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Space
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/06/tran14a.gifPlanet Venus makes its transit past the Sun. The last such passing was in 2004, and the next pair of these events will not happen again until the year 2117 and 2125. Photograph: Nasa/AIA/Solar Dynamics Observatory
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Space
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/06/transit12a.jpgA closer view. Photograph: Nasa/AIA/Solar Dynamics Observatory
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Space
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/06/transit13a.jpgVenus at the start of its pass. Photograph: Nasa/AIA/Solar Dynamics Observatory
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Germany
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/06/tran2a.gifA combination photo shows the images of Venus, seen through a special solar filter, from Berlin. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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Philippines
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/06/tran3a.jpgStudents use a welding mask and eclipse glasses to watch the transit in Luneta park, Manila. Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
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Mexico
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/06/tran5a.jpgA helicopter flies past as the planet passes across the Sun over Tijuana. Photograph: Jorge Duenes/Reuters
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Austria
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/06/trans6a.jpgA woman looks through a telescope in Vienna. Photograph: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
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Australia
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/06/trans7aa.jpgThe transit as seen through a welding filter from Sydney. Photograph: Daniel Munoz/Reuters
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Mexico
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/06/trans8a.jpgMembers of a family use solar viewers to observe the spectacle in Cuernavaca. Photograph: Margarito Perez Retana/Reuters Mexico
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Space
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/06/trans9a.gifA satellite captures a ultra-high definition image of the transit. Photograph: SDO/Nasa/Getty Images
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Space
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/06/trans10a.jpgA satellite captures a ultra-high definition image of the transit. Photograph: SDO/Nasa/Getty Images
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Jordan
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/06/tran1a.jpgVenus is seen as a black dot projected onto a girl's forehead in Amman. Photograph: Ali Jarekji/Reuters
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United States
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/06/trans11a.jpgJosh Romney and wife Amanda Romney observe outside Salt Lake City, Utah. Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters
