June 9, 2005
The elements that make you — the calcium in your bones, the oxygen in your lungs — were scattered across space by dying stars long before...
Venus Returns to the Evening Sky
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APOD published June 9, 2005. Credit: Laurent Laveder (Version fran�aise officielle de l'APOD). A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
This serene image of boats moored in the harbor of l'�le-Tudy, Bretagne, France was taken on June 1st, about an hour after sunset. It also features Venus, third brightest celestial object after the Sun and Moon. For casual skygazers, this month marks Venus' return to the evening sky as the brilliant 'star', shining low in the west-northwest shortly after sunset. In the picture, astrophotographer and APOD translator Laurent Laveder notes that Venus is easily mistaken for a light atop a sailboat's tall mast, giving the otherwise stunning celestial beacon an unremarkable appearance. Of course, a year ago Venus' appearance was quite remarkable. On June 8, 2004, Venus crossed the Sun's disk, the first transit of Venus since 1882. Late this week Venus shares the evening sky with the young crescent Moon, and will next transit the Sun on June 6, 2012.
Image credit: Laurent Laveder (Version fran�aise officielle de l'APOD)