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Thanks to our pal Stu Atkinson for braving the elements and risking life and limb to capture this image: “I trekked up to Kendal Castle to try and get some pictures of Venus blazing in the dusk sky above the castle ruins…,” Stu wrote on his blog, Cumbrian Sky. “On the way I fell, really went down, slipping on some mud and landing flat on my back, limbs everywhere, but when I got home and saw how the images turned out, well, it was worth the tumble!”
We agree — this is a beautiful image! Click on the image for larger version, where you can see all the gorgeous detail.
Stu took this image during the BBC Stargazing Live activities, which are currently taking place.
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