You may have seen, or contemplated, the three planets in today’s pre-dawn sky, with the Last Quarter Moon hanging above them. This is how they came to be so beautifully grouped for us.
Tag: Mars
Tomorrow morning
A welcome to you if you’ve just learned about this blog. Here’s a welcome from the sky.
I’m sorry Continue reading “Tomorrow morning”
Venus-Mars-Cancer
Venus is slowing in its climb away from the Sun into the pre-dawn sky, but manages to pass Mars.
Still as while Saturn whirls
. . . his stedfast shade
Sleeps on his luminous ring Continue reading “Still as while Saturn whirls”
Dim third
Another “trio.” On the evening of March 4, look for Venus, Mars, and Uranus, at their tightest grouping, in the after-sunset western sky. Continue reading “Dim third”
Dam Time
Time flows, but we keep trying to cut it into pieces, like using a sword to chop a river. Continue reading “Dam Time”
Venus-Mars-Moon Trio
I already glimpsed this scene out of a train window Continue reading “Venus-Mars-Moon Trio”
A trio of lights
Perhaps you took a look at the after-sunset sky and saw Mars passing Saturn Continue reading “A trio of lights”
Mars vs. Saturn
There’s a bright-planet conjunction that you can see Continue reading “Mars vs. Saturn”