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Photo: People Flock To Santa Monica For 'Christmas Star' View
People walked to the sand to see Saturn and Jupiter above the ocean sky in Santa Monica on Monday night.
SANTA MONICA, CA — A crowd spread out across the sand in Santa Monica Monday night to catch a glimpse of the "Christmas Star" on Winter Solstice.
Jupiter and Saturn danced in a planetary conjunction, lining up perfectly to create the illusion of a "Christmas star."
The last time Jupiter and Saturn were this close together was in 1623, according to NASA. As the two giant planets traveled together across the sky, Jupiter caught up to and passed Saturn in the astronomical event known as the "great conjunction."
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