APOD 1.8 (Venus Just After Sunset)

This photo appeals to me because I have a very difficult time identifying planets.  Here, the viewer is shown how planets often have very strange patterns that they follow when they cross our sky.  Over the course of about 220 days (44 different pictures, each about 5 days apart), Venus crosses a portion of the sky almost in a "V" shape.  It is important to note that these photos were taken almost on the other side of the Earth, in Turkey.