The Belt of Venus at Cherry Springs State Park

Posted by DaveMitsky
on Friday, September 21, 2012

by Dave Mitsky

I captured this shot of the Belt of Venus, which is also known as the anti-twilight arch, and the Earth's shadow, on the morning of September 16th, 2012, using a Canon PowerShot SD980 IS digital camera.  The ISO was 400, the exposure was 1/25th of a second, and the f-stop was 5.6.

For more on the Belt of Venus, see http://www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/earshad.htm

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