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Los Angeles Skyline
Wallpaper Description: From APotD: "Explanation: Sunday, the sky seemed to smile over much of planet Earth. Visible the world over was an unusual superposition of our Moon and the planets Venus and Jupiter. Pictures taken at the right time show a crescent Moon that appears to be a smile when paired with the planetary conjunction of seemingly nearby Jupiter and Venus. Pictured above is the scene as it appeared from Mt. Wilson Observatory overlooking Los Angeles, California, USA after sunset on 2008 November 30. Highest in the sky and farthest in the distance is the planet Jupiter. Significantly closer and visible to Jupiter's lower left is Venus, appearing through Earth's atmospheric clouds as unusually blue. On the far right, above the horizon, is our Moon, in a waxing crescent phase. Thin clouds illuminated by the Moon appear unusually orange. Sprawling across the bottom of the image are the hills of Los Angeles, many covered by a thin haze, while LA skyscrapers are visible on the far left. The conjunction of Venus and Jupiter will continue to be visible toward the west after sunset during much of this month. Hours after the taking of this image, however, the Moon approached the distant duo, briefly eclipsed Venus, and then moved on. "
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| Posted by LNB613 on 12/04/08 at 08:16 PM I didn't take it. The picture is by Dave Jurasevich and I think it was taken at the Mt. Wilson Observatory. I found the picture at Astronomy Picture of the Day. I'll put the description that APotD had and put it up. |
 | Posted by Coach (Guest) on 12/04/08 at 06:51 PM Nice photo. Did you take it? Where are you and what direction are you facing? what are we looking at there? |
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Date Uploaded: December 04, 2008

Filename: pyla_jurasevich_big.jpg

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