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From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the once-in-a-lifetime sight of the transit of Venus, which won't be seen for another 105 years.

Published: June 5, 2012

Karen Beaton of the Cal Poly Library looks up with special glasses as the planet Venus tracks across the face of the sun Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at a viewing area on the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

David Middlecamp, The Tribune/AP Photo

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