Moon and Venus

9 August 2005 · 0 comments

Last night the Moon and Venus were very close together round sunset. The moon was just a sliver and you could still see the main disc as a grey shadow. There were clouds low to the horizon. I still don’t have enough control over my camera, but a tripod helped. image: IMG_4993.JPG capture date: Monday, [...]

 

Moon and Venus. Last night the Moon and Venus were very close together round sunset. The moon was just a sliver and you could still see the main disc as a grey shadow. There were clouds low to the horizon.

I still don’t have enough control over my camera, but a tripod helped.

image: IMG_4993.JPG

capture date: Monday, 8 August 2005 7:59:11 PM

ISO speed: 1600

shutter speed: 4

aperture: f5.6

focal length: 200.0

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