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Venus Transit 2012... Yesterday, NASA astronaut Don Pettit took these photos of the rare celestial event from aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Pettit launched to the ISS on December 21 of last year. Among the items that Pettit brought with him when he arrived at the orbital outpost on December 23 were special camera filters that he used to photograph Venus' crossing of the Sun's disk—which will not take place again for another 105 years.
The last time a Venus transit occurred was back in 2004...while the next transits by this greenhouse planet will not take place till 2117 and 2125, respectively.
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