EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd will be sharing photos of the planets, and some meteors, and talking about them on our regular livestream on Tuesday, August 12. The video drops at 12:15 p.m. CDT (17:15 UTC). Watch in the player above, or on YouTube. Enjoy these images! And thank to all who submitted photos! We wish we could post them all here! See lots more images on our community page.
Venus and Jupiter conjunction, plus meteors!
The two brightest planets in Earth’s sky – Venus and Jupiter – had a glorious conjunction on the morning August 12, 2025, the same morning as the peak of the Perseid meteor shower! If you missed them that morning, watch in coming days and weeks as they separate in the morning sky. In the meantime, enjoy these images from the EarthSky team and our talented community of photographers.
One of EarthSky’s colleagues is married to a pilot who captured this shot of Jupiter and Venus on August 13, 2025. David was flying from Montreal to London when he caught the 2 planets just before sunrise. Thank you, David!
Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter on August 12
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Filipp Romanov in Yuzhno-Morskoy, Nakhodka, Russia, captured this image on August 12, 2025, and wrote: “I photographed the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter. And a bright meteor was next to them during the Perseids.” Thank you, Filipp!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | James Figge in Punta Gorda, Florida, took this photo of Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) on August 12, 2025. Thank you, James! James photographed the planets for several days before the conjunction. See the images here.View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Angara Subrahmanyam in Fairfax, Virginia, captured the planets despite the cloudy sky on August 12, 2025. Thank you, Angara!
Jupiter’s moons
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Steven Bellavia in Smithfield, Virginia, captured Venus (bottom right), Jupiter (top left) and 4 of Jupiter’s moons on August 12, 2025. He wrote: “This morning’s Venus-Jupiter conjunction. It started off overcast, but I set up anyway. And then there was a clearing! They were less than 1 degree (52 arc-minutes) apart.” Thank you!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Tawnya Silloway took this photo from her backyard in Colorado Springs on August 12, 2025. Thank you, Tawnya!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Haluk Atamal in Turkey took this photo on August 12, 2025, and wrote: “Up early in the morning, I was able to catch a couple of moons of Jupiter and brilliant Venus from our balcony in Antalya.” Thank you!
Images of Venus and Jupiter from the EarthSky team
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | EarthSky’s Marcy Curran in Cheyenne, Wyoming, also captured Jupiter and Venus on August 11, 2025. She wrote: “You can see some of the moons of Jupiter as well. From top to bottom the moons are: Ganymede, (Jupiter), Europa and Callisto.” Thank you, Marcy!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Marcy Curran in Cheyenne, Wyoming, captured this amazing view on August 11, 2025. Marcy wrote: “Here’s a cell phone shot of Venus and Jupiter this morning. You can see the constellations of Gemini and Orion as well.” Thank you, Marcy!
EarthSky Community Photos before the conjunction
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Elke Schulz in Río Hurtado, Chile, captured this scene and wrote: “I caught Venus and Jupiter in the morning sky on August 11. If you zoom in, you can see 3 of Jupiter’s Galilean moons: Ganymede above and to the left, and Europa and Callisto to the bottom right. Io is hiding behind the planet at this time. I tried again this morning, but unfortunately there was a thick cloud layer.” Thank you!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Stephen Montag in Livingston, New Jersey, photographed Jupiter and Venus on August 11, 2025. Stephen and wrote: “Near-conjunction at dawn today of Jupiter (left) and Venus (right)” Thank you, Stephen!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Marilyn Grady in Bellingham, Washington, took this photo of the brightest planets on our sky on August 11, 2025. Marilyn wrote: “I’ve been waking up each morning to quite a show. Behold Jupiter and Venus right in my backyard.” Thank you, Marilyn!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Max Dextraze in Craftsbury, Vermont, took this photo on August 10, 2025. Thank you, Max!
Bottom line: Venus and Jupiter – the two brightest planets in Earth’s sky – reached conjunction yesterday. At that time, they were closest together for this year. Here are our favorite images.
Cristina Ortiz - based in Granada, Spain - is EarthSky's defender of animals with her "lifeform" videos at EarthSky YouTube. Discover the most fascinating facts about all the beings with whom we share Earth. Are you ready for the adventure? Cristina has been an EarthSky.org editor since 2021. She has a master’s degree in translation and interpreting, specializing in science and technology. "Since I was a kid," she says, "I could feel that passion for science and communication."
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