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Credit & Copyright: Marek Nikodem
(PPSAE)
Explanation:
It was visible around the world.
The sunset conjunction of Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) in 2012 was visible almost
no matter where you lived on Earth.
Anyone on
our planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them.
That year, a creative photographer traveled
away from the town lights of
Szubin,
Poland to photograph
a near closest approach of the
two planets.
The bright planets were then separated by only
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 week after sunset,
passing within a degree of each other about
two
days from today.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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