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Three Views of Venus

June 7, 2012 by Steve Mentz Leave a Comment

Like Lucretius I think Venus rules the universe. It was great to have the chance to see her this past week. I was especially lucky to have three chances to see, even though Transit Tuesday was cloudy in Short Beach —

Here she is via my old high school buddy Dan Gelfand’s picture of the celestial lady crossing the stage.

 

Here’s what I came up with, via emergency napkin camera, by the side of the road when the sun briefly came out:

 

And here’s another view, of my son dressed as Aphrodite in the school play:

 

 

 

 

 

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Steve Mentz
Professor of English
St. John’s University
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