Earth Science POD: Planetary Alignment Observed from Pinhal de Leiria, Portugal

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Photographer: Rui Santos
Summary Author: Rui Santos

The night sky and planetary alignment featured above was captured from Pinhal de Leiria, Portugal on February 28, 2025. I decided to view the alignment from here because I knew I'd have a clear view of the horizon. Since the planets were stretched out across the sky, I had to do a panorama and try to avoid light pollution (lower left and lower right) from surrounding cities and towns. Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Uranus are included above, but because I wasn't able to arrive as the Sun was setting, Saturn, Neptune and Mercury aren't in the frame.

At bottom center is the Crastinha Lookout Point, one of several watchtowers in the Forest of Leiria. The building to its right is the reconstruction of what used to be the guard's house, dating from 1883. This tower is still in use today.

Photo Details: Panorama of 4 panels x 10 photos on each panel; Sony A6000 camera; Samyang 12mm F2; 40 x 20 seconds exposure; 6400 ISO; F2.8; 8:16 pm local time. Tripod: Geekoto AT24Pro Dreamer + Andoer Q08S Rotating Head. Processing: PTGUI, Lightroom, Photoshop, RCplugins, Luminar.

 

 

Pinhal de Leiria, Portugal Coordinates: 39.8317, -8.9703

 

Related Links:

Planetary Alignment of April 27, 2022
Planetary Alignments and Planet Parades

Original:
https://epod.usra.edu/blog/2025/06/planetary-alingment-observed-from-pinhal-de-leiria-portugal.html