Setting Sun & Post Eclipse Moon
Taken by Peter Lowenstein on August 22, 2017 @
Mutare, Zimbabwe
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Camera Used: Panasonic DMC-TZ60
Exposure Time: 10/16000
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 160
Date Taken: 2017:08:22 22:15:49
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On the evening of 22 August less than 24 hours after the Great American Solar Eclipse, the very young thin post eclipse Moon was observed setting behind Christmas Pass, Mutare, three quarters of an hour after the Sun had set at almost the same place. The first composite image shows the Sun with sunspot groups AR2671 and 2672 clearly visible setting just to the right of the Christmas Pass. The following animation shows the Sun setting at 17.27 LT followed by first glimpse of the thin crescent Moon at 18.05 (third picture). The fourth picture taken four minutes later is a clearer view of the very thin post eclipse Moon obtained two minutes before it set to the left of Christmas Pass. Bright sunset glow combined with smoke haze from bush fires made it very difficult to find and photograph the Moon which was only visible to the naked eye for about six minutes before it disappeared below the horizon. The camera used was a tripod mounted Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ60 in sunset and then night scene modes. A solar filter was used to visualize the sunspots.
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