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Venus was the key, according to astronomer Edmund Halley. He realised that by observing transits
from widely-spaced locations on Earth it should be possible to triangulate the distance to Venus using the principles of parallax.
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Modern solar telescopes captured unprecedented view of Venus's atmosphere backlit by solar fire.
They saw Venus transiting the sun's ghostly corona, and gliding past magnetic filaments big enough to swallow the planet whole.
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