The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket provoked wonder as it streaked across
the early evening sky but also caused confusion, leading the company's founder Elon Musk to joke that the people had really seen a North Korean UFO.
A hundred days have passed since Mars was closest to Earth this year, but the Red Planet can still be seen in
the early evening sky close to the jewel of the solar system, Saturn.
Another of Richter's works, «Wolken (Fenster)» a panoramic vista of
an early evening sky painted over four panels, was the top lot, fetching 6.2 million pounds.