Jupiter and Venus

02/20/12, 6:30 pm, looking west

The sky cleared and the day was cloudless and cool. The sun melted most of the snow creating slush in the shadows. By evening the planets shone bright in the darkening sky.


Here is Jupiter at the top and Venus below. At 6:30 pm, the sky still has a bit of twilight left and is not completely dark. The planets are welcome beacons in the west seeming to indicate that spring is just about to arrive.