Saturday, February 25, 2012

Nice Conjunction!

Twilight Beauty

There was a nice show in the sky tonight just after sunset. Venus and the crescent Moon were nicely paired. (Click on the pictures below for full detail.)
1/320 second exposure with a 200 mm lens
The sky darkened as the pair sunk closer to trees.
1/60 second exposure with a 55 mm lens
Moving the camera a bit I was able to capture Jupiter (on the left) in the same frame with Venus and the Moon.
1/60 second exposure with a 60 mm lens
All pictures were taken with a Nikon D40 DSLR.
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