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The Transit of Venus
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He glares at me, I stare at him; And lo! my straining eye has found A little spot that, black and round, Lies near the crimsoned fire-orb's rim. O blessed, beauteous evening star, Well named for her whom earth adores,— ... A black, round spot,—and that is all; And such a speck our earth would be If he who looks upon the stars Through the red atmosphere of Mars Could see our little creeping ball Across the disk of crimson crawl As I our sister planet see. Excerpt from "The Flâneur: Boston Common, During the Transit of Venus" by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1882) Learn more: Hinode @ NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory transitofvenus.org Wikipedia Keywords: Transit, Eclipse Filters: Ti_poly |
(Prepared by Patrick McCauley)
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