It seemed like a normal (??) day at work in Mumbai and a regular evening till a colleague of mine discovered this smiling moon.
It seems that the moon aided by the two planets are trying to give a message of hope and assuaging the injuries that the entire population of this bruised city suffered in the last few days.
So I clicked this smiling moon of hope.
If someone has a better snap please upload it and share it with the entire world. If you are in Mumbai get out and have a look at the sky, I think this is not going to last for long...
Just read on Now Public that it is being sighted in Australia..
We are calling up friends and sharing this and everyone is just shouting and screaming, no one has seen such a beautiful FACE of the moon before....
Finally some smiling faces in Mumbai!!
The moon has called it a night in Mumbai and rest of India but it will be there again tomorrow. Applicable to other parts of the world. The best formation was today but tomorrow it will be there again, watch out and smile.
December 2: 2008 India: Now this is what I call a truly Global Family! People from Thailand, Baharin, South Africa, Japan, USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, Argentina, Qatar, Indonesia,Philippines, Albania, Pakistan, Mexico, Ireland, Botawana, Tanzania and New Zealand have contributed some awesome pictures and am sure our friends from Canada will add some more experiences. Thanks all for the contribution, will try and add some more photos tonight. Keep adding and smiling!




Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (21)
at 08:40 on December 1st, 2008
Those two bright orbs are Venus and Jupiter.
Only planets (and/or the Sun) glow that bright. Considering you can still see we take it over to the second option. Which is planets...which they are :).
at 21:19 on December 1st, 2008
thanks Rico, I changed the stars to planet in the original forgot to correct the story with the image.. done it now
at 20:23 on December 1st, 2008
it is indeed beautiful,,seeing those heaveanly bodies at the sky. . .
I really admired it so much. . .I haven't seen anything like this before. . .
at 20:30 on December 1st, 2008
Wow it's amazing to see such a wonderful sight just a couple weeks before christmas but i just which i took a picture *___* :(
call me
at 20:31 on December 1st, 2008
Wow it's amazing to see such a wonderful sight just a couple weeks before christmas but i just which i took a picture *___* :(
call me
at 07:09 on December 2nd, 2008
The left star is Venus and the right star is Jupiter in my shots Jupiter is below the moon on the Right and Venus is above the moon on the Left.
This is a truly special sight, congrats to all who saw it.
at 22:17 on December 1st, 2008
i think the ones who were lucky saw it just in time...what ahappy smile it gave MumbaI...gods BLESSINGS
at 23:25 on December 1st, 2008
i even saw it down here in botswana..and i alerted some of ma friends ..it was ideed beautiful
at 23:52 on December 1st, 2008
Oh that was a wonderful sight. My children spotted it and were delighted. But couldnt get a picture. Its not only in Mumbai.. we saw it in Muscat, Oman yesterday. Nice of you to share it. I ws showing it to all who missed it.
at 00:03 on December 2nd, 2008
I saw it in Muscat, Oman . It was a wonderful sight.
at 00:37 on December 2nd, 2008
It was really beautiful as i myself had seen it, i felt as if the moon was giving smile to me.
at 02:49 on December 2nd, 2008
Hi friends, this smiling moon will be seen for next two days and one correction is the left one is venus and the right one is jupitor and not mars.
at 03:32 on December 2nd, 2008
i was stuck in the traffic of mumbai and when i looked up to the sky i saw this.
at 03:57 on December 2nd, 2008
Hiiiii,
I was at the beach in the night with my boyfreind fighting with him and at a sudden i looked at the sky and my face gloo with a smile looking at the smiling moon. it was a beautifull night then for both of us
at 04:19 on December 2nd, 2008
:-) which country was this?
at 07:11 on December 2nd, 2008
Thanks for the correction Ananda Kumar.
This happened in 2002 with Venus and Mars. but as you pointed out this time it is Venus and Jupiter.
at 07:18 on December 2nd, 2008
well.. guys.. its true that this night was special for mumbai.. but the truth is, it was not only people in mumbai who saw it..we, the people of kenya also saw it.. and we are very lucky to see that smiling face in the sky..it was indeed something special..and due to this happening, it might also be carrying a meaning, a clue or a sign of something coming up very soon..no-one, i repeat no-one, not even the scientist can proove what it truly was and why it happened..but congratulations to all who saw the smiling face in the sky (including me)...
at 19:38 on December 2nd, 2008
Hi Ravi,,
Just want to let you and all the readers,The smiling moon also can be seen at my country , Brunei Darussalam. but i don't have a chance to take a picture of it.
at 19:35 on December 25th, 2008
Hiiiiii Dixit,
It was vry thoughful of u 2 share it in here. Even i had glanced this special formation for a while but realised only after i went to bed and later saw it in Newspaper nxt day. search result for this topic promenently reveals your article.
nice job!
at 20:08 on December 28th, 2008
Thanks Niraj for sharing your thoughts!!
at 20:34 on December 28th, 2008
Good Morning Ravi, Hope you had a Merry Christmas and happy holidays. This is a brilliant post and i missed reading it and just saw it. Please continue updating us with latest development from Mumbai.