The Southern Cross, Crux, in the moonlight fro a waning gibbous Moon before dawn, from the Smoky Cape Lighthouse looking southwest, on the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The Cape was named by James Cook in 1770 for the fires he saw on shore here. This is a single 5-second exposure at f/2.8 with the 35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 1600.
Moonrise over the Pacific Ocean with the Moon lighting the clouds and sky over Shelly Beach at Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia. The Southern Cross is at upper right in the blue moonlit sky. Taken from the Captain Cook Lookout point. This is a single 30-second exposure at ISO 3200 with the Canon 6D and Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.8.
The southern Milky Way and the Southern Cross rising in the southeast as the Moon begins to rise and light the sky at left. Above Crux is the Carina Nebula; below Crux are the Pointer Stars. The location is the Captain Cook Lookout at Nambucca Heads on the Mid North Coast of NSW, Australia. The beach below is Shelly Beach. This is a single 30-second exposure at ISO 3200 on the Canon 6D, and with the 14mm Rokinon lens at f/4.
