The thin waning crescent Moon at dawn on August 20, 2017, on the last morning it could be sighted before the total eclipse on August 21. The Moon has risen over the foothills and peaks of the Grand Tetons in Wyoming, though this view is from the Idaho side looking northeast. Taken with the Canon 60Da and 200mm lens.
The dark blue band of Earth’s shadow on the atmosphere rising in the southeast, fringed with the pink Belt of Venus above, and with dark anti-crepuscular rays – cloud shadows - converging on the anti-Sun point. All over Reesor Lake in the Cypress Hills of southeast Alberta. At left, the white specks in the water are American pelicans. Shot as part of a 600-frame “holy grail” time-lapse sequence using the TimeLapse+ View bramping intervalometer. With 24mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750.
The waxing 7-day-old first quarter Moon at Reesor Lake in the Cypress Hills, shot July 30, 2017, as a demonstration image to illustrate the 90° angle between the Moon and sunset point, at right. It also illustrates the natural sky polarization darkening the sky 90° from the Sun. The Moon is just a little past first quarter and so is a little more than 90° from the Sun to the left of the polarization band. This is a single handheld image.
