Noctilucent clouds (NLCs) low across the northern horizon with Capella just above the illuminated clouds and circumpolar from my latitude of 50° North. This was June 24/25, 2018, just after midnight, from southern Alberta. This is a single exposure with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D MkII.
A fine display of noctilucent clouds, or NLCs, or polar mesospheric clouds, reflected in a local prairie pond near home in southern Alberta. The display started with wisps much higher in the north but they faded as the Sun dropped lower, with the display at this extent by the time I reached my spot and took this panorama. Leo and Regulus are setting at far left in the west, as is Venus just above the horizon at left. Capella and Auriga are at centre, and circumpolar, while the stars of Perseus at right, rising. This is a panorama of 9 segments, at 15° spacings, with the 35mm lens at f/2.8 for 13 second exposures with the Canon 6D MkII at ISO 400. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw which worked well for this panorama as I shot content at either end to anchor the segments with more foreground content for aiding the stitching. I cropped out the far end content (the roadway) but it served its purpose of helping the stitching. Often with segments with lots of blank content ACR refuses to include segments or stitch at all.
Mars is rising and shining a reflected red glitter path on a prairie pond, on June 19, 2018. Mars was 5 weeks away from its closest approach in 15 years and so was very bright, and getting brighter each night. The setting waxing Moon lights the scene plus the sky is bright from solstice twilight. Some bands of airglow colour the sky. Mars is in Capricornus. This is a stack of 6 exposures for the ground, mean combined to smooth noise, and one exposure for the sky and reflection. All 25 seconds at f/2 with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800.
