The night sky on the night of Jimi Hendrix at Monterey Pop — 18 June 1967
On 18 June 1967, the last night of the Monterey International Pop Festival in California, Jimi Hendrix — introduced by Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones — ended his set with 'Wild Thing' by setting his guitar on fire. The festival, one of the first big rock festivals, also made stars of Janis Joplin and Otis Redding with a wider audience.
The sky over Monterey County Fairgrounds, California, USA
This is the real sky above Monterey County Fairgrounds, California, USA (36.59°N, 121.86°W) on 18 June 1967 at 22:00 PDT (UTC−7) that night (1967-06-19 05:00 UTC). The Sun was 15° below the horizon: twilight was fading and the stars were coming out. The Moon (waxing gibbous, 88% lit) was 35° up in the south. Planets above the horizon: Venus (16° in the west), Jupiter (10° in the west) and Mars (41° in the south-west). Brightest named stars up: Arcturus, Vega, Altair, Spica and Antares.
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