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A composite of star photos, made in Joshua Tree during a dark-sky photography workshop, lead by Desert Institute on Sept. 16, 2023.

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Now to the morning sky. Venus and Saturn continue to climb higher in the eastern morning sky before sunrise. Both planets are above the horizon by 5 a.m. Venus is brilliant, shining at -4.7 magnitude.