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I couldn't see any topic for this event so here I send mines.

These are lovely; thank you for sharing them!!!

Moon-Venus Conjunction over Giza
Copyright: Aymen Ibrahem
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Moon-Venus Conjunction from the Castle of San Fernando
Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado
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Moon-Venus Conjunction over Stuttgart
http://www.elkesgallery.com
Copyright: Elke Schulz
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Venus and Luna Featured Guests at Star Party
http://miguelclaro.com
Copyright: Miguel Claro

Luna and Venus in Daylight
http://www.kernschatten.info
Copyright: Alexander Birkner
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Daylight Occultation of Venus by the Moon
Universe Today | 13 Sept 2010

Daylight Reappearance of Venus
Copyright: Maciej Soltynski (This image was first posted on the Recent Submissions: 2010 September 11-13 thread.)

Gorgeous. Thank you

Marvellous....................
thnx for adding such pics

Have you taken those images yourself, nuclearcat? They are lovely.

And Maciej Soltynski's picture of Venus reappearing from behind the Moon is fantastic. Apart from the absolutely delicious conjunction, so that the Moon looks as if it had got a shiny red nose - well, a shiny white nose, of course - this picture testifies to the brightness difference between Venus and the Moon. Or rather, it testifies to the difference in albedo, reflectivity, between those two solar system bodies. Venus is covered in thick off-white clouds, and so is very reflective. The Moon has no atmosphere and is generally dark grey-brown i color. It reflects only about 7% of the light that hits it.

Imagine if the Moon had been as reflective as Venus. When such a Moon was full we wouldn't have been able to see any stars in the sky at all.

Ann

Thanks Ann. Yes, they are taken from Mogan Lake in Ankara