The waning crescent Moon rising in close conjunction with Aldebaran just to the right, and near the Hyades star cluster, with the Pleiades star cluste
The waning crescent Moon rising in close conjunction with Aldebaran just to the right, and near the Hyades star cluster, with the Pleiades star cluster above, all embedded in the twilight over a ripening canola field. The Moon occulted Aldebaran from points farther east but by moonrise at my location the two had separated but were still very close. Earthshine lights this dark side of the Moon, despite its low altitude, on this very clear morning. Shot the morning of July 10, 2018 from home in southern Alberta. This is a exposure with the 85mm Rokinon lens at and on the Sony a7III at ISO 400. The ground is a stack of three exposures to smooth noise.
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Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
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