I think i can see my house from here

So, Venus made the news today. The planet, not the shaving kit or greek goddess.

Apparently, Venus made a pass in front of the sun for the first time since 1882, as explained in this article. I saw the report this am while i was walking and the guy explaining the situation must have been just a huge liar. He seemed very knowledgeable about this whole happening, and yet, it looked as if he'd never actually seen the sun in his lifetime. Or a treadmill for that matter, but we aren't discussing that.

What really drew my attention to this was the "special" glasses that viewers used to see Venus' ascent across the face of the sun. It looked as if scientists asked all those that had seen the recent 3D viewing of Shrek to bring their leftover glasses so they could "see science in amazing 3D awe". Even the picture in the msnbc article looks as if it was pulled straight from a picture of a movie crowd from the 1950s.

Now i don't know about you, but i was told looking straight at the sun would make you go blind (amongst other things, but that will be touched on in a future post...), so how could a coupla sheets of colored plastic shield you from the sun's deadly rays? we all know Superman can survive it, but hey man, we're just mere mortals.

But, as luck would have it, i was able to get a photograph of of the occurrence. Again, remember, the bewilderment that this photo may cause and to show you the magnitude of the sun, i've added a few notations on the photograph to explain this to you. It's something you'll never forget.