Planetary Alignment (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Planetary Alignment

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View looking east toward the US East Coast, Oct. 7, 2015, when the three planets most influential to Earth's orbit lined up with the Moon. Lower left near Earth's horizon, Jupiter (greenish); slightly higher, Mars (reddish); slightly higher and to right, Venus (bright white); and the Moon. On Earth's surface, lights of the New York-Philadelphia metro region trace the area where scientists took rock cores revealing these planets' motions. Inspired by a photo taken by US astronaut Scott Kelly.

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Painting by Paul Olsen; acrylic on clay board, digitally modified

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