Mercury, Venus & Jupiter Alignment

After member Mike Melillo observed the alignment of Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon on the evening of February 20th, 1999, he captured the spectacular view in this sketch, using Corel Photo-Paint. The planets are in sequence from bottom to top, with Mercury being the faint white dot low in the reddish part of the horizon.





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