Moon Meets Morning Star

Rising in the dark hours before dawn, wandering Venus now shines as the brilliant morning star. Its close conjunction with the Moon on August 13 was appreciated around planet Earth.  Image credit: Kwon, O Chul

This composite image constructed from frames made at 10 minute intervals follows the video from above the city lights and clouds over Taebaek, Korea. The occultation begins just before dawn. Venus first disappears behind the Moon’s sunlit crescent and then emerging from the dark lunar limb.

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- See also:

• Full moon over Chile
• Most spectacular Solar eruption (video)
• Venus Transit- First images and video
• Trails in the Morning Sky
• Annular Solar Eclipse at Horseshoe Bend
• Pyramid rock on Mars
• 9-Billion-Pixel Photo of Milky Way Center
• Hubble's Heavenly Holiday Ornament

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