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Planets in perspective

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March 21, 2019

Jupiter, Saturn and Venus in front of the Milky Way identifying the ecliptic – the imaginary line on the sky that marks the annual path of the sun – and the galactic plane – the plane on which the majority of the Milky Way’s mass lies.

Padraic Koen took this photo in Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia, on the morning of March 14, 2019.

Thank you, Padraic!

Bottom line: Photo of Jupiter, Venus, Saturn from Australia.

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Eleanor Imster

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Eleanor Imster has helped write and edit EarthSky since 1995. She was an integral part of the award-winning EarthSky radio series almost since it began until it ended in 2013. She and her husband live in Tennessee, where they enjoy guitar playing and singing. They have 2 grown sons.