Jupiter Over the Mediterranean . ... Pictured above, a picturesque starscape capped a serene seascape as seen from Turkey this past August. ... On the left, Jupiter is the brightest point in the image and since on the same side of the Sun as the Earth, was near its yearly brightest. Glowing just shy of magnitude -3, Jupiter was brighter than any star in the sky, and brighter even than Mars was during its famously bright opposition of 2003 August . ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...