For this most recent planetary conjunction I took my camera out to the ole backyard to photograph this upside down sourpuss face. I inverted the images so it looks like a lopsided frown. On both pictures, Venus is the brighter top most 'eye' while Jupiter is the dimmer planet, and the crescent Moon is sporting some nice earthshine. The first pic is kinda grainy because I used a really high ISO (1600) to offset the long shutter time that is clearly visible in the second pic, which is blurry due to the frosty wind and the subtle rotation of the earth - makes it look like a long sourpuss face. Even though I was standing in snow and dogshit, I had a broad smile as I watched the second (Moon), third (Venus), and forth (Jupiter) brightest objects in the sky get together.
