transit of Venus at University of Alaska Anchorage in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. She placed crystals on her body, she said, to recharge them with good energy. Through protective glasses and telescopes, viewers could see the silhouette of Venus as it passed in front of the sun, an event that won't happen again for more than a century. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
Venus is silhouetted as it crosses in front of the sun as it sets behind the Kansas City, Mo. skyline Tuesday, June 5, 2012. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the once-in-a-lifetime sight of the transit of Venus, which won't be seen for another 105 years. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
People watch as Venus crosses in front of the sun during a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium in Kanas City, Mo. Tuesday, June 5, 2012. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the sight of the transit of Venus.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
G.T. Weeks, wearing special glasses, is among the crowd gathered at Mt. Trashmore in Virginia Beach, Va. to watch the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The next transit of Venus won't be for another 105 years. (AP Photo/Virginian-Pilot, Amanda Lucier) MAGS OUT
The transit of Venus can be seen against the setting sun as a black dot near the KCPL building in downtown Kansas City, Mo, from the upper deck of Kauffman Stadium during Tuesday's baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins on June 5, 2012.(AP Photo/John Sleezer, The Kansas City Star)
The planet Venus crosses in front of the face of the Sun, taken outside the Tulsa Air & Space Museum in Tulsa, Okla, on June 5, 2012. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World (telescope equipment courtesy of Tony White and Michael Blaylock)
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