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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Луна и Венера над Женевой http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1177430/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Gregory Giuliani
(AstroImagine)
Explanation:
The Moon, fresh from a
biting encounter with the
Sun last week,
appeared next to threaten Venus.
The waxing Moon appeared to glide right past, however, just a
few degrees away.
Venus, of course,
is much further away from the
Earth than the Moon,
so the passing was really just an
angular illusion.
Pictured above on June 13, a fading sunset finds the
crescent Moon and
Venus between clouds and above
the city lights of
Geneva,
Switzerland.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.