Venus Transit: A Global Viewing Party
As Venus started its orbit between the sun and Earth on Tuesday afternoon, WSJ readers turned to the skies and to this live NASA stream of the event: http://on.wsj.com/M5OIAB. We asked readers where they were watching the Venus transit from and were pleasantly surprised at the global response.
- Here's the initial tweet we sent out on Tuesday night:
- More than 125,000 are watching this stream of the #VenusTransit. Tell us where you're watching it from. on.wsj.com/L8RW6i
- Jose Quintero wrote:
thanks, I’m watching the transit of Venus from Venezuela.
Omar Velázquez wrote:This is great. México
Pauline wrote:Watching from Dominican Republic
TAW wrote:Alaska… Anchorage and have the glasses…
Andrew wrote:watching from toronto!
Belinda wrote:California!
Raphael wrote:Chapel Hill, North Carolina getting a glimpse of this astronomical phenomenon!
Best Family wrote:Perfect conditions in Yorba Linda, CA. Glad to have seen Mercury a few years back as well.
Peter wrote:I watch this live stream from Germany … Greetings from Stuttgart
GEEKITA wrote:I am watching it from Austin,Tx !!! \m/
bob wrote:watching from Plano TX
Patrick wrote:from Auckland, New Zealand
cherise wrote:Nottingham, england, in bed, i should be asleep! it’s 1:45am.
- Across Twitter and Facebook, we also saw these responses ...From the U.S.:
@WSJ Watching it with hundreds of others at NASA Ames http://pic.twitter.com/VcFRxy6F
@WSJ Watching the live stream of the #VenusTransit from Chicago! http://blogs.wsj.com/dispatch/2012/06/05/live-video-transit-of-venus/?mod=e2tw
"@WSJ ... #VenusTransit. Tell us where you're watching it from. on.wsj.com/L8RW6i" Pittsburgh...cloudy here
Raining here in 34219 RT @WSJ: More than 125,000 are watching this stream of the #VenusTransit. (cont) tl.gd/hna4ra- From Down Under:
- South America:
