... Moon Venus Mars Skyline . ... Taken on February 20, five different exposures made in rapid succession were used to created this tantalizing telephoto image. ... Venus, named for the Roman goddess of love, and Mars, the war god's namesake, came together by moonlight in this lovely skyview, recorded on February 20 from Charleston, South Carolina, USA, planet Earth. ... The Rosette Nebula is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers -- but it is the most famous. ...