May 19, 2018
Somewhere between the hydrogen and the starlight, between the gravity and the grace, the universe conspired to bring you into being.
Reflections of Venus and Moon
Birthday · May 19, 2018
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APOD published May 19, 2018. Credit: Sanderphil Urban Observatory. A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
Posing near the western horizon, a brilliant evening star and slender young crescent shared reflections in a calm sea last Thursday after sunset. Recorded in this snapshot from a beach at Santa Marinella near Rome, Italy, the lovely celestial conjunction of the two brightest beacons in the night sky could be enjoyed around the world. Seaside, light reflected by briefly horizontal surfaces of the gentle waves forms the shimmering columns across the water. Similar reflections by fluttering atmospheric ice crystals can create sometimes mysterious pillars of light. Of course, earthlight itself visibly illuminates the faint lunar night side.
Image credit: Sanderphil Urban Observatory