Letterbox Sunset
Taken by Peter Lowenstein on October 22, 2020 @
Mutare, Zimbabwe
Click photo for larger image
| |
Camera Used: Unavailable Unavailable
Exposure Time: Unavailable
Aperture: Unavailable
ISO: Unavailable
Date Taken: Unavailable
|
|
| More images
Details:
A ‘letterbox sunset’ is when the Sun appears in a narrow gap between a low layer of cloud and the horizon before setting. This phenomenon is sometimes observed from Mutare in summer because there is a low line of hills along the southwestern horizon the height of which almost coincides with the late afternoon cloud base. If this cloud starts thinning (as it often does around sunset) the Sun manages to briefly shine through a gap between the cloud and the ground provided there is clear sky behind. On 22nd October, a gap developed in a valley between hills near Feruka which was so small that it allowed just a portion of the setting Sun to appear and then disappear. This was captured in the lead x30 speed time-lapse animation prepared from 46 still photographs taken in quick succession during two minutes in which the Sun was visible. Camera: Tripod-mounted Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ60 in sunset mode.
Photographer's website:
No URL provided.
|
|
|
