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Venus' Path Across the Solar Disc
Venus will trek across the sun's face on June 5, marking the last such transit until 2117.
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On Jan. 4, 2011, the joint Japanese-American Hinode satellite captured breathtaking images of an annular solar eclipse.
The eclipse will occur in the afternoon and early evening on May 20.
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Observers gaze up at the annular solar eclipse on May 20, 2012 at a special event held at the University of Colorado's Folsom Field football stadium in Boulder, Colo.
The crowd cheered on the eclipse and booed away clouds.
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Partial Solar Eclipse photo by Sam Border from Blue Grass, Iowa on May 20, 2012
See photos of the May 20 annular solar eclipse.
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The moon blots out the sun in an annular solar eclipse as seen from the base camp of Mt. Fuji in Japan
The "ring of fire" solar eclipse of May 20 is now full swing.
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On Jan. 4, 2011, the joint Japanese-American Hinode satellite captured breathtaking images of an annular solar eclipse.
The annular solar eclipse will begin in southern China and end in northwestern Texas Sunday afternoon.
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