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Radu Anghel
Romania

02/25/2022
06:00 am

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Canon 6D + 28-70mm f/2.8

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Morning planets.
Venus, the Morning Star, very bright (mag -4.6) and easy to spot, 75 million km away.
Under Venus, a tiny dot: Mars, the red planet. Here at mag +1.3 and more then 300 million km away. Mars will be best seen in December, when it will be at mag -1.9 and "only" 80 million km away from Earth.
Just above the forest you can see in the crop picture another tiny dot - little Mercury. At mag 0 and 164 million km is was to low on horizon to be visible with the naked eye, but easy to spot with camera or binoculars.

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David Callejas, Marketing Director, helps bring EarthSky's content to the world via online ads and other products. He creates strategies that help people around the world find us and appreciate the work we do. He helps manage the EarthSky Store and bring to you the new products that you love. He's the chief liaison between EarthSky.org and the world of commerce. All that, plus he helps post content and populate our pages on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Go David!