From: "daffyddsant" <usenet@davidillig.com>

Date: June 12, 2012 8:35:40 AM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: a gift of watermelon pickle

Alan,

I can't say why this is, but to my eye your colorized H-a version in particular evokes a vision of a truly hellish place @ 860°F, sulfuric acid clouds... Venus also looks like a forlorn and lonely place-- just Venus and the Sun, no place to escape to. I even thought to myself "How can people stand to live there?" But I read a lot of SF.

Wonderful work!

David

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Alan Friedman <alan@...> wrote:

Hi all,

I had the great pleasure of witnessing the transit of Venus with my friend Dave Jurasevich from Mount Wilson Observatory. George Whitney, Kirk Rogers, Mike Long and I were positioned in and around Dave's dome with a clear view of the sun from beginning of transit to almost sunset. Here are a few images I've completed so far. The seeing, unfortunately, was quite turbulent most of the afternoon... but I am not inclined to quibble with the gift of being able to experience this rare spectacle twice in my lifetime.

http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/transitofvenus_early.html

http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/transitofvenus.html

http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/transitofvenusBW.html

all the best,

Alan

Alan Friedman

avertedimagination.com