Monday, December 1, 2008

Smiling SKY -- Jupiter, Venus and Crescent Moon = Smiley Face!!


Go out and see the sky smiling at you.. :)

Yes. Today is a special day as convergence of Jupiter, Venus and Crescent Moon creates smiley face in the sky. This astral phenomenon appears only once in 5 years.
I was not lucky to view this as the sky was covered with cloud.

In US it will be inverted hence it will appear as frowning face. Is this the implicit indication of US economic meltdown??

Though these astral bodies appear to be very close the actual distances from the earth are-
Moon - 403,000 km
Venus - 149.5 million km
Jupiter - 870 million km

Enjoy the smiling sky!!! Happy Sky watching!!

2 comments:

Rajeev Pratahkal said...

Yes Asha,,, It was awesome view from Moon,venus and jupiter together at sky smiling at you.I saw that very very clearly and enjoyed the smiley for about half an hour.In the early evening it was very clear.Slowly it got very darkened.Anyway i am feeling very good not to miss the opportunity this time.

Asha Hegde said...

Wow... nice to hear that.....

If you have taken some pics.. please share them :)