Fun Fact: in 1789, on his first round-the-world voyage, Captain Cook observed | the Transit of Venus | from the HMSEndeavour in Tahiti. Their cover story was that they were trying to calibrate longitude and latitude calculations. The real story was that they were sent out to discover (and lay claim to) the then undiscovered "southern continent". The crew's real story was that they were there to stare at native girls tits.
Actually, it's an accurate simulation of my experience with the previous transit of Venus, of which I had maybe 15 minutes of viewing time without clouds/trees/buildings in the way.
(Warning: NEVER look directly at the sun without proper protection. Serious and permanent eye damage can result.)
Glass, how often do you have to tell people this when you talk about solar observation? How many people is this "news" to?
I was surprised the writer waited until the fifth graf to warn readers not to use their field glasses to observe this spectacle.
Seriously. maybe because most of their readers are educated enough to know not to do this.
I found myself standing next to a guy squinting into the sunrise to see a partial solar eclipse not too long ago.
Fun Fact: in 1789, on his first round-the-world voyage, Captain Cook observed | the Transit of Venus | from the HMSEndeavour in Tahiti. Their cover story was that they were trying to calibrate longitude and latitude calculations. The real story was that they were sent out to discover (and lay claim to) the then undiscovered "southern continent". The crew's real story was that they were there to stare at native girls tits.
The Transmission of Venereal Disease.
One of the many Civilizing Services we provide!
"Would you care to try a pipe of this opium?"
"We'll need all your men to work in our cane fields. Nah, it'll be cool."
|Well, there ain't no more cane on the Brazos|
| Erin go Brazos-less |
|Erin Brockovich|
Hawt
| Mercy, Mercy Me. |
Ohhhhhhhhh man. Shit..
eta: on the funny side, a commenter says,"It was a much simpler time to live in."
HAH!!!
eta, eta: I got nuthin. That's a game-ender.
Here's my own helpful diagram of the transit:
<img src="http://jcma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/P1000892.jpg">
Well, he knows lots about moonbeams. You can't expect him to be an expert on everything.
… does it matter?
Actually, it's an accurate simulation of my experience with the previous transit of Venus, of which I had maybe 15 minutes of viewing time without clouds/trees/buildings in the way.