Lovely View Of The Goddess Of Love

The planet Venus, named for the Roman goddess of love (et al), blazes away at magnitude -4.08 behind power lines as it sets in the southwest sky as seen from Radio Road just northeast of Marion, Iowa and .3 mile east of Highway 13. Venus was residing in the constellation Aquarius on this night (7:42 PM, Monday, January 30, 2012). Visible stars at left (behind utility pole) belong to the constellation Cetus, and at right are stars in Pegasus. This image was a ten second exposure at f/5.6, ISO 320 and an 18mm focal length.