When Venus Rises with the Sun

Пт, Июнь 08, 2012 - 8:30 / Категория: astronet

This dramatic telephoto view
across the Black Sea on June 6
finds Venus rising with the Sun,
the planet in silhouette against a ruddy and ragged solar disk.

Of course, the reddened light...

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