Moonlit clouds

The rising moon lights the clouds. Watch for a meteor early in the sequence and the camera was blown over by the wind at the end. This was taken on November 26, 2005 on Kitt Peak in Arizona.

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Howto & Style

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• meteor
• stars
• domes
• clouds

[LegendSaber]

Almost surreal.

Just how does the camera manage to take such shots in the dead of night?

[jscotti]

Even a dark starry night has enough light if you take a time exposure. In this case, I used 30 second exposures back to back for several hours. The orange glow is from the lights of Tucson about 50 miles away & the white light on the domes that changes brightness is from the Moon that was being covered sometimes by the clouds.

[spencerKblack]

absolutely beautiful! Was this done with the same 24mm lens as in the Milky Way Rising video?

[jscotti]

Yes, indeed - it is a 24mm f/1.8 Sigma lens for the Canon EF mount. Great lens, especially for astrophotographyand is quite affordable, though I would consider getting an even wider lens like the Sigma 20mm f/1.8.

[supashadow1]

ha cool dats sweet

[Tubenater]

Never been there but this makes me think of Mars

[randlewacky123]

This is incredible. There's too much light pollution in most of where I'm from in England to get a decent look at anything.

[kiint]

one of my fave spots....thanks for sharing!

[Eligio285]

oh wow

[macked]

Awesome