Jupiter and Venus from Earth
Image 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 above 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 separated only by
three degrees and his daughter striking a
humorous pose.
A faint red sunset still glowed in the background.
Jupiter and Venus will be
at it again this week before sunrise, passing
under two degree from each other -- and even with
bonus planet Mars nearby.