Picture taken at 0705 with a Nikon CP995, Binoculars and Solar Sunglasses. Almost didn't make it due to clouds!

Sunset behind a hill, the black shadow before the Sun are some overhead power lines. The small dot is Venus. Celestron 4' refractor, Canon A70 afocal, iso100, f4, 1/20s

Taken with Nikon Coolpix 990 digital camera through Meade ETX-105 telescope 06:37 EDT. Taken during light fog conditions.

A great example of binocular projection. Pictures taken at Katy's Church in the Muncy Hills.

In Rolla, the transit had already begun and was nearing 3rd contact before the sun started rising. Since the sun was fairly low, we were able to see the sun directly and could actually see venus with the naked eye on the disc of the sun. The picture was taken by holding up the camera to a binocular while holding the binocular by hand!!! The wind made it quite a balancing act, but the result was worth it! Photo details: Sony DSC-P71, +2.0 exposure metering value, focus to infinity, full optical(3x) + digital(2x) zoom.

Photo was taken of the sun's image projected onto white paper using a 60mm 20X telescope. A Canon digital camera with macro setting was used to photograph the image of Venus in transit across the sun.

Photo details : 6/8/2004, 9h30 UT, Etréchy, France. Nexstar 5i (SCT 127 mm), Canon EOS 300D at prime focus, Solar filter Thousand Oaks Optical 2+. -- don't include my e-mail address on the spaceweather site, but it's ok to include my web site address.

The tiny sunspot 627 was visible as well but Venus was far more spectacular than I expected it to be -a perfectly dark disk! PD: Celestron 4 inch refractor and Nikon Coolpix 2000.

The first picture was taken in contact II. The second was taken before Contact III. Projected sun image through a 60mm telescope, Olympus C-100 camera.

more: from David E. Johnson of Joliet, IL, USA; from Roger Marcoux Photography in the White Mountains of Bartlett, NH, USA; from Rodrigo Lazo of Caracas, Venezuela; from Nicola Cosanni of Pescara, Region Abruzzo, Italy