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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Quadruple Sky Over Great Salt Lake
NASA ^ | November 08, 2015 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 11/08/2015 1:01:27 AM PST by SunkenCiv

Explanation: This was a sky to show the kids. All in all, three children, three planets, the Moon, a star, an airplane and a mom were all captured in one image near Great Salt Lake in Utah, USA in early September of 2005. Minus the airplane and the quadruple on the ground, this busy quadruple coincidence sky was visible last week all over the world. The easiest object to spot is the crescent Moon, which is easily the brightest sky orb in the featured image. Venus is the highest planet in the sky, with Jupiter to its right. The bright star Spica completes the quadruple just below Venus. The streak on the far right is an airplane. Mom is seated. Grandpa, appreciating the beauty of the moment, took the picture. This week, the pre-dawn sky shows a similar conjunction of planets.

November 08, 2015

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; greatsaltlake; moon; science; spica; utah; venus
[Credit and Copyright: Michael Wilson]

1 posted on 11/08/2015 1:01:28 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...

More like "Insipid Tourist Picture of the Day".
The Big One

2 posted on 11/08/2015 1:02:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Actually I believe that’s the moon, Venus and Saturn. (If the pic was taken within the last few days.)


3 posted on 11/08/2015 1:48:51 AM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: cripplecreek
All in all, three children, three planets, the Moon, a star, an airplane and a mom...
That's amoré.


4 posted on 11/08/2015 2:14:10 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Somebody let the Moslem pic the APOD,

Couldn’t resist the Moon and Venus.


5 posted on 11/08/2015 2:38:13 AM PST by shibumi (A concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing This is Black Sunshine)
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Dropped this - “k”.


6 posted on 11/08/2015 2:39:00 AM PST by shibumi (A concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing This is Black Sunshine)
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To: shibumi

She’s got it, yeah baby she’s got it...


7 posted on 11/08/2015 3:00:14 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: cripplecreek

And the Earth ;)


8 posted on 11/08/2015 3:28:50 AM PST by rightwingcrazy
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To: cripplecreek

Read much?

“Explanation: This was a sky to show the kids. All in all, three children, three planets, the Moon, a star, an airplane and a mom were all captured in one image near Great Salt Lake in Utah, USA in early September of 2005.”


9 posted on 11/08/2015 3:36:35 AM PST by Principle Over Politics ("Man is not free unless government is limited" Ronald Reagan)
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To: Principle Over Politics

No I didn’t read the description before posting. We had a pretty similar set up in the sky with the moon venus and saturn yesterday.


10 posted on 11/08/2015 3:40:05 AM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I see Planet X!

LOL


11 posted on 11/08/2015 7:15:47 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: SunkenCiv
All in all, three children, three planets, the Moon, a star, an airplane and a mom...
That's amore'.

When a eel lunges out
and bites off your snout
That's a moray!

12 posted on 11/08/2015 8:47:34 AM PST by null and void (We are AmeriCANs. We CAN learn, and learn from history, if we choose.)
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