Jupiter, Venus, Moon To Converge


	Jupiter, Venus, Moon To Converge

carrerinyes

12-1-2008 4:40 PM

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carrerinyes says:

Quit a sight

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12-1-2008 5:40 PM

merrie

. . . fantastic!

12-1-2008 9:19 PM

bignosemousie

I saw them tonight! I was walking outside and looked up and bam! What a sight.

12-2-2008 10:23 AM

opwonya

It was spectacular as I watched it with my family last evening 8 kilometres east of Kampala from Kwata Zone Village, Komamboga Parish, Kawempe Division, Kampala, Uganda, East Africa.

The sky was clear and the line-up was awesome, lovely, breathtaking!

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