Venus and the Moon at dusk, 2007 June 18

by Mauritz Geyser

Posted 2007 June 19 @ 11:03

2007 June 18

© 2007 Mauritz Geyser

Mauritz captured the Moon and Venus from Rosh Pinah in Namibia (S27 57.718 E16 45.640) using a Canon EOS 350D attached to a Canon L series lens set to 400mm and f/5.6. The image was taken at 19h48 SAST.

His image beautifully shows the "dark" portion of the Moon, readily seen with the naked eye but impossible to photograph without also over-exposing the sunlight fraction.

Keywords: Astronomy, astrophotography, Mauritz Geyser, Venus, Moon

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