Comments on: Transit on the Midnight Sun

By: skydaddy

skydaddy — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:42:55 +0000

lqd, it would be interesting to see some actual proof of your assertion that ACE claims that solar fusion is a myth. I went looking and came up empty, just some typical “brights” hyperventilating that students may be exposed to religious points of view. Got any scans of actual textbook pages? All I could find were the typical “according to so-and-so” unverifiable references.

By: Calli Arcale

Calli Arcale — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:44:27 +0000

Beautiful, both of those! I especially love the time-lapse over Minneapolis, since I live in this area. (Not in Minneapolis; I’m in the ‘burbs.) I recognized it immediately — the IDS tower and that distinctive halo on the Capella Tower. Especially neat seeing the Sun with Venus setting behind the Capella Tower in the closeup. (There’s a story behind that halo, too. The old controversies of how you decide which building is the tallest — it’s quite close in height to the IDS.) And I love the timelapse of the sunset over the Mississippi. That’s the 10th Avenue Bridge; out of sight directly behind it (and masked from view by the 10th Avenue Bridge) is the new St Anthony Bridge, the replacement for the I-35W bridge that famously collapsed during rush hour in 2007. (Gosh, was it that long ago? I looked up the date, and could scarcely believe it had been that long.)

By: Babak Tafreshi

Babak Tafreshi — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:10:12 +0000

I used a solar filter in front of the lens in order to reduce the solar brightness and show the Venus Transit, that’s why the image is dark while the sun is up!

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:03:00 +0000

I made a song for inspired by that first image of the transit over the water.

http://soundcloud.com/fahrenheight303/transit-over-water

By: Vagueofgodalming

Vagueofgodalming — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:51:43 +0000

“he took it at midnight”

So that’s why it’s dark?

By: Neil Haggath

Neil Haggath — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:24:33 +0000

It’s good to know that some people actually saw the ToV!
Can anyone beat my dubious record, of having travelled approximately 6000 miles ( from UK to Thailand ) to not see it???

By: Robin Byron

Robin Byron — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:02:21 +0000

OT too:

#3 Iqd
“…which claim that solar nuclear fusion doesn’t exist.”

And, that the Loch Ness monster really exists which is proof that Evolution is wrong.
That state taxpayer money is being used to fund these christian school books has to be illegal.

Like it or not, we atheists really need to better organize before it’s too late.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:42:21 +0000

I can’t believe we all forgot to make Hitchhiker’s Guide jokes referring to the black ship that has the little black light that lights up when you’ve done something.

By: Lugosi

Lugosi — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:29:17 +0000

Here’s another great shot of the Venus transit:

By: Babak Tafreshi

Babak Tafreshi — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:26:45 +0000

Thank you Phil, a pleasure to see the image on Bad Astronomy!