In 1873 the explorer and adventurer William Butler wrote of his treks across the Canadian prairie in his book The Great Lone Land. In it, he wrote, “No ocean of water in the world can vie with its gorgeous sunsets …” This is the sunset on July 26, 2017, from Red Rock Coulee Natural Area in southeast Alberta, in big sky country. The waxing crescent Moon hangs in the west. The Sun is setting to the northwest amid a plume of forest fire smoke from the Rockies, tinting the setting Sun very red. Red Rock Coulee Natural Area contains this odd assortment of sandstone concretions. This is an 8-segment panorama with the 24mm Sigma lens and Nikon D750, stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.
A panorama of the twilight sky and sunset colours in a very clear sky, with the 2-day-old waxing Moon in the southwest, demonstrating the angle between the crescent Moon and sunset point. From Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, July 25, 2017. This is a 3-segment panorama with the 24mm lens and Nikon D750. Stitched with ACR.
The thin -2-day-old Moon amid the colours of twilight at sunset, from Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta, July 25, 2017. This is a 9-exposure HDR stack, blended with ACR.
