by APOD Robot » Wed May 04, 2022 4:06 am
Planets Over Egyptian Pyramid
Explanation: The early morning planet parade continues. Visible the world over, the planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn have been lining up in the pre-dawn sky since mid-April. In the
featured image taken last month, these planets were captured over the Step
Pyramid of Djoser, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in the
Saqqara necropolis of
Egypt, the pyramid was constructed in the 27th century BC and is one of the
oldest pyramids known. The two-image composite includes a foreground image taken during evening
blue hour, and a background image captured from the same location the following morning. The
morning planet line-up is
slowly changing. At the end of last month, planets
Jupiter and Venus switched places, while at the end of this month, Jupiter and Mars will switch after passing
within one-degree of each other. Of course, this picturesque planetary angular alignment is a coincidence, as
all of these worlds continue to orbit
the Sun as they have for billions of years, well before even the
ancient Pyramid of Djoser was built.
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