A 120° panorama of the bright display of noctilucent clouds at dawn on July 7, 2020 from southern Alberta, with the bonus of Comet NEOWISE amid the clouds. Venus is at right, reflected in the slough. The NLCs appeared low on the horizon at first then expanded upwards as the Sun angle below the horizon decreased and more of the clouds lit up. They extended about as far up as shown here, so never reached very high, unlike two mornings earlier when they extended past the zenith. This is a panorama of 8 segments with the 50mm Sigma lens at f/2.8 for 2.5 seconds each and the Canon 6D MkII at ISO 100. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw. I shot this from my favourite spiot near home I call Solstice Pond as I often shoot NLCs and solstice twilight scenes here. Though this morning it was more like Solstice Slough. There are some ducks in the distance.
Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) low in the northeastern sky at dawn on July 7, 2020 with it amid bright noctilucent clouds this morning and over a prairie pond. Even so, the tail is visible. So this is a juxtaposition of an icy comet amid icy clouds. This is a stack of 6 exposures for the ground to smooth noise and a single 1-second untracked shot for the sky, all with the 135mm telephoto at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 400
Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) low in the northeastern sky at dawn on July 7, 2020 with it amid bright noctilucent clouds this morning. Even so, the tail is visible. So this is a juxtaposition of an icy comet amid icy clouds. This is a single 3.2-second untracked shot with the 200mm telephoto and 1.4x extender for 280mm at f/4 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 400
