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History > Myths and Legends > Venus - the PLANET - pelican in motion, across the face of the rising sun, with the planet Venus, as seen from Flagler Beach Pier in Daytona Beach, Daytona, USA.

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submitted by George Poulos on 09.06.2004

Venus - the PLANET - pelican in motion, across the face of the rising sun, with the planet Venus, as seen from Flagler Beach Pier in Daytona Beach, Daytona, USA.

Venus - the PLANET - pelican in motion, across the face of the rising sun, with the planet Venus, as seen from Flagler Beach Pier in Daytona Beach, Daytona, USA. - Venus Transit as seen from  Flagler Beach Pier in Daytona Beach. Jim Tiller. Daytona.jpg

Venus, the PLANET, was named after the Romanised version of Kythera's goddess - Aphrodite.

I regard Venus as Kythera's planet.

It is fitting that the occurence of the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun, [Jun 8, 2004], has focused the attention of the entire world onto Kythera's planet.

A pelican is in motion, across the face of the rising sun, with the planet Venus, as seen from Flagler Beach Pier in Daytona Beach, Daytona, USA. June 8th, 2004.

Photograph by Ben Tiller.

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