Update: Rik informs me that someone told him the 'eyes' in the smiley face are Jupiter and Venus (Venus being the bright one).
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Smiley Moon
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).
Update: Rik informs me that someone told him the 'eyes' in the smiley face are Jupiter and Venus (Venus being the bright one).
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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.
It looks so real. May be someone is happy behind the scene.
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