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A Trip to Venus?

KNAU News Talk - Arizona Public Radio | By Mark Bevis

Published June 7, 2012 at 9:07 AM MST

Check out this amazing image of the Transit of Venus near the transit maximum, as taken from Lowell Observatory. An unexpected interloper got in this image.

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