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As per the norm, save your retinas: click here for a bigger version on a black background, where you'll see shadow detail that us landscape photographers strive so hard to achieve, but, are then let down by garish colour schemes on sites such as this one with retina-burning bright backgrounds.

Photographed on the morning of 8th May, 2011, right on civil twilight.

The composition shows the planets in "alignment".

This conjunction (technically a massing) has the following constituents: Venus up the top, Jupiter below her, with Mars below him. Mercury sits to the right of Venus.

Keen-eyed observers will note subtle pink crepuscular rays to frame left and frame right.

I made this image from one of my favourite locations along Sydney's coastline.

Update: this image, along with three others, achieved Highly Commended awards for a prestigious astrophotography competition in July of 2011. The four prints are now touring various scientific institutions/museums and observatories around Australia.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
25s f/11.0 at 21.0mm iso400

Description
As per the norm, save your retinas: click here for a bigger version on a black background, where you'll see shadow detail that us landscape photographers strive so hard to achieve, but, are then let down by garish colour schemes on sites such as this one with retina-burning bright backgrounds.

Photographed on the morning of 8th May, 2011, right on civil twilight.

The composition shows the planets in "alignment".

This conjunction (technically a massing) has the following constituents: Venus up the top, Jupiter below her, with Mars below him. Mercury sits to the right of Venus.

Keen-eyed observers will note subtle pink crepuscular rays to frame left and frame right.

I made this image from one of my favourite locations along Sydney's coastline.

Update: this image, along with three others, achieved Highly Commended awards for a prestigious astrophotography competition in July of 2011. The four prints are now touring various scientific institutions/museums and observatories around Australia.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
25s f/11.0 at 21.0mm iso400