It was the closest conjunction of 2 planets in 2019, between Mercury and Mars. It happened low in the evening twilight - and was best seen from Earth's Southern Hemisphere. Check out these photos from EarthSky Community members.

The Milky Way rising over a silo.

John Ashley caught these fish - with a camera - fighting and mating during a late May/early June spawning season in Montana.

Kent Reinhard captured these rare asperitas clouds on June 10. They’ve been described as “… as if viewing a roughened sea surface from below.”

From the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Christina Koch snapped this image of the planet Venus at sunrise on May 31.

An old lighthouse stands out against the sky in Montauk, New York.

We're now in the middle of the best time of year to see Jupiter, and it's near the starry arc of the Milky Way. Enjoy this panoramic image from John Ashley in Montana.

The young moon returned to the evening sky this week. June 4 photo by Heidi Gabbert in San Jose, California.

A golden eagle flying in front of a funnel cloud over the Steens Mountain Wilderness in southeastern Oregon. Thomas Patrick Tully, who posted these photos in earIy June, wrote that the funnel "... almost touched down and stayed strong for several minutes."

Lightning over North Borneo, Malaysia.