Astrophotographer captures 'rare' planetary parade as 7 planets align in the night sky (photo)

Seven planets align across the sky above the Mendip Hills, U.K. An annotated version of the image can be found further down in the article. (Image credit: Josh Dury)

Astrophotographer Josh Dury captured this stunning photograph of the seven-planet alignment on Feb. 22 from the Mendip Hills, Somerset, U.K.

"A fantastic, yet challenging photographic opportunity to observe all planets during a small window in time," Dury told Space.com in an email.