ldquo;Venus amp; Mars Join a Young Moonrdquo;br/ This grouping of Moon and planets in the evening sky was a celestial treat worth savouring. Venus and Mars are at just over 0.5 degree separation and they are less than 1 frac14; degree apart from a young waxing crescent Moon. This is one of my nicer images of earthshine. Along the terminator there is some irregularity from the mountains and valleys on the lunar surface and yet the earthshine portion is lit well enough from the reflected light from Earth to register most of the maria. I find that taking earthshine images before the twilight sky darkens too much, yields the best results.br/ Details: February 20, 2015, south of Peterborough, Otonabee Township, Ontario.br/ Canon 400D with tripod mounted Sigma lens at ISO 400, 8/5 sec., f/5.6, 300mm