Smiley face in the night sky
Monday 1 December 2008
8pm - 10pm
On the evening of Monday 1 December we will be cheered by the unusual sight of a smiley face in the western sky. As soon as the sky starts becoming dark around 8pm the bright planet Venus will make up the left eye with the giant planet Jupiter as the right eye. The crescent Moon will form the smiling mouth. The smiley face will improve and become a little more compact during the evening and will remain in the sky until moonset just before 11pm as seen from Sydney. Such a perfect smiley face is a rare sight and this is probably its first appearance in the sky since Harvey Ball devised it as a symbol in 1963. However, there was an upside-down sad face visible on the morning of 23 April 1998. In the past conjunctions of planets and other celestial alignment were thought to foreshadow disaster and other major events. No such fears need to be entertained this time. There won't be another configuration of crescent Moon and planets like this until 2036.


Link....http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/events/whatson.asp

Thanks for that, Flux!

I looked it up to see if there was an image to show what to look for and found one at SMH.

It so special to have the sky put on a smiley for us.
I cant wait.......

Oooo! Tonight! Must go write me a note not to forget!

humm so much for the for the unusual sight of the smiley.
I think a great big heard of fat elephant cloud entities have
decided to park themselves in front of it and block my view.
Thanks Guys … Thanks a Lot..!!
Oh well you know what they say…
If you don’t succeed try try try try again…
It’s a long time to wait till 2036 though but it’s also nothing when its compared to the big bang in the beginning.
These Cosmic Cycles started when time started.
As they progress through each cycle period another one begins.

The energy is always moving, continuously flowing and influencing the seen and unseen I suppose.
So ill wait till the next one in 2036 and see if I can spot it then.
Till then I’ll just enjoy the energy journey I guess…….!!

Aww!

Actually, I experienced the cloud thing, too, Flux. Oh, and even walking outside to crane my neck and I was attacked by a hoard of hungry mozzies!

Hmm...2036.

Well, we'll just have to be satisfied with other people's photos. And there are some pretty good ones!

I like this one from Beijing.

I had a different view to that, wasnt so smoggy...lo

both pics are greaat......I saw it again tonight on my way home.....was driving along the top of a hill...was awesome

wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

LoL…I got some nice pics of Elephant buts if anyone is interested

Elephants.....lolol

okies. try this one.

How do you kill a blue elephant ?.
with a blue elephant gun.


How do you kill a pink elephant?

Hold its nose till it turns blue, then shoot it with the Blue elephant gun


Oppps!!! Alisa...think this is suited for the Joke section....

Good one, DocSniper! Look out blue elephants (watch your butts).