Transit of Venus Watched In The World

A young boy uses a pair of binoculars with special filters, to observe the transit of Venus at the National Science Museum in Gwacheon, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. From the U.S. to South Korea, people turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. The next one won’t be for another 105 years.Indian women use special cardboard eclipse glasses to watch the transit of Venus as other Hindu devotees take ritualistic dips on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus.Venus, lower left, begins to pass in front of the sun, during it’s rare transit seen from Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus.Venus is seen passing in front of the sun in the clouds, in this image taken through a telescope, from Losevo village, north of St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus.The larger black dot, top center, is the planet Venus as it transits across the face of the Sun as viewed from Earth, as seen through a Solar filter at the Givatayim Observatory near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Observers on seven continents, even a sliver of Antarctica, will be in position to see it.Venus moves across the sun during the transit as seen from the capital Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 6, 2012.  <AP/Newsis>

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