Music For The Transit of Venus
The transit of Venus is a very rare celestial event in which the planet Venus can be seen crossing the path of the sun from Earth. Transits of Venus occur in pairs eight years apart separated by either 105.5 years or 121.5 years. The last Venus transit occurred in 2004, and the next pair won’t happen until 2117 and 2125, making this Tuesday/Wednesday, June 5th/6th everyone’s last chance to see the transit take place in their lifetimes.
The time the transit of Venus will be depends on your location on planet Earth. You can check this site to see if and when it will be visible to you. For people on the East coast of the US, the transit will take place towards the end of the day and will still be in progress at sunset.
Of course witnessing the event will be easier said than done. Simply starring into the sun would be a bad idea. Unless you have special sun viewing glasses or telescope with a solar filter, the best way to see the Venus traverse the sun will probably be on the NASA website, as they plan to cover the whole event live.
This event is so special I figured it warranted it’s very own playlist. So after some searching on Spotify it turns out that the 2nd rock from the sun has inspired a lot of music. I quickly went through the search results and picked out some of the best. The playlist has tracks from Bjork, Brandon Boyd, T. Rex and Red Hot Chilli Peppers, plus plenty of obscure tracks. So while you check out the transit, crank up the tunes and enjoy
