Venus at twilight in Morgantown, WV

[Lyric]

Taken last night in front of the two main top-level doors to Clark Hall on the West Virginia University campus. The ragged dark mass along the horizon is a cloud bank that was so dark and dense that it was hard to tell where the hills stopped and the clouds began.

[VenusRising]

1. What a gorgeous picture!

I just love the sky when it is that color blue.

:hi:

[Lyric]

2. So do we. We call it "Our Blue"

because the sky was exactly that color the first time we were sitting on a park bench in NY, kissing.

:)

[VenusRising]

4. Awww.

I love that you have a COLOR! I can honestly say I don't know any couples that have a color. That's so unique and awesome.

:loveya:

[Pierre.Suave]

3. Very cool picture

I saw the unusually bright object in the western sky a few nights ago on my walk home from the bus stop, so when I got home I fired up Stellarium on my mac and got to my location on earth and looked west and it told me the object was venus. It is one of my favorite programs along with Celestia

Stellarium: http://www.stellarium.org/

Celestia: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

[Lyric]

5. Venus is usually pretty easy to identify, as it's the biggest, brightest

object in the sky other than the sun and the moon.

I've been having fun in recent weeks, teaching LyricKid some basic astronomical identifications, like constellations (Orion, Big Dipper, etc.) and Venus.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

6. I look at

Venus every night - It is amazing how big and bright it is. Nice picture BTW - I tried taking a pic of it a few nights ago but I needed a tripod because I couldn't hold the camera still enough to get a nice, clean shot.

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QoC

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear Lyric!

Ah, what a beautiful shot! I saw Venus too, last night, when I went out to look for the new moon...

I was too late for the moon, but Venus was spectacular!

Our skies are never that shade of incredible blue, alas...

Thanks for sharing this!

:hug:

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

8. Gorgeous!

For some reason, Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World" started playing in my head. :)