Starship Asterisk*

Great picture Emil! :clap:

Hi at all! Nice to meet all of you,i'm new here and i wanna say that i saw a lot of GREAT WORKS, differents from the mass (write venus transit on flickr :D) and originals, with something else in the picture beyond Sun & Venus.

Infact I'm totally not agree with APOD OF 8 June 2012
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120608.html
[img2]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1206/VenusTransit2012_ivanov2b900.jpg[/img2]
With al respect the author,but here there are better works!

And if i can broke a spear in my favour,personally i did the same photo but really better for colors and contents...
[img2]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8024/7159787761_5a7bd398ae_o.jpg[/img2]
CREDITS: Niki Giada, Italy
If they really had to show a picture with an incredible optical effect and nice colors ... I would say that there are more here ;) ([i]But I know, Venus does not look just right ...[/i])

Thanks everybody for the kind comments!
Ann, I love your idea for the "red drop effect". I think this should become the official name of this effect :)
It was really a good piece of fortune that I could catch the rising Sun in a gap between the clouds. There weren't many (gaps) :D .
[quote]Phoenix729 wrote:
Those waves look a little odd, they seem to be uniformly choppy all the way to the horizon. Never seen a horizon with waves that big on it before, is that common for the black sea?[/quote]
I think this is a normal look with this focal lenght (600mm). For example here is a photo with the same setup taken on the Mediterranean Sea coast (Tel Aviv). The waves look almost in the same way:
[img2]http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2007_12_11_063.jpg[/img2]

Best regards, Emil

I like that Venus was in the center of the sun as the "vase" effect was visible ~~ great symetry!

[quote="Phoenix729"]Those waves look a little odd, they seem to be uniformly choppy all the way to the horizon. Never seen a horizon with waves that big on it before, is that common for the black sea?[/quote]

Most large bodies of water are uniformly choppy, seen or unseen. In this case it appears the telescopic lens has made them clearly visible.

Nice photo! 8-) :thumb_up: :thumb_up:

Those waves look a little odd, they seem to be uniformly choppy all the way to the horizon. Never seen a horizon with waves that big on it before, is that common for the black sea?

Wow! I was looking for the "black drop effect" when Venus touched the limb of the Sun, but didn't see it. But Emil, you gave us the "red drop effect" instead! :-D :clap: :-D :clap: :-D :clap:

Ann

That will be sunspots

There seems to be a faint spot below Venus and a little bit to the right. Any ideas what this is? I don't think the distortion of the sun is extreme enough for Venus to appear twice because it is not directly underneath.
The only thing I can think of is dust on the mirror inside the camera (assuming SLR).

The Sun looks more like a hot-air balloon instead of an Etruscan vase. Cool image though! 8-)

[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120608.html][img]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_120608.jpg[/img] [size=150]When Venus Rises with the Sun[/size][/url]

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