PHOTOS: ‘Great Conjunction’ Dazzles Stargazers Around The World

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Planets Jupiter (left) and Saturn are seen during the Great Conjunction from the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

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The family Mota Velazco, at the border crossing between Mexico and the United States in Ciudad Juarez, uses a telescope to view Jupiter and Saturn during the Great Conjunction.

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People watch the sunset as they wait to see the planets Jupiter and Saturn during the great conjunction at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

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Kuwaiti photographers follow the alignment between Jupiter and Saturn in al-Salmi district, a desert area about 75 miles west of Kuwait City, on Monday.

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Jupiter and Saturn are seen coming together in the night sky, over the sails of Brill windmill in Brill, England.

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People stand in a queue to see the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn at the Maidan area in Kolkata, India.

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People watch the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter on Monday in Edgerton, Kan. The two planets are in their closest observable alignment since 1226.

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Jupiter, left, and Saturn appear about one-tenth of a degree apart during an astronomical event known as the Great Conjunction, seen behind Christmas lights in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Kuwaiti astrophotographers Mohammad al-Obaidi, right, and Abdullah al-Harbi follow the Great Conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn in al-Salmi district, a desert area west of Kuwait City

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Kuwaiti astrophotographers Mohammad al-Obaidi, right, and Abdullah al-Harbi follow the Great Conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn in al-Salmi district, a desert area west of Kuwait City

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