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Dark Twin Photo
May 24, 2004

This dramatic photo capture of the Dark Twin shows the yellow/blue colors described during naked eye viewing, and is similar to the photo capture last Jan 20 in China when the twin emerged from behind the Sun and was visible next to and behind the Sun, reflecting the light of the Sun for a few weeks.

It seems that all of a sudden this rather large redish-brown planet has emerged, to the right of the sun at sundown. waited until the sun set and the object could be seen by the naked eye. It gets very bright and brown when the sky gets fully dark. At twilight I could measure the 20° angle with the horizon and take the picture. The background was dark by then.
Ken, in Arizona