By Dean Murray via SWNS
An astrophotographer has captured the rare astronomical sight of Mars and Jupiter in close night sky proximity.
Josh Dury, 26, was able to document the so-called "conjunction" of the planets from a vantage point in Glastonbury at 2 am on Thursday (August 15).
The spectacle sees Jupiter as brighter in the sky than Mars.
Compton Martin-based Josh says: "Last night, a rare astronomical event took place. A ‘conjunction’ between Mars and Jupiter.
"It was taken as a single shot timed as the two planets slowly rose above the horizon.
"It was a close approach as the two planets appear ‘close’ to each other from our perspective in the solar system.
"This will not happen again until the year 2033."
A conjunction is a phenomenon caused by the observer's perspective: the two objects involved are not actually close to one another in space.
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