Looking at the sky on Friday
When I got off the train this evening, coming home from work, I looked up at the sky and saw Venus and the Moon very clear and almost perfectly aligned in the sky. I snapped a picture on my mobile phone camera and hurried home to try to take a proper picture with my normal camera.
When I opened my email, I found an email from http://spaceweather.com, with the following wording:
PRETTY SKY ALERT: When the sun goes down tonight (Friday, Feb. 27th) step outside and look west. Venus and the crescent Moon are having a beautiful close encounter in the sunset sky. If you point a small telescope at the pair, you will see that Venus, like the Moon, is a crescent. The phases of the two are almost the same, adding an extra dimension of beauty to an already lovely show. Don't miss it!
I didn’t miss it. :)
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve partaken in the “Looking at the sky on Friday, but this week I just couldn’t miss and I’m glad to be back.
Did you look at the sky this Friday? I’m off on a tour of the blogs to see what you came up with.
Please visit Crazy Working Mum’s blog to learn more about this picture meme.
Have a great weekend.
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3 comments:
that is amazing. i have never saw anything like that before
Tina - I love looking at the sky and can't help but notice. A few years ago, Mars was in the picture too, when all three aligned. :)
Oh wow! Very cool. It's amazing that you could get such an amazing shot. I'm impressed. NICELY done. :)
Thanks for playing along. Glad you're back.
-Tisha
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