Venus rising

Having children who don’t ever sleep past 6.30 in the morning has one important benefit – you get to see the pre-sunrise sky.  Venus looks particularly lovely in the east at 5.15am, with the glow of soon-to-rise sun just below it. A couple of weeks back, there was a particularly nice juxtaposition of Venus and a thin crescent Moon. It makes getting up that early worth it…well, almost.