Venus transit 2012 a chance to test Earth-hunting techniques (+video)

Venus transit 2012 a chance to test Earth-hunting techniques (+video)
Today, Venus passes in front of the sun, a rare phenomenon, as the transit of Venus, and an event that will not be repeated more than 100 years ago.
“… Venus is directly between the Sun and the Earth, what we see, literally moving the face of the sun,” said Phil plait, “Bad Astronomer” and the author of the death of Heaven Face The Huffington Post Santa Maria. “It’s like a little mini-eclipse.”