Passage de Vénus is a series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun on 9 December 1874. They were purportedly taken in Japan by the French astronomer Jules Janssen and Brazilian engineer Francisco Antônio de Almeida using Janssen’s ‘photographic revolver’.
Alternative titles: 金星凌日 | Přechod Venuše | The Passage of Venus | Prolaz Venere | Транзит Венеры | Прохід Венери | Transit of Venus
Notes: Considered one of the first films ever created.
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