[Mr. K]

Is this picture backwards?

I know Venus should show a crescent and Jupiter should be ‘full’

But I think the crescent is facing the wrong way

[SunkenCiv]

I don’t know, but Joe’s is. ;’)

[Verginius Rufus]

I read once that photos taken through a telescope, at least by astronomers, are often "upside down" because the process of inverting the image would cost some of the light or detail, and most of the time it doesn't matter for astronomers (the star looks the same rather right side up or not).

The last time I was able to see both planets was July 1. Jupiter was in the 2 o'clock position relative to Venus. Venus, of course, was the brighter of the two.