Branching Out To The Planets

A solitary tree stands out in silhouette as twilight fades in the western sky as seen from the grounds at Echo Hill Presbyterian Church in Marion, Iowa around 7:54 PM, Monday, March 12, 2012. Above and right of the tree are the planets Jupiter (left) and Venus, just three degrees apart as seen from our perspective. Jupiter shone at magnitude -2.12 and Venus at -4.27. This is a five second exposure at f/8, 250 ISO and 18mm focal length. Just below the tree line at bottom is C Avenue.