In this serene view,the moons of Earth along withthe bright planet Mars shine abovethe city of Turku near the southwestern tip of Finland.Of course Earth's large natural satellite theMoon, at a distance of 400,000 kilometers,is by far the brightest object in this sky.But growing brighter an closer by the hour, Mars appears asthe impressively bright "star" at the right, about 64 millionkilometers from Turku.Streaking across the twilight sky between the two celestial beacons,Earth's largest artificial moon,the InternationalSpace Station,orbits about 400 kilometers above the planet's surface.To capture the moment, amateur astronome PetteriKankaro used a digital camera and combined exposures beginningat 23:34 Universal Time on July 17th.
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