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Category:Scenic
Subcategory:Night Sky
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Keywords:crescent moon, earthshine, jupiter, mars, mercury, morning planets, star beside the moon, sunrise, twilight, venus
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Dimensions1800 x 1200
Original file size6.2 MB
Image typeTIFF
Color spacesRGB
Date taken29-May-11 05:16
Date modified29-May-11 13:38
Shooting Conditions

Camera makeCanon
Camera modelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Focal length38 mm
Exposure3.2s at f/5.6
FlashNot fired, compulsory mode
Exposure bias0 EV
Exposure modeManual
Exposure prog.Manual
ISO speedISO 400
Metering modePattern
Crescent Moon with Four Morning Planets

Crescent Moon with Four Morning Planets

Luna shines as a waning crescent next to bright Jupiter, while Mars, Venus, and tiny Mercury glisten in a diagonal alignment nearer the horizon. (That bright red light closest to the horizon is a water tower beacon.)
2011 May 29; Shallotte Point (Oyster Bay), Shallotte, NC
Last comment by John Richards on 29-May-11:
Absolutely STUNING image