Lunar Pollen Corona
Taken by Tomasz Adam on May 15, 2022 @
Kraków, Poland
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 6D
Exposure Time: 5/1
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100
Date Taken: 2022:05:15 22:38:28
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It's that time of the year again. Teary eyes and runny noses can only mean one thing: the air is full of pollen. But if you combine the pollen with a full Moon, there might be a consolation prize waiting for you in the sky - a nice pollen corona. The irregular shape of individual pollen grains create the unusual oval shape of the corona, and air sacks which help the grains stay longer in the air are responsible for the four bright patches below, above, to the left and to the right of the Moon. The sacks also keep the grains oriented in one particular direction which is essential for the formation of an oval corona. Otherwise, randomly oriented pollen grains would produce an ordinary circular corona, not unlike the one created by spherical water droplets.
Taken with Canon EOS 6D + Sigma 24-70 mm & 70-300 lens, ISO 100-200, exp. 2-5 seconds.
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