The last Venus transit of the century


The planet Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on Tuesday, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years.Transits of Venus happen in pairs, eight years apart, with more than a century between cycles. During Tuesday's pass, Venus took the form of a small black dot slowly shifting across the northern hemisphere of the sun.Armchair astronomers watched the six-hour and 40-minute transit on the Internet, with dozens of websites offering live video from around the world.Closeup views from the Prescott Observatory in Arizona, fed into Slooh.com's webcast, showed a small solar flaring in the making just beneath Venus' sphere.Tuesday's transit, completing a 2004-2012 pair, began at 6:09 p.m. EDT (2309 BST).(Reuters)



Handout image provided by NASA, the SDO satellite captures a ultra-high definition image of the Transit of Venus across the face of the sun at on June 5, 2012 from space. The last transit was in 2004 and the next pair of events will not happen again until the year 2117 and 2125. 


Handout image provided by NASA, the SDO satellite captures a ultra-high definition image of the Transit of Venus across the face of the sun at on June 5, 2012 from space. The last transit was in 2004 and the next pair of events will not happen again until the year 2117 and 2125.


Handout image provided by NASA, the SDO satellite captures a ultra-high definition image of the Transit of Venus across the face of the sun at on June 5, 2012 from space. The last transit was in 2004 and the next pair of events will not happen again until the year 2117 and 2125.


This still from a NASA video shows the positions of Venus on the face of the sun at various stages during the transit of Venus on June 5, 2012, as well as on June 4, 2004.


The planet Venus makes its transit across the Sun as seen from Kathmandu June 6, 2012. Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on Tuesday, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years.


The planet Venus is seen as a black dot as it begins its transit across the sun over Rochester, New York, June 5, 2012. Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on Tuesday, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years.


A view of Venus almost completing its pass in front of the Sun. On June 5, 2012 at sunset on the East Coast of North America and earlier for other parts of the U.S., the planet Venus will make its final trek across the face of the sun as seen from Earth until the year 2117. The last time this event occurred was on June 8, 2004 when it was watched by millions of people across the world. Get prepared for this once in a lifetime event!


Planet Venus crosses the Sun's path - a once-in-a-lifetime event that will not be seen for another 105 years.



The planet Venus can be seen on its transit of the Sun, from New Delhi June 6, 2012. Venus last made a visible pass in front of the sun in 2004 but will not make another visible transit until 2117.


South Korean middle school students using solar viewers watch Venus passing between the Sun and the Earth at the Gwacheon National Science Museum in Gwacheon, south of Seoul, June 6, 2012. One of the rarest astronomical events occurs on Wednesday when Venus passes directly between the sun and Earth, a transit that won't occur again until 2117.


Handout image courtesy of NASA shows the planet Venus transiting the Sun, June 5, 2012. One of the rarest astronomical events occurs on Tuesday and Wednesday when Venus passes directly between the sun and Earth, a transit that won't occur again until 2117. 


Handout image courtesy of NASA shows the planet Venus transiting the Sun, June 5, 2012. One of the rarest astronomical events occurs on Tuesday and Wednesday when Venus passes directly between the sun and Earth, a transit that won't occur again until 2117. 


  
he planet Venus can be seen on its transit of the Sun, from New Delhi June 6, 2012. Venus last made a visible pass in front of the sun in 2004 but will not make another visible transit until 2117.


The planet Venus makes a transit as a person watches the sun set over the Great Salt Lake outside Salt Lake City, Utah, June 5, 2012. The planet Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on Tuesday, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years. 


 The planet Venus is seen as a black dot as it makes its transit across the sun over Tijuana, June 5, 2012. Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on Tuesday, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years.


 The planet Venus makes its transit across the Sun as seen from Kathmandu June 6, 2012. Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on Tuesday, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years.


A couple attempt to photograph the planet Venus transiting across the sun at Sydney's Observatory June 6, 2012. The planet Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on Tuesday, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years.


Handout images courtesy of NASA show various views of the planet Venus transiting the Sun, June 5, 2012. One of the rarest astronomical events occurs on Tuesday and Wednesday when Venus passes directly between the sun and Earth, a transit that won't occur again until 2117. 


On June 5, 2012 at sunset on the East Coast of North America and earlier for other parts of the U.S., the planet Venus will make its final trek across the face of the sun as seen from Earth until the year 2117. The last time this event occurred was on June 8, 2004 when it was watched by millions of people across the world. Get prepared for this once in a lifetime event!
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 A combination picture shows the planet Venus as it transits across the face of the sun as seen from the Greenwich Observatory on June 8, 2004 in London. The rare astronomical event last occurred in 1882, while the next transit is due in 2012. (Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

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Iconic Marilyn Monroe


Nude images from screen legend Marilyn Monroe's last photo shoot, taken 50 years back, have surfaced.



Photographer Lawrence Schiller captured the iconic beauty posing naked in a swimming pool at Fox Film Studios May 23, 1962, during a shoot on the set of her film "Something's Got To Give", reports contactmusic.com.


"The photographs shows the real Marilyn Monroe teasing you, yet there is still a little mystery left. I was so unguarded that she became unguarded with me," said the 75-year-old photographer.
The snaps see Monroe seductively staring into the camera as her arms cover her bare chest. Schiller never released the full collection of photos, but now he has finally revealed them for his new book "Marilyn & Me".


Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Baker had a disturbing childhood. She was raised under the care of foster parents as her mother was mentally unstable.


It was her mom's friend and guardian Grace McKee who first told Monroe that someday she would become a movie star. She used to make Norma Jeane wear makeup and got her hair curled like her movie star Jean Harlow.


Having spent most of her years under foster care, young Marilyn was often subjected to sexual abuse, which had an impact on her life and behaviour.



She married her first love James Dougherty, but they had to split eventually as Dougherty didn't approve her becoming a model. Marilyn was reluctant to give up her lucrative modelling career for the sake of family and thus decided to divorce Dougherty.




20th Century Fox executive Ben Lyon who 'discovered' Marilyn through her photographs. It was Lyon and his wife who changed her name from Norma Jean Baker to Marilyn Monroe.


Marilyn shot to fame with her hot looks and her rags to riches cinderella stories. Though she started off with minor roles in low-budget flicks, her performances for the movies The Seven Year Itch, Some Like It Hot and The Asphalt Jungle receieved good reviews.


Marilyn dated baseball star Joe DiMaggio and they got married soon. Marilyn's iconic shoot in that wind blown halter gown for 'The Seven Year Itch' lead to a fight between both when DiMaggio got irked by the shoot. The couple soon got separated.




 The pleated halterneck dress, which sent men's hearts a-flutter when Monroe stepped out stepped out of the cinema onto a Subway grate, is being sold in an auction of iconic film costumes and is expected to fetch up to 2 million pounds when it goes under the hammer.


Playwright Arthur Miller was her third husband. That marriage too was a failure and Marilyn became more depended on drugs and alcohol with her health getting deteriorated.


Monroe was found dead at her California home on August 5, 1962 at the age of 36. Doctors declared barbiturate poisoning as cause of her death. Though they said it was a suicide, mystery still shrouds the untimely death of the Hollywood icon.

  

Though she had fame and money, happiness always eluded her life and once remarked that being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered. One famous statement of hers goes like this: "Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live."