Moon & Antares in Reflected Volcanic Sunset
Taken by Peter Lowenstein on July 10, 2022 @
Mutare, Zimbabwe
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Camera Used: Panasonic DMC-TZ60
Exposure Time: 10/40
Aperture: f/3.3
ISO: 800
Date Taken: 2022:07:10 23:00:22
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The almost daily vivid volcanic sunsets at similar latitudes in Southern Hemisphere caused by stratospheric aerosols from the January Hunga-Tonga eruption are being followed by the appearance of a strange red glow (reflected dusking) which extends to the opposite horizon about an hour after sunset. On the evening of 10th June the waxing gibbous 87% illuminated Moon and Antares were photographed in distinctly red-tinted sky to the east-south-east of Mutare. This phenomenon appears to be similar to the reflected dawning described at https://atoptics.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/red-sky-glow-by-reflected-dawning/ except that it is occurring at dusk. The current reflections of late volcanic sunset afterglow, which extend all the way from WNW to ESE (final montage), are likely being facilitated by the presence of an evenly distributed horizon-to-horizon layer of lingering stratospheric volcanic aerosols. Camera: Tripod-mounted Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ60 in manual exposure mode.
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