photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Sam Rua | all galleries >> Sky and Beyond >> moon >> New Moon > 21 Hour New Moon
previous | next
19-MAR-2007

21 Hour New Moon

Here is a 21 hour old Moon setting over a neighbor's house. This is an "enhanced" image where I used Photoshop to remove the foreground electrical wires. The thin crescent is sunlight reflected off the moon. The rest of the Moon is actually from "Earth shine" which is sunlight reflected off of the Earth which illuminates the Moon. This sunlight has actually traveled from the the Sun to the Earth to the Moon and back to the Earth, which is roughly 500,000 miles further than just going from the Sun to the Earth. And it takes about 2 2/3 seconds for the Sun's light to make that extra journey. The last image in this series is what the original shot looked like.

Canon EOS 30D
1s f/5.6 at 420.0mm iso640 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
previous | next
share
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment