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For those of you who missed the conjunction for one reason or another...

From Spaceweather.com, where they have a large collection of Moon-Venus conjunction images:

WEEKEND PLANETS: When the two brightest objects in the night sky get together, not even clouds can hold them back. Saturday night in Colorado, "Venus and the Moon shone right through the haze," says photographer and physics professor Jimmy Westlake:

http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2007/20may07/Jimmy-Westlake.jpg


Photo details: Fuji Finepix S2, ISO 400, 35 mm Nikkor lens at f5.6, 8 seconds.

The pair of heavenly bodies were barely 1o apart, combining in brilliance for an unforgettable display. In Wallsend, Australia, David Hough saw them in broad daylight while photographer P-M Heden found that they rivaled the streetlights of Vallentuna, Sweden. "It was marvelous," he says. Now the Moon is moving away from Venus en route to another close encounter--with Saturn on May 22nd. Stay tuned!

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