What are those three bright objects on the horizon? Planet Jupiter, Mars and Saturn. These three planets passed very close together near the ecliptic plane between constellation Sagittarius and Capricorn at the pre-dawn hours on March 28th. Jupiter is the brightest star on the right, yellowish Mars is in the middle, and Saturn is on the left. The image was taken from the black stone city, a mountaintop Tibetan religious place for the pray of Mount Gongga which stand on the eastern horizon. Mount Gongga is the highest mountain in Sichuan province of China, reaching 7556m high and claimed as the "King of Sichuan Mountains". Yellowish airglow is also visible in the image.
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