Mars Setting at Dawn
Taken by Peter Lowenstein on July 26, 2018 @
Mutare, Zimbabwe
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Early on Thursday morning (26 July) Mars was observed setting over Chikanga township near Mutare. The planet is at present in opposition and is closer to Earth and brighter than it has been since 2003. It therefore remained visible until the dawn sky was quite light and only disappeared after being overwhelmed by a bright pink Belt of Venus. 700 still images were captured between 5.32 and 6.20 am and used to produce a 21 second time-lapse video in which motion has been speeded up about 140 times. This has been posted on YouTube at https://youtu.be/lZmBc_2MO5Q 18 selected frames are presented in the accompanying animation. Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ-60 in manual exposure mode.
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