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Passage of Venus
Documentary · 1874
Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or Pierre Jules César Janssen, invented the Photographic Revolver, which captured a series of images in a row. The device, automatic, produced images in a row without human intervention, being used to serve as photographic evidence of the passage of Venus before the Sun, in 1874.
The sides of Passage of Venus
- The planet Venus crossing the Sun
- A sequence of photographs from 1874
- Janssen's photographic revolver
Passage of Venus is good for you if…
- you like seeing moving images from before cinema existed.
- you like a real planet caught crossing the Sun in 1874.
- you're curious about the invention that came before the film camera.
Passage of Venus is bad for you if…
- you need people and a story, not an astronomical record.
- you need sound, and this is a few silent seconds.
About: astronomy · invention · early cinema
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