Australians spent a pleasant night beneath a giant smiley face in the sky. Thanks to a rare planetary alignment between Venus and Jupiter, the crescent moon beneath formed a smiley in Australian skies. The event was not visible to US or European skygazers.
A similar alignment was visible to the naked eye in 1998, when a sad face formed. Rightly so, some astrologists would note, as the last decade has sucked; maybe this bodes well for coming times?
The next time the three will be similarly aligned is 2036.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
BONUS pic:
ReplyDeleteCheck out the gathering storm over Greenland.