April 7, 2010
In the grand ledger of cosmic time, a human life is breathtakingly brief. But brevity is not insignificance.
Venus and Mercury in the West
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APOD published April 7, 2010. Credit: Manu Arregi Biziola. A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
In this twilight skyview, a windmill stands in silent witness to a lovely pairing of planets in the west. The picture was recorded on April 5 from Gallegos del Campo, Zamora, Spain. Venus (left) and Mercury (right) are near their much anticipated conjunction in the early evening sky. But even in the coming days, these two evening stars will remain close in the western sky at sunset. In fact, with brighter Venus as a marker, sky watchers will have an excellent guide for spotting Mercury nearby, a planet often hidden in the Sun's glare.
Image credit: Manu Arregi Biziola