Twilight – Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings

Near and Far

The Moon is less than a third of the diameter of Venus, yet it appeares much larger since it was only 224 thousand miles away while Venus was over 142 million miles away at the time of the photo. The Moon is at crescent phase since it is sunward from Earth, while Venus is atContinue reading “Near and Far”

Planetary Pair

For a brief time this morning while on our walk, both trees and clouds parted to reveal this planetary pair. Jupiter on the left and Venus on the right are meeting for a day or two and then Jupiter will continue to ascend higher in the sky each morning, leaving the brilliant Venus behind inContinue reading “Planetary Pair”

Planetary Trio

Three planets align diagonally between the palm trees in last evening’s twilight. Bright Jupiter rests at the upper left of the image, Saturn is in the middle of the image, and very bright Venus dots the lower right of the image. Mercury was just visible a little earlier near the horizon. A year ago, JupiterContinue reading “Planetary Trio”