Posted on 04/29/2024 12:12:02 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Three bright objects satisfied seasoned stargazers of the western sky just after sunset earlier this month. The most familiar was the Moon, seen on the upper left in a crescent phase. The rest of the Moon was faintly visible by sunlight first reflected by the Earth. The bright planet Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, is seen to the upper left. Most unusual was Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, below the Moon and showing a stubby dust tail on the right but an impressive ion tail extending upwards. The featured image, a composite of several images taken consecutively at the same location and with the same camera, was taken near the village of Llers, in Spain's Girona province. Comet Pons-Brooks passed its closest to the Sun last week and is now dimming as it moves into southern skies and returns to the outer Solar System.
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Cant even go out at night without seeing Uranus.
It’s like the smallest thing in the picture. Why’d they bother pointing it out? Seems Freudian.
Wow.
One of the stars is on the hillside to the right of the Orange treetop that is clearly alien in origin.
Why a star is on a hillside bears investigation. It could be an alien spaceship, possibly the source of the orange alien treetop.
It could be the entrance to a dragon lair.
It could be a camper with one of those super bright military grade flashlights that can melt almost anything and start fires.
It could be Uranus, but I doubt it would be that bright.
A fallen angel.
I call dibs on the fallen angel. I saw her first.
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