New York City on Different Planets
Imagine to place New York City on another planet in our solar system. Life of course would cease to exist at least as we know it. You will realize once more that our beautiful blue planet is very rare. The following illustrations were made with the help of Marilyn Vogel.
Venus seen From Saturn
Peering over the shoulder of giant Saturn, through its rings and across interplanetary space, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft spies the bright (white dot), cloudy terrestrial planet, Venus. This is a true-color picture of Saturn and Venus. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Steve Jobs’s Venus Superyacht
On October 28th Steve Jobs’s Venus Superyacht, a bit more than one year after his death, was unveiled in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands.
Sunrise Analemma
An analemma is that figure-8 curve that you get when you mark the position of the Sun at the same time each day throughout the year. In this case, 17 individual images taken at 0231 UT on dates between April 2 and September 16 follow half the analemma curve, looking east toward the rising sun and the Caspian sea from the boardwalk in the port of Baku, Azerbaijan. Image credit: Tunç Tezel (TWAN)
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
Trails in the Morning Sky
Bright Venus and Jupiter still rise together before dawn. The peaceful waters by a small lakeside house near Stuttgart, Germany reflect their graceful arcing trails in this composited series of exposures, recorded on the morning of July 26. Image credit: Stefan Seip (TWAN)
Venus, the Moon, Jupiter and the Pleiades
The above image shows the sword of Dom Nuno Alvares Pereira appearing to pierce the waning crescent Moon. It was captured in Portel, Portugal a little before dawn on July 15, 2012. Image credit: Miguel Claro
A Morning Line of Stars and Planets
Early morning dog walkers got a visual treat last week as bright stars and planets appeared to line up. In this image, it is easily visible from left to right, were the Pleiades open star cluster, Jupiter, Venus, and the “Follower” orange giant star Aldebaran, all seen before a starry background. Image credit: Yuri Beletsky (Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Institution for Science)
When Venus Rises with the Sun
This striking telephoto view across the Black Sea on June 6 finds Venus rising with the Sun, the planet in silhouette against a ruddy and ragged solar disk. Image cradit: Emil Ivanov
Venus Transit of the Sun- June 5
The transit of Venus is the passage of Venus across the sun, as Venus orbits directly between the Earth and the sun. Transit of Venus on June 8, 2004. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons
