A 32 image GIF movie of the planet's movement in front of the solar disk during 5 hours, highly compressed. File size 541 KB, may take some time to load. Be sure to activate animated images with your browser. See also the Full-Sun Version of the same animation.

Venus is the round black disk which moves across the solar disk. The dark spots near the upper edge are sunspots, at right a solar flare region can be seen. North is up and west is to the right.