I packed the tripod for our trip to the coast. We went to the beach both mornings, while we were in Port Aransas, to once again try to capture a shot of Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Venus together.
Yesterday clouded up just before Mercury rose. This morning the clouds threatened again, but danced between the planets. I took this shot looking above the south jetty on the Port Aransas end of Mustang Island. The lowest in this shot is Mercury, just above the seeping pink glow of dawn. Above it is the pair of reddish, smaller Mars just below and to the left of larger Jupiter. And then above them, and the brightest, Venus. The other stars above and to the left of the ecliptic are stars in the constellation Leo.
The red and green lights on the horizon are some of the channel markers that guide the ships through the channel between the jetties.