The Venus Transit Animation begins at the surface of Venus where heat ripples distort the scene in a shimmering heat bath. As we leave Venus and move off into space, we arrive at Earth and watch as Venus falls behind us and finally passes across the face of the Sun.

Source: http://svs-f.gsfc.nasa.gov/~wfeimer/SEC/Gen_SEC/IP/Transit.mpg^{[dead link]}

This file was selected as the media of the day for 22 September 2009. It was captioned as follows: English: Animation of the transit of Venus (video) Other languages Català: Animació del trànsit de Venus. English: Animation of the transit of Venus (video) Español: Animación del tránsito de Venus (vídeo) Français : Animation en 3D de la planète Vénus de notre système solaire. Македонски: Анимација на преоѓањето на Венера (видеоинсерт) Polski: Animacja – podróż z Wenus na Ziemię. Русский: Анимация прохождения Венеры по диску Солнца 中文（简体）：​金星月相变化示意动画 中文（繁體）：​金星月相變化示意動畫

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