Earthshine
Taken by Meiying Lee on July 27, 2022 @
Yilan, Taiwan
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Generally when we say moonrise, we mean that the visible part of the moon rises - that is, the part of the moon that is illuminated by the sun. Have you ever seen the dark part of the moon - the part of the moon that is not illuminated - rise? It's really hard! But the dark part of the moon is not really completely dark. Because the light reflected from the earth makes the dark part of the moon a little brighter, we call it “earthshine”. If you increase the exposure when shooting, you will have the opportunity to see the earthshine, that is, to see the dark part of the moon. On July 27, the waning crescent moon was illuminated by 3.2%, and I was ready to capture the rare rise of the dark part of the moon. After everything was ready, at 3:44 in the morning, when I saw a small red part of the dark part of the moon rising over Guishan Island, I was so happy! About 80 seconds later, the lunar bright area like a crescent appeared, and after another 2 minutes, the entire moon appeared. It's really amazing to be able to capture the rare rise of the dark part of the moon!
Photographer's website:
https://www.facebook.com/meiying.lee.98/
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