A scene of the crescent Moon with Earthshine, planets and the last of the winter stars in the evening twilight, with a thunderstorm and lightning bolt
A scene of the crescent Moon with Earthshine, planets and the last of the winter stars in the evening twilight, with a thunderstorm and lightning bolts added for a bonus, over the prairie lake near home, the Crawling Valley Reservoir. This was May 22, 2023. Venus is bright above the waxing crescent Moon, while dimmer Mars is at upper left, to the left of the pair of stars, Pollux and Castor in Gemini. At lower left above the storm clouds and lightning is Procyon in Canis Minor, while at far right is Capella in Auriga. They are all winter stars putting in their last appearance for the season, though from my latitude of 51°N Capella remains circumpolar through the summer. Glitter paths of reflected light from the Moon and lightning flash are in the water, but the high wind this night kept the water choppy. This is mostly a single 7-second exposure with the Canon RF28-70mm lens at 28mm and on the Canon R5 at ISO 200. I blended in a part of another exposure taken immediately afterward, that had the upward aiming fork of lighting. A mild Orton glow added with Luminar Neo.
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Keywords: 2023, alberta, canon, capella, castor, conjunction, crawling, r5
