I took this picture early Wednesday morning ~ 6:30am. A little shaky (no tripod) but it shows the close encounter of the crescent moon and Venus. Occulation "eclipse" occurred around around 7:30am in the Twin cities, but it got too bright for me to see. There were, however, others who were able to see the occulation in California, check here:

http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Steve-Riegel-Venus-Occultation-22-Apr-2009-sequence_1240404151.jpg

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