Everyone is going ape about the moon and Venus this evening.
Why?
Well, apparently, they’re very close together – but not really: they’re actually about 23½ million miles apart – but the perception is that they are close together in the night sky.
And they were even closer in the day sky too.
There’s a word for that, but I can’t remember what it is.
Quick google gives me “Appulse“.
You live, you google, you learn.
Who am I to deny myself such a blatant photo op?
Hence the image to the left.
And all this Micklethwaite-style rambling to fill in the space alongside it.
You may also like my long exposure sky pic, which is full of Cape Town’s light pollution.
Goodnight.
