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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                    2022 May 4   
      
                           Planets Over Egyptian Pyramid   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Osama Fatehi   
      
      Explanation: The early morning planet parade continues. Visible the   
      world over, the planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn have been   
      lining up in the pre-dawn sky since mid-April. In the featured image   
      taken last month, these planets were captured over the Step Pyramid of   
      Djoser, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in the Saqqara necropolis   
      of Egypt, the pyramid was constructed in the 27th century BC and is one   
      of the oldest pyramids known. The two-image composite includes a   
      foreground image taken during evening blue hour, and a background image   
      captured from the same location the following morning. The morning   
      planet line-up is slowly changing. At the end of last month, planets   
      Jupiter and Venus switched places, while at the end of this month,   
      Jupiter and Mars will switch after passing within one-degree of each   
      other. Of course, this picturesque planetary angular alignment is a   
      coincidence, as all of these worlds continue to orbit the Sun as they   
      have for billions of years, well before even the ancient Pyramid of   
      Djoser was built.   
      
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