Smiley face in the Sky

Last night a REALLY cool, thing happened which could be viewed in the Aussie skys. Just after disk and till about 10pm the planets Venus and Jupiter stared down from the sky like two brilliant diamond eyes. Directly below, the crescent moon formed a happy smiling mouth. Sadly I could not find my camera – despite tipping my room upside down – so I have borrowed this photo from a newslink on the web. I am sure they won’t mind. How cool is this? and yes - this is a photo!!



To our fore mothers and fathers unusual astronomical apparitions were often seen as omens and signs from goddesses and gods. Comets often foretold times of famine - well there is a huge debates on what the Egyptians went through before they released the Israelites ( bible story)

Dr Lomb from the Sydney Astronomy Group has been quoted that he did not believe in such things, but he note that the smiling face will appear on the eve of the next Reserve Bank's meeting at which it will consider interest rates.

"There was an upside-down sad face visible on the morning of April 23, 1998," he recalled. That day's Herald was dominated by news of conflict on Australia's waterfront, protests against child-care costs, big rises in bank fees and executions in Rwanda.


This smiley face will not appear to our cousins in the northern hemisphere.. so suck it up cuz!!

Another smiley face will not grin over Australia until the early hours of July 21, 2036….phew – a wait.