Venus transiting the sun – in pictures
One of the rarest astronomical events occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday (5 and 6 June) when Venus passed directly between the sun and Earth, a transit that will not occur again until 2117
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The SDO satellite captures an ultra-high definition image of the transit of Venus across the face of the sun from space
Photograph: NASA/SDO/Getty Images
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A Nepalese man is silhouetted as Venus, a black dot on the top left of the sun, is seen in Kathmandu, Nepal
Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/AP
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A helicopter flies past in Tijuana, Mexico, as the planet Venus makes its transit across the sun
Photograph: Jorge Duenes /Reuters
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A woman uses special glasses at the Vienna Urania observatory in the Austrian capital
Photograph: Alexander Klein/AFP/Getty Images
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People look at the planet Venus transiting across the sun during sunrise over Amman, Jordan
Photograph: Ali Jarekji/Reuters
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The transit of Venus is projected through binoculars onto a piece of paper outside Griffith Observatory in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California
Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images
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South Korean school students using solar viewers watch Venus passing between the sun and the earth at the Gwacheon National Science Museum
Photograph: Kim Hong-ji/Reuters
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A bird landing on one of the spires of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, is silhouetted against the sun and Venus
Photograph: AP/Kevin Frayer
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Indian children use cardboard eclipse glasses as they prepare to watch the transit of Venus in Allahabad, India
Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
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A view of the transit from Sydney, Australia
Photograph: Rob Griffith/AP
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A man uses a smartphone to photograph the transit of venus at the Sydney Observatory in New South Wales, Australia
Photograph: Rob Griffith/AP
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Handout image courtesy of Nasa shows the planet Venus (top left) at the start of its transit of the sun
Photograph: NASA/Reuters
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Venus is a dot on the rising sun over the Baltic Sea at Kolobrzeg, Poland
Photograph: Michael Probst/AP
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A Nasa composite image provides various views of the transit against the fiery surface of the sun
Photograph: Reuters/Nasa
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People line up to watch the transit of Venus through a telescope on the Hong Kong waterfront
Photograph: Dale de la Rey/AFP/Getty
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Davinia Troughton (closest to camera) and Joshua Howes (next to her) wear special goggles to observe the transit of Venus from the High Line park in New York city
Photograph: Andrew Burton/Getty Images
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A closeup of Venus transiting the sun, courtesy of Nasa
Photograph: Nasa/Reuters
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Astronomer Raminder Samra attempts to get the view of Venus crossing the sun using a shadow on a piece of paper and the telescope at the MacMillan Southam Observatory in Vancouver, Canada
Photograph: Andy Clark/Reuters
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This Nasa picture shows Venus at the start of its transit of the sun
Photograph: NASA/Reuters
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Welder's goggles and a homemade viewing gadget are employed by Venus-watchers at the High Line park in New York city
Photograph: Andrew Burton/Getty Images
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Hong Kong observatory curator Chan Ki-hung points at a screen showing the alignment of Venus and the sun as he addresses a press conference about the transit of Venus
Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images
