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Credit & Copyright: Göran Strand
Explanation:
When warm
sunset
hues begin to fade, two celestial beacons
now shine in the evening twilight, Mercury and Jupiter.
Wandering away
from the Sun in planet Earth's sky, Mercury will offer
good views
this month as spring approaches in the northern hemisphere
where the ecliptic
plane makes a steep angle with the western horizon.
But Jupiter will continue sinking lower in the sky after sunset.
In fact, the normally elusive Mercury shines
well above Jupiter and the orange sunset glow in
this serene sky.
Captured earlier this week from the island of
of
Frösön in northern Sweden,
the scene looks across
Lake Storsjön toward the village of Hallen and distant mountains.
Of course, even better views of Mercury can be had by the
MESSENGER spacecraft, now orbiting
the Solar System's
innermost planet!
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Mercury - Jupiter - sunset
Publications with words: Mercury - Jupiter - sunset
See also:
- APOD: 2025 December 14 Á Juno Flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter
- APOD: 2025 June 15 Á Two Worlds One Sun
- APOD: 2025 May 25 Á Beneath Jupiter
- MESSENGER s Last Day on Mercury
- Painting with Jupiter
- APOD: 2025 April 2 Á Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb
- APOD: 2025 March 9 Á Cyclones at Jupiters North Pole