The 2012 Venus transit in a stunning HD video

On June 5, 2012 the world witnessed only the seventh Venus transit since the invention of the telescope in the early 1600s. NASA’s orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the whole transit in multiple wavelengths, capturing multiple jaw-dropping HD videos. Check it out. 

(Extra: The website TalkingPointsMemo has a slideshow of some nice, dramatic stills captured around the world of the transit too.)