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03-OCT-2005

The Belt of Venus

A colorful sunset to the east looking toward Mount Hamilton.

The blue band above the mountains is the Earth's Shadow rising to the east.

The Pink band above is called "The Belt of Venus" as the sky is reddened from the
rays of the setting sun.

A better explanation and illustrations can be found at : http://www.sundog.clara.co.uk/atoptics/earshad.htm

Shot from the backyard.

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF
1/8s f/13.0 at 70.0mm, ISO=200
Tripod and IR Remote full exif


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Guest 24-Oct-2005 04:51
Beautiful framing
Diane Wu08-Oct-2005 02:13
Great composition!
steve mcsweeny07-Oct-2005 09:13
Beautiful! Great info too,thank you! GMV.
Guest 07-Oct-2005 04:22
Beautifully done! Thanks for the link to the other site. Great explanation of the Belt phenomenon. Lovely!
Anna Yu06-Oct-2005 20:15
Effective framing on a beautiful scene.
Roe..06-Oct-2005 02:26
beautiful image!
Manfred Bachmann06-Oct-2005 01:43
Absolutely wonderful, great job Bryan!!
Ron S. Bernardo05-Oct-2005 22:47
Beautiful colors!
Chris Sofopoulos05-Oct-2005 20:06
So wonderful colour!!
coaster04-Oct-2005 22:51
Nice colors and composition on this one.
Buz Kiefer04-Oct-2005 18:46
Very pretty image Bryan and very interesting commentary.
Sheila04-Oct-2005 14:13
This is lovely.
I'd heard of the Belt of Venus, but wasn't quite sure what it was, so
thanks for the comments.
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography04-Oct-2005 13:38
Very nice, interesting composition :)
Wolfgang Wander04-Oct-2005 13:01
Beautiful and smooth pastel colors nicely framed by the foilage in the foreground. Well seen and executed.
Graham Tomlin04-Oct-2005 12:22
nice picture
Karen Stuebing04-Oct-2005 09:26
This is a fabulous sunset and the explanation makes it even more interesting. Love the way you chose the leaves to frame it and the line of clouds above the mountains.
viljamix04-Oct-2005 05:53
Beautiful image with nice natural framing. Interesting explanation, too.
Brian McAllister04-Oct-2005 05:03
Wonderful shot here Bryan. Love the comp and the colors. Vote.
And many thanks for the link. Great info that I didn't know until now.
Linda Willets04-Oct-2005 03:34
very lovely and learned something new.
Guest 04-Oct-2005 03:34
Nice to read the explanation ... and such a beautiful image! :)
Guest 04-Oct-2005 03:25
Wonderful lighting, and thanks for the explanation.