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 | | The Moon and Mars |
In the photo to the upper right, you can see the beautiful waxing crescent moon, along with its earthshine, flanked to the right by Mars. The reddish-orange tint of Mars didn't come through in my photo, but again, human eyes are always the best observers of the night sky.
I then decided to capture the moon at intervals as it set over lovely Twin Peaks. I was very fortunate that I the scene wasn't obscured by the usual thick blanket of fog. The next two photos show the moon in its slow procession below the horizon.
Finally, I captured an interesting little effect— some trees on Twin Peaks cradling the moon in its farewell for the evening (below). Not bad for a Nikon Coolpix, but I obviously need a much more sophisticated camera if I'm going to try my hand at "landscape noir." And forget trying to immortalize the upcoming meteor showers with substandard equipment like this. I really need a better camera, and like all hobbies, that comes with quite a spicy price tag.
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Moon and Mars
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by Jon Haeber |
posted July 11th, 2006 around 08:12 PM
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Funny, I've been writing a lot about astronomy lately for this job. A lot better than writing about online degrees! :-)
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