A plane leaving SFO (40 miles away) flies through the transit-of-Venus across the sun. The large dot is Venus, which is passing between the sun & earth in this rare event. (The smaller dots are sun spots.) San Francisco Bay Area, California 05-JUN-2012
Surf Scoter Wake A male surf scoter paddles across the sunset-tinted lake. Shoreline Park Mountain View, California 18-JAN-2012
