On December 1st, the three brightest objects in the night sky converged, producing a triple-conjunction of stunning beauty. Venus, Jupiter and the crescent Moon were crowded into a patch of sky just a few degrees across. With the exception of the sun and moon, Venus is the brightest light in the heavens, and Jupiter is second-brightest. A conjunction of the two brightest planets won’t happen again for another five years.For these pictures, I walked out onto the frozen water of Caribou Lake and focused on the beaming spectacle. My fingers numbed as I fiddled around with the camera setting in the 10F temperatures, but, the sight was one to behold. The triple formation of heavenly bodies slowly transited across the sky in the dim twilight as they followed the same path to the horizon that the sun had taken an hour before.
Standing in the middle of the frozen lake, the silence was occasionally broken by the deep groaning of the newly formed ice surface as it cracked and expanded in the frigid air. The lake ice had deepened to eight inched in the past week and was growing thicker with every passing day.News reports and pictures of the event were soon on the evening weather reports and Internet sites, it was the most reported and photographed space event in the ten year history of spaceweather.com. The event was seen around the world and it caught the attention of anyone who was in a position to observe it.
In the dark cold night on the surface of a frozen lake, I was once again reminded of how big God is and how small I am, and I find great comfort in that. The heavens truly declare His Glory.
The heavens proclaim His righteousness; every nation sees His glory. Psa 97:6
