Mars Mercury and Venus above Brisbane River

StephenM (Stephen) · #1 07-09-2008, 09:09 PM

Hi All,

I set out with my family this evening to get what I thought would be a nice image of the 3 evening planets over the Brisbane River from the Walter Taylor bridge at Indooroopilly in Brisbane. Unfortunately when we got to the bridge the footpath was closed due to bridge upgrades

. But I still managed a couple of shots from the side of the bridge, and my 3 and 6 year olds had fun! So here they are...

Cheers,
Stephen

iceman (Mike) · #2 08-09-2008, 04:55 AM

Nice images, Stephen. I haven't been able to get out to photograph this conjunction at all

Thanks for posting.

Liz · #3 08-09-2008, 08:59 AM

Lovely shots again Stephen

RB (Andrew) · #4 08-09-2008, 09:01 AM

Very nice captures Stephen, I especially like the colours in the first one.

cookie8 (Vincent) · #5 08-09-2008, 10:44 AM

Nice shots Stephen

Good effort

Matty P (Matt) · #6 08-09-2008, 04:55 PM

Lovely shots Stephen! I love the colours in the first one as well.

Very well done.

StephenM (Stephen) · #7 08-09-2008, 09:10 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone.

I'm hoping that the skies will be clear on Friday evening when Mars and Venus are at their closest. We have a nice photo opp in Brisbane just after 6:30 pm Friday, when a low angle (almost horizontal) ISS pass occurs only a few degrees above the 3 planets! Unfortunately at this stage the forecast is for afternoon showers...

Cheers,
Stephen