by APOD Robot » Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:08 am
Venus and Jupiter at Dawn
Explanation: On Monday morning, Venus and Jupiter gathered close in
dawn skies, for some separated by about half the
width of a
full moon. It was their
closest conjunction since 2000, captured here above the eastern horizon before sunrise.
The serene and colorful view is from Istia beach near the city of Capoliveri on the island
of Elba. Distant lights and rolling hills are along Italy's Tuscan coast. Of course, the celestial pair soon wandered apart. Brighter Venus headed lower, toward the eastern horizon and the glare of the Sun, while Jupiter continues to rise a little higher now in
the sky near dawn. The two brightest planets
meet again next June 30th, in the evening twilight above the western horizon.
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