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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 1 Aug 2015

    In 1769, Captain Cook voyaged to the South Pacific to observe a rare passing of Venus directly between Earth and the Sun

    6:15 PM - 1 Aug 2015
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      1. Cack-O-Lantern‏ @SigourneyReefer 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson Is that when the crocodile bit his hand off?

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      2. Trevor Robertson  🌐‏ @codeof_honor 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson Captain Cook? Jesse Pinkman!?

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      1. Ben Gross‏ @bhgross144 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson Capt. Cook's sketch of the transit of Venus, 1769. #histSTMpic.twitter.com/TO7U3Z9mi1

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      1. Steve Chappell‏ @pokeryoda68 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson That was quite a transit to view a transit .

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      1. Jerry Cook‏ @Jerrycook01 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson Captain Cook! My ancestor! It was cool to see all he did in his life and learn about him as I grew up.

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      1. Sven Pride‏ @DesertSox 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson You're saying the English are going to colonize Venus now?

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      1. Serena‏ @serenaabattista 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltysonpic.twitter.com/3ENg2O3LOC

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      1. (((Karen)))‏ @BluAngel54 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson I visited Hawa'ii some yrs ago & the top of Mauna Kea.Will NEVER forget looking @the sky thru scope on way down. Breathtaking.

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      1. BLOAT GOD‏ @cornthebeast 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson thanks Neil

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      1. Maroonish‏ @maroonish99 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson Before or after he landed in Hawaii (Sandwich Islands)?

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      1. zachary taylor‏ @Zachary_Tay 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson how often does that occur?

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      1. Scot the Nomad‏ @SCOTNESS 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson even then people knew where to go to get a better view.

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      2. ScifiLmints 🍬 ︽✵︽‏ @scifielements 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson ..and on Easter.. where did he land again? it was some island..

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      3. Bryan Booten‏ @BootenB 1 Aug 2015
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        @scifielements @neiltyson Cook Islands

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      2. M.S.A.sr‏ @Old_Man_Mack 1 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson but how did know? Farmers Almanac?

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      1. Eric McLennon‏ @McLennon63 5 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson That Captain Kirk, is there anything he didn't interfere with?

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      1. Ben Cook‏ @beenjammin32 4 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson my distant relative, still reppin' the great Cook name, very cool!

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      1. RJ Amado‏ @LeDrunkenRabbit 3 Aug 2015
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        @neiltyson I wonder if the oldest recorded tortoise "Tu'i Malila" was with him? :-)

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