The 2012 Transit of Venus, with a focus on the solar corona, from NASA.

The 2012 Transit of Venus, highlighting the solar prominences, from NASA’s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly.

The 2012 Transit of Venus. A couple of objects transit the Sun at the same time.

The 2012 Transit of Venus – an indirect view.

The 2012 Transit of Venus.

The 2012 Transit of Venus.

The 2012 Transit of Venus, from Bronte, Sydney.

The 2012 Transit of Venus.

A time line of the 2012 Transit of venus.

Transit of venus 2012 from Melbourne.

Transit of venus 2012, from Orange, NSW. The image was taken by Shane Lear, using a Finepix Fujifilm s5500 through polarising lens filter and welding shield – for a negative image.

Transit of venus 2012, from Lorne victoria. “This was as good as it got between clouds,” Warwick says.

Transit of Venus 2012, taken at 1.28pm AEST from Hobart, Tasmania.

Transit of venus 2012.

A school lesson on the Transit of venus 2012. from the Fraser Coast, Queensland.

Transit of venus 2012.

Transit of venus 2012. Thomas took the photos “via a somewhat improvised set up”, he says. “I hand held a 8″ Thousand Oaks solar filter in front of a 200-400mm F/5.6 USM/IS L lens on my Cannon 400D, which was mounted on my tripod. If I held the filter just right, I avoided a ghost image. These are the three best that I had time to take.”

The photo was taken at ISO400 (1/60sec F/5.6).

Transit of venus 2012.

The 2012 Transit of Venus. Maureen took the image on her Nikon D90, in her backyard at Blackmans Bay, Tasmania.

The 2012 Transit of Venus, taken by 12-year-old Angus Dalton when the image was projected from the telescope at his school observatory .