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 Do
you think the sky can smile? Yes, it can! Just take a close look at the
pictures. You can see a smiling face very clearly, and it’s real!
Last Monday, Venus and Jupiter were in formation with the moon to
appear as a smiley face in the night
sky in Australia.
The two planets looked like eyes
and the moon looked like a smiling mouth. Australians were amazed to see the unusual astronomical phenomenon. It continued for 3 hours from
8 pm to 11 pm. The special event was close enough
to see with the naked eye from about 9 pm.
People in Western Australia have the best view.
Venus and Jupiter had appeared side by side in the evening
sky over the past week or so in Australia. However, last Monday night
was the best night to see the smiley face appear. While the planets
and moon appear to be close together,
in reality, they are not.
The moon is 250,000 miles away, while Venus is 93 million miles away
and Jupiter 540 million miles away. We have to wait another 5 years
to see the spectacular scene again. But wouldn’t
it be wonderful if we could see the friendly smile in the sky
every day? |
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