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OriginalSDO's Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit
Reason
Breathtaking view of a rare astronomical phenomenon, high quality, very good encyclopedic value
Articles in which this image appears
Transit of Venus, 2012, Transit of Venus, Solar Dynamics Observatory
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
Solar Dynamics Observatory
Alt, animation

Suspended pending article stability. --jjron (talk) 15:27, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"A transit is the astronomical event that occurs when one celestial body appears to move across the face of another celestial body, hiding a small part of it, as seen by an observer at some particular vantage point."
It doesn't say you have to see it from Earth for it to qualify as a transit. Also, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (the instrument which took the picture) is a satellite of Earth, so it has nearly the same vantage point as anyone on Earth did while observing the transit. Dusty777 02:40, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That's a transit, not the Transit of Venus, 2012 which refers to the transit of Venus visible from the Earth (otherwise it would still be occurring if you happened to be floating in space in the correct position). Yomanganitalk 23:36, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:SDO's Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit (304 Angstrom Full Disc 02).jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:08, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for promoting it. I feel good as this was my first successful nomination. EngineerFromVega 06:33, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]