Transit of Venus Photos From the Skies Over Dixon

The Transit of Venus was a twice in a lifetime event that will not happen again for more than 100 years.

Luckily, some in Dixon took photos of the event for all to enjoy.

Dixon photographer Bil Paul snapped these two photos yesterday over the skies of Dixon.

Bill writes:

"I was much better prepared this time to shoot the sun. This time, the planet Venus was crossing between the earth and the sun. I photographed it with a digital camera and telephoto lens, shooting through five panes of dark glass sandwiched together. I set the camera for ISO 100 to do this. I had to blow up the image quite a bit in Photoshop.

Venus is the round black dot on the upper right of the sun. The other dots more in the center of the sun are sunspots on the surface of the sun. There are more of them than usual these days because the 11-year solar cycle is nearing its peak. 
The planets Mercury and Venus are closer to the sun than our earth. 
Thanks to Dixon Glass Company for providing the panes of dark glass that made these photos possible."

Did you witness this event? Did you snap any photos? Attach them to this photo gallery!