Harvest Moon (actually one day before Full Moon), Sept. 27, 2004 at moonrise. With Pentax 6x7 and 300mm lens at f/8 and exposure metered but about 1/2 second. On Fujichrome Velvia 100 slide film. Taken from near home in Alberta. This has not been faked or the Moon doctored in any way -- it rose at a time to be nicely balanced with the ground illumination.
Glitter path from Moon rising over Bustard Bay, Pacific Ocean, Dec. 8, 2003. Taken from a site near the Town of 1770 in Queensland, Australia just above the spot where Captain Cook landed for the second time in Australia in May 1770. Taken not long after Glitter Path-Sun shot. Taken with Pentax 6x7 camera, 165mm lens, about 2 second exposure 120-format Ektachrome 100 slide film. Fixed camera on tripod.
A 240° panorama of the fabulous dawn sky on July 5, 2020, filled with noctilucent clouds (NLCs) up to and beyond the zenith, as well as the array of four planets: Venus low on the horizon at left of centre, Mars at right of centre, and the pairing of Saturn and Jupiter (brightest) at far right, just above the setting Full Moon. The Moon had undergone a partial penumbral eclipse at moonrise 6 hours earlier. The Big Dipper and Polaris are at far left. Altair is the star above Jupiter and Saturn. This truly was an amazing sky! Comet NEOWISE was also in the scene but too small to record here. This is a panorama of 8 segments, each 1 second at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 14mm SP lens and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 100. Stitched with PTGui as ACR would not handle images from such a wide lens.
