From last night, when Venus and Jupiter were at their closest and Merury was still above the horizon.
As long as my iPhone was on the tripod and ready to go after I shot my still photos, let’s see what a timelapse of the planetary trio setting looks like!
That’s the full-sized file – if you need something smaller with compression built in (unfortunately!), here’s the same video from YouTube:
At the very beginning you can see Mercury, just above the peak of the neighbor’s house. It sets quickly, but Venus and Jupiter start out way up in the sky and take their time to crawl below the horizon.
And all of those bright white dots streaking from the lower middle up toward the middle left? Commercial airlines. Guess which way LAX is?
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 