Credit & Copyright: Stan Honda
Explanation:
There's an interesting sky to see if you wake up before the Sun.
Lined up
on toward the eastern horizon are four planets in a row.
The planets are so bright they can even be seen from the
bright sky inside a city.
In fact, the featured image was taken from New York City, USA,
with the foreground highlighted by the
RFK
(Triborough)
Bridge.
Pictured, the planets are, left to right,
Jupiter,
Venus,
Mars, and
Saturn.
The planets
all appear
in a row because they all orbit the
Sun in the same
plane.
This plane, called the
ecliptic plane, was created in the early days of our
Solar System and includes all planets, including
Earth.
The morning
planet parade will continue throughout April and May,
and will even be joined by
Mercury in June.
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