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Moon Meets the Pleiades

author: B.A.Tafreshi/Novapix

reference: a-cnj05-00031

Image Size 300 DPI: 21 * 27 cm

The thin crescent moon at the end of the lunar month rises in the morning twilight sky of Alamut Valley in Iran. The Moon was in conjunction with the Pleiades star cluster (upper right) on this morning. The prominent peak of Alborz Mountains which is pictured here is Mount Sialan (4200 m). Note the mountainous Alamut villages lower in the valley. June 2010.

Keywords for this photo:

2010 - ALBORZ - ASTRONOMY - CONJUNCTION - CRESCENT - DAWN - IRAN - LANDSCAPE - LAST CRESCENT - M45 - MOON - MOUNTAIN - NIGHT - OPEN CLUSTER - PLEIADES - STAR CLUSTER -