Astrophotographer captures rare 6-planet parade spanning nearly 180 degrees of sky

Six of the seven naked-eye planets (and the moon) are visible in this annotated "planetary parade" photo taken in the south of England. From top to bottom: Jupiter, the moon, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Mercury and Venus. (Image credit: Josh Dury)

A rare six-planet parade lights up the U.K. sky in a powerful new astrophoto captured by award-winning photographer Josh Dury.

Dury captured the rare planetary alignment from the southern coast of England, showing most of the visible planets in the sky shortly after sunset at 6:35 p.m. local time on Tuesday (Feb. 24).