i noticed these planets in the sky last week and took a picture of one of them with my digital camera (i think venus). when i enlarged the picture i discovered two things: a bright magenta spot visible in the sw corner of the planet, and a sea green aura emanating from the rest of the planet. could be just a digital artifact, but i haven't seen colors like that whenever i have taken pictures of planets before. thanks for these.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Photo: Venus, Jupiter, Moon Smile On Earth > > 2 Photos: > http://www.universetoday.com/wp- content/uploads/2008/12/_mg_12761.jpg > > http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6377981,00.jpg > > > -More- spectacular photos: > http://www.skymaps.com/events/20081201/index.html > > > December 2, 2008 The heavens smiled down on Earth Monday in a rare > celestial trifecta of Venus, Jupiter, and the moon. > > The planets alignedan event known as a conjunctionSunday night, and > were joined by a thin sliver of moon on Monday. > > The rare planetary meeting was visible from all parts of the world, > even from light-polluted cities such as Hong Kong and New York. > > People in Asia witnessed a smiley face (above, photographed from > Manila, Philippines), while skywatchers in the United States saw a frown. > > The three brightest objects in the sky were so tightly gathered that > one could eclipse them with a thumb, according to NASA's Web site. > > The next visible Venus-Jupiter conjunction will be on the evening of > March 14, 2012, but the two planets will appear farther apart in the sky. > > National Geographic: > http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081202-venus- jupiter-photo.html >
