September 15, 2023
Every candle on your cake is a tiny imitation of the stars that made you possible.
Venus, Moon, and the Smoking Mountain
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APOD published September 15, 2023. Credit: Luis Miguel Meade Rodríguez. A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
Venus has returned, now appearing in planet Earth's predawn skies as a brilliant morning star. From a window seat on a flight to Mexico City, the bright celestial beacon was captured just before sunrise in this astronomical snapshot, taken on September 12. Venus, at the upper right, shared the early twilight with an old crescent Moon. Seen from this stratospheric perspective, mountain peaks and clouds appear in silhouette along a glowing eastern horizon. The dramatic, long, low cloud bank was created by ongoing venting from planet Earth's active volcano Popocatépetl.
Image credit: Luis Miguel Meade Rodríguez