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Crowds flock to telescopes for transit of Venus
Chestatee High invited public to see rare planetary alignment
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Josh Oropeza, 10, and Theda Burchardt use special glasses to watch the transit of Venus.
People around the globe looked toward the sun Tuesday to see the last transit of Venus in our lifetime. The next time Venus, Earth and the sun will be so perfectly aligned won’t be until December 2117. Venus orbits the sun at an angle that makes an alignment between the planets and the sun rare.