2016 August 5 ~ Jupiter and the waxing crescent Moon

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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada (285 km by road north of Toronto) at 21.21 EDT

(Moon altitude: 6.4° | Sun 9° below the horizon)

 

This is a 400 mm lens view of the solar system's largest planet and the Moon, three days after its new phase, setting low in the west in evening twilight. Faint Earthshine can be seen on the left side of the lunar disk.

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Nikkor AF-S 80-400 mm f/2.8G ED lens on Nikon D810 camera body, mounted on Manfrotto 057-CF tripod with a Kirk Enterprises ball head

 

* 400 mm focal length, f/11

* ISO 200, 1/2 sec. exposure

 

Processed in Photoshop CS6

(brightness, contrast, colour saturation)

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