Venus, Jupiter, and Noctilucent Clouds

Explanation: Have you seen the passing planets yet? Today the planets Jupiter and Venus pass within half a degree of each other as seen from Earth . This conjunction , visible all over the world, is quite easy to see -- just look to the west shortly after sunset. The brightest objects visible above the horizon will be Venus and Jupiter , with Venus being the brighter of the two. Featured above , the closing planets were captured two nights ago in a sunset sky graced also by high-level noctilucent clouds . In the foreground, the astrophotographer's sister takes in the vista from a bank of the Sec Reservoir in the Czech Republic . She reported this as the first time she has seen noctilucent clouds . Jupiter and Venus will appear even closer together tonight and will continue to be visible in the same part of the sky until mid-August.

Tonight: See Venus & Jupiter together after sunset