Mercury Setting in Volcanic Sunsets
Taken by Peter Lowenstein on August 1, 2022 @
Mutare, Zimbabwe
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Mercury, the innermost planet in the Solar System is difficult to observe and photograph because it is small and being closest to the Sun is concealed by bright glare when near the sunset (or sunrise) horizons. It becomes more easily visible when it increases elevation in the sky and approaches maximum elongation. The first x25 speed time-lapse animation of Mercury approaching the horizon and setting on 1st August was prepared from 54 still photographs taken between 6.23 and 6.27 pm using a tripod-mounted Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ60 compact camera in manual exposure mode. The second x60 speed time-lapse animation of Mercury approaching the horizon and setting on 29th July was prepared from 115 still photographs taken between 6.03 and 6.13 pm using a tripod-mounted Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS40 compact camera in manual exposure mode. Light levels were too low to record video. Each still picture had to be cropped, registered to eliminate slight camera movement and then size reduced before converting to video – a process which takes several hours.
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