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Rare event: Venus and Mercury joined by airliner, Okke_Dillen

Rare event: Venus and Mercury joined by airliner

Rare event: Venus and Mercury joined by airliner, Okke_Dillen

Rare event: Venus and Mercury joined by airliner

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As if the rendezvous of Venus and Mercury weren't rare enough already, no, there had to be an airliner ontop of all this - remember: an airliner showing up while Covid19-shutdown and travel restrictions all over the planet is not exactly likely!

So, I consider myself extremely lucky!

Also I'm very happy that, although I had to crop this scene by 5:1 from a 135mm frame, there are still enough pixels left over to show the crescent of Venus and the egg-shape of Mercury. The Samyang 135 f/2 is a real good lens. Btw open iris here: f/2

The dilemma is, such an event doesn't look rare or even spectacular at all. One has to know about the background of the event, otherwise.... ;-)

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Rare event: Venus and Mercury joined by airliner, Okke_Dillen