Article Images Dual ISS and Venus transit viewed from Slovakia   On 8 June 2004, like many others around the world, Tomáš Maruška from Bratislava in Slovakia, captured images of the Venus transit. Few of the images of this unusual astronomical event will have been as unique as those taken by Tomáš – his images also show the International Space Station (ISS) passing in front of the Sun. ISS transit     Tomáš Maruška captured images of the dual ISS/Venus transit from Slovakia. He was helped by his wife Gitka, and their 7 year old daughter, Zuzka. Small black dot     Tomáš Maruška captured images of the dual ISS/Venus transit from Slovakia. He was helped by his wife Gitka, and their 7 year old daughter, Zuzka. Tomáš focused his camera on the Sun using an aperture diameter mask which was "aesthetically modified" by his daughter. Release date: 23 June 2004