[Beyond IYA2009] News and Events #7 - all about ToV

Hi allThis email being sent slightly earlier due to the big transit of Venus event coming up - and in fact every item below is about that event...1. The now very popular Transit of Venus resource that's been doing the rounds is available in English, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati, French, Spanish, Italian, Persian. Coming soon - Urdu, German, Dutch, Telugu. Download the material and distribute freely: http://transitofvenusncra.wordpress.com/ 2. Lech MankiewiczFor many people on the planet, June 5th/6th, 2012 will be the only chance to see a transit of Venus. What story dowe want to tell to our descendants who will see the next transit in 105 years? The GLORIA project would like people to document this 'once in a lifetime' event by turning their cameras back to Earth to capture photos ofspecial places, everyday life, memorable events, themselves and their loved ones, on the days of June 5th and 6th 2012 and submitting them to the 'Transit of Venus - Message to the Future' group on Flickr.com. The photocollection could be used, for example, by school children, to make a time capsule based on photos taken in their locality, or to make a photographic exhibition or book, printed ...