Couldn’t resist posting this photograph of the crescent Venus snuggling up to the crescent Moon. Taken by Ivan Eder, Budapest; posted on Facebook by Stars and Constellations; pointed to by Nick Suntzeff. (Update: Peter Simpkin points out that the original can be found here.)
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Sure wish I had been able to see this when it happened! Fantastic photo.
Beautiful. <3
Tineye shows that this was also posted at APOD, in higher resolution.
That’s cool!!
Off-Topic:Did you heard about Google Glass??!!I’m super excited to know a physicist’s take on the device.