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Previous APODs of Venus and Mercury transits can be viewed here. Additional images of the 2004 Venus transit can be viewed here.

It's on here, top left

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Venus transit
Copyright: Adam Koebel Taken with a Nikon D700 w/ 300mm lens and a mylar filter. ISO 400, f/8, 1/800
June 5, 2012 - 7:04:41 PM EDT

Here are a couple that I took using my binoculars as a projector:

(And now I'm in the market for a new camera; I had a terrible time focusing! )
But I was still happy to see something that no one alive today will see again!

New York was very cloudy, but we managed to get a couple of quick glimpses.
My dad managed to get this shot through one of the breaks.
(1/8000 sec, ISO 200, F 5.6, exposure compensation - 5 V)

Copyright: Ivan Petrov
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Copyright: Ivan Petrov The image was taken from here.

Projected the sun using a spotting scope onto white paper and snapped a picture with an inexpensive digital camera. Glad to be able to witness this once in a lifetime event!

Transit from Fife Lake Michigan
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Copyright: Hadrien Dumont
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Copyright: James N. Brown
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Three firsts at the same time: My first green flash, my first transit of Venus (and probably the last), and Venus' mirage.

Copyright: M. Raşid Tuğral

Venus Transit
Clouds covered the sky but with a clearing on the horizon the sun was visible just as it set over the hillside. I had about 2 minutes to view the transit and capture a few shots.
Copyright: Scott Tully

Beginning of Transit. Taken through a 300mm lens with a solar filter. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28183637@N ... hotostream

The middle of the Transit. This is a shot of the ceiling of my house using a telescope to project an image of the sun. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28183637@N ... otostream/

A mirage of Venus just before the sun sets. This is a shot of the ceiling of my house using a telescope to project an image of the sun. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28183637@N ... hotostream

All were taken with a Pentax K-x in Antioch, Illinois where the weather was perfect today.
Kevin Palmer

Copyright: Peter Teuben
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Copyright: Laurent Joli-Coeur
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Copyright: Richard S. Wright Jr.
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Copyright: David Cortner

Welding helmet worked just fine, but I didn't take any pix through it.

JH

Here's a couple of my shots of the transit.

Transit of Venus at Sunset
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53210246@N07/
Copyright: Neil Winston Transit of Venus at Sunset
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53210246@N07/
Copyright: Neil Winston Transit of Venus at Sunset
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53210246@N07/
Copyright: Neil Winston Thanks for looking!

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Not the greatest transit picture, but dang good luck! I think that is a 737 in the upper left, taking off from Austin if my guess is correct.

Nikon D7000, Orion 110mm f7 Premium ED APO, Orion Sirius mount, Thousand Oaks glass 2+ filter

The transit of Venus in progress as the Sun sets behind the McMath Solar Telescope atop Kitt Peak located 12 miles away from the photographer. The image is a composite of the Sunset behind the McMath Solar Telescope through a solar filter and an image taken 3 minutes later after the Sun was below the mountain taken without a solar filter.

© David A Harvey

"Use it or lose it."

Venus Transit As Seen from the International Space Station
Universe Today | Nancy Atkinson | 2012 June 06

Transit of Venus: First Images
Universe Today | Nancy Atkinson | 2012 June 06

SDO: 2012 Venus Transit Data
NASA GSFC SDO | 2012 June 05

Venus Heading for Transit
NASA / ESA / SOHO | 2012 June 05

Copyright: Bret Dahl
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Copyright: Philippe Moussette
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Transit of Venus
DSLR image using a white light filter. I've got lots of video through a hydrogen alpha scope, but the processing for that will have to wait until tomorrow. I was dodging clouds the whole time.

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The upper frame shows mirage of Venus, in the lower frame Venus is back to normal self. The images were taken in San Francisco.
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Transit of Venus in white filter
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This was taken in the Mojave Desert, CA. I used a welder's mask.