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Breathtaking Photo of Venus Crossing the Sun During Last Year’s Transit

Last June, something happened that won't be happening again until the year 2117: Venus eclipsed the Sun. Of course, seeing as Venus is both small and far away from us, the event wasn't an actual eclipse, but rather a "transit." The small dot that is Venus made its way across the Sun for the second time in 8 years and the last time for more than a century.

A lot of photos and time-lapses came out of that event -- a couple of which we shared with you here -- but this one has to be one of the most incredible we've run across.