Posted on 03/06/2023 3:27:03 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: It was visible around the world. The sunset conjunction of Jupiter and Venus in 2012 was visible almost no matter where you lived on Earth. Anyone on the planet with a clear western horizon at sunset could see them. Pictured here in 2012, a creative photographer traveled away from the town lights of Szubin, Poland to image a near closest approach of the two planets. The bright planets were then separated only by 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 month after sunset, passing within a degree of each other about a week ago.
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What a great use of imagination! It’s fantasy-like.
By Venus & Jupiter & Stars this pics was taken 3/11/2012
But
It can’t be after sunset, on 3/11/2012 Venus was near its greatest elongation at ~45° and riding high above the sun. In Poland the sun set 5:34pm, Venus set at 10:01pm so by the time Jupiter & Venus were that low in the sky for that picture it would have long been dark.
So those are town lights or something.
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