Transit of Venus

Big doings in the sky today — so big, in fact, that no one alive now will ever see their like again. Which is perhaps some small justification for intruding this information into a site on law. You’ll likely have read about it in your newspaper. But I thought you might like a reference to some websites that go into the phenomenon in greater detail and that offer a chance to see the event online, in case your sky is clouded over at the crucial time.

Go to TransitofVenus.org, where you’ll find pretty much everything you need to be part of this event. One of the most important links there is the one to a map that tells you exactly when the transit will occur in your location (“local transit times”, sounding very much like the bus schedule) if you let it know your geolocation.

And for a bit more history and lore of this twice in a lifetime event, have a look at Chasing Venus, material gathered by the excellent Brain Pickings.