Orion and the winter sky with Venus, setting into the western twilight, over Turret Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, on April 6, 2015. Venus is the bright object at right under the Pleaides. Sirius is the bright star at left, with Procyon the bright star ar top left. This is a stack of 7 x 30-second exposures for the ground to reduce noise, and a single 30-second exposure for the sky to keep the stars untrailed, all at ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D and Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.8. Taken in late twilight.
The nearly Full Moon rising behind the West and East Mittens and Merrick Butte (right) at Monument Valley, on the Arizona/Utah border, on April 3, 2015, on the eve of a total lunar eclipse at dawn 12 hours later. This is one frame from a 360-frame time-lapse sequence.
The nearly Full Moon rising behind the West and East Mittens and Merrick Butte (right) at Monument Valley, on the Arizona/Utah border, on April 3, 2015, on the eve of a total lunar eclipse at dawn 12 hours later. I shot this just before sunset, so the Sun is lighting the buttes. The Moon rose about 30 minutes before sunset so it was up by the time the Sun actually set. Note how the shadows are pointing to but not exactly at the Full Moon, as being well before the total eclipse alignment the Moon was not yet opposite the Sun. This is one frame from a 360-frame time-lapse sequence.
