The thin 26-day-old waning crescent Moon, with Earthshine, below Venus in the dawn twilight, July 21, 2017. This is a single exposure with the 85mm Rokinon lens and Canon 6D.
The thin waning 26-day-old Moon low in the dawn sky and reddened from the low altitude and twilight colours, but still showing some Earthshine on the dark side of the Moon. Shot from home with the 130mm Astro-Physics refractor at f/6 and Canon 60Da, as part of a waning Moon series, this being the last morning to capture the Moon. This is a 6-exposure blend with luminosity masks (created with ADP Panel+ Pro) to preserve the detail in the bright crescent while bringing out the Earthshine. However, details are blurred from the atmospheric seeing at such a low altitude.
A grand display of noctilucent clouds at dawn on July 21, 2017, looking northeast and east with the 26-day-old thin waning crescent Moon just rising, and Venus bright as a “morning star” at right. This was the best NLC display of the summer to date, though many nights were plagued with cloud to the north or forest fire smoke. But seeing NLCs as high as this in the sky and well to the east, as at right is rare. This is a 7-exposure HDR blend with ACR with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D.
