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Venus and Jupiter finally arrived at their great conjunction, which we observed from a point west of Gerrardstown, West Virginia.  Venus shines at magnitude -3.98, while Jupiter shines at magnitude -1.96; they are now separated by only 51'59".  The planetary show happened to coincide with the Perseid meteor shower, one example of which can be seen in the lower right portion of the scene.  In order to increase my chances of catching a Perseid, this picture was taken with a wide angle lens, so our scene stretches from Orion on the right to the foreleg of Ursa Major on the left.