Heavenly Jupiter And Mars

The planets Jupiter (upper) and Venus, situated just a few degrees from one another, set in

the western sky as seen from the front of Noelridge Christian Church at 7111 C Avenue NE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Jupiter shone at magnitude -2.14 and Venus at -4.24. The time was 8:30 PM, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 and the temperature was a very mild 62 degrees F, down from a day's high of 69 degrees, 3 1/2 hours earlier. This image is a ten second exposure at f/7.1, 250 ISO and 24mm focal length.