Iridescent Cloud in Moonlight
Taken by Helio de Carvalho Vital on June 29, 2015 @
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Camera Used: Canon Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
Exposure Time: 1/8
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2015:06:29 18:16:08
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Details:
As light from the 94% illuminated Moon shone through a thin mantle of Altocumulus perlucidus clouds, interacting with small water droplets of nearly uniform size, coherent diffraction occurred. The resulting colorful patterns are shown in the photos, taken with a Canon PowerShot SX60 HS camera at 21:16 UT. Saturn and Scorpius can be seen in the last image, captured with a lower zoom in order to show the interesting stream-like formation entirely.
Photographer's website:
http://https://www.flickr.com/photos/98669508@N03/
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