On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 22:41:05 +1000 Tim Wheeler wrote: >We saw the small dot of Venus travel part way across the sun, from the >bottom up, before sunset. I thought that the image was upright, but the pics >in the newspaper showed Venus moving from the top down.
You can't believe what you see in the papers! I used my old eclipse glasses from '99 & saw the van of love travel from 6 o'clock to 5 o'clock. You were right. The inversion when you move the paper away is just normal optics at work. And, just to stay on topic, did anyone get a digital shot? How was the chromatic aberration? David Hoffman -- __________________________________________________________ David Hoffman Photo Library <http://www.hoffmanphotos.com> phone +44 (0)20 8981 5041 fax +44 (0)20 8980 2041 =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
