Occultation of Venus by the Moon - updated
by Simon at 17:48 01/12/08 (Blogs::Simon)
The clouds parted for the briefest of periods this afternoon and allowed me to grab a photo of Venus about to be occulted by the Moon.

... and later they parted again, just in time to see Venus emerge from behind the Moon once again.

Venus and the MoonVenus and the Moon, 15:39:01 2008-12-01

Emergence - wide shot



Emergence - close ups

--
simon

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JPG image (59 K) Venus and the Moon
JPG image (72 K) Venus re-emerging from behind the Moon
JPG image (52 K) Emergence close-up
JPG image (38 K) Emergence close-up 2
JPG image (32 K) Emergence close-up 3
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