Planets of the Morning . ... Credit Copyright: Yuri Beletsky ( Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory , TWAN ) Explanation: Planet Earth's horizon stretches across this recent Solar System group portrait, seen from the southern hemisphere's Las Campanas Observatory. Taken before dawn it traces the ecliptic with a line-up familiar to November's early morning risers. ... Of course the planets are immersed in the faint glow of zodiacal light, visible from the dark site rising at an angle from the horizon. ...