Twin Pairs

Before dawn yesterday, I stepped outside and discovered two prominent stars and two bright planets playing peek-a-boo with clouds in a deep, blue sky. The stars, Caster and Pollux, were aligned diagonally upper left of center of the photo, while Jupiter dominated the upper area of the photo and Venus, the lower.

Though Castor and Pollux are officially part of Gemini (the Twins), they were upstaged by the pairing of the brighter Jupiter and Venus. Not to be ignored, clouds also splashed the scene with their trimmings.

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