Jupiter and Venus from Earth
Image Credit & Copyright:
Marek Nikodem
(PPSAE)
It was visible around the world.
The sunset conjunction of Jupiter and Venus in 2012 was visible almost
no matter where you lived on Earth.
Anyone on the planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them.
Pictured here in 2012, a creative photographer traveled
away from the town lights of
Szubin,
Poland to image
a near closest approach of the
two planets.
The bright planets were then separated only by
three degrees and his daughter struck a
humorous pose.
A faint red sunset still glowed in the background.
Jupiter and Venus are
together again this month after sunset,
passing within a degree of each other about a week ago.