Presurfer reader Rik sent me this photo he took of a 'smiley face' moon yesterday. The picture was taken from Perth in Australia. He wonders what the stars are called that make up the eyes? Does anyone know?
Update: Rik informs me that someone told him the 'eyes' in the smiley face are Jupiter and Venus (Venus being the bright one).
Smiley Moon
Posted by Gerard at 12/02/2008
Labels: nature
7 comments:
Those are not stars, they are planets. Venus and Jupiter, to be exact. :)
It's a bit of a special event and many amateur astronomers have taken lovely photos of the event. Just google search "Moon Venus Jupiter" in Flickr and you'll see what I mean.
Hey! The moon is upside down!
i noticed this last night as well and i'm in raleigh, NC :)
although it was.... upside down!
Yes, here in the U.S. it is "known" as the unhappy face. I was jealous to see that the southern hemisphere got the happy side.
fake
I'm in Houston. I saw Jupiter and Venus last week when I was flying in from another state.
Last night I went out to the back yard and saw the moon with Jupiter and Mars underneath.
Definitely not fake. I'm in Australia.
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