Yesterday afternoon it was impossible to resist photographing the very rare transit of Venus across the sun. Seeing that I didn’t want to wait another 105 years to photograph it I made the most of the opportunity. If you missed seeing it I highly recommend scrolling down to see the NASA video of the event as seen through an extreme ultraviolet wave length.

Transit of Venus – June 5, 2012 – Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 800 f/5.6 + 2x +2x teleconverter combo for net focal length of 3200mm

Transit of Venus – June 5, 2012 – Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 800 f/5.6 + 2x +1.4x teleconverter combo for net focal length of 2240mm

Canon 800mm f/5.6 lens provided by Borrowlenses.com