Venus at Sunset in Ocracoke
Just a shot of Venus I took while we were on vacation in Ocracoke Island, NC this past week. This picture was taken Friday, August 29, 2008 during the sunset. Click on the picture for a larger view.
Venus in Ocracoke
The picture was taken with our old Kodak EasyShare camera that we have been dragging around on vacation for the past several years. Not the best quality pic but a great little camera for family vacations, just point and shoot.
Mercury was also visible through binoculars. Pretty cool seeing three planets in the sky (Mercury and Venus in the West, Jupiter in the East).
I only took my binoculars with us, but I wish I had taken my small telescope. The sky in Ocracoke is very dark and there were several nights that the veiwing was spectacular through binoculars, I bet it would be amazing though even a small scope.
