The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn brought stargazers outside last night to try and catch sight of a once-in-a-lifetime event.

If it was cloudy or foggy you were and you didn’t get to see the ‘Christmas Star’ on winter solstice? Not to worry. Everywhere from Iran to California, photographers took dazzling images of two planets looking visibly closer to each other than they have done in 800 years—since medieval times.

Let’s take a look at some December 21 shots from around the world.

This stunning image from Mount Wilson in California required the stacking of over 20,000 frames.

Could the views from Colorado Springs be any more festive?

A little double-exposure photo trickery and a Joshua tree shaped like a reindeer created this magic image.

The Great Conjunction as seen over British Columbia’s wonderfully named Cupcake Island.

In some parts of the world, like South Dakota’s Black Hills, drama ran all through the skies.

A clear evening above the Iranian mountains led to this amazing shot being taken.

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