Venus waxing crescent with earthshine

Posted by AASTARMAN
on Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Venus is about 5 degrees from the waxing crescent Moon. Earth shine can be seen on the dark surface in front of the crescent.

Canon 30D, Canon 50mm f/1.4 @ 2.8, ISO 400, 3x1.6sec, stacked and combined with ImagePlus 3.75, and processed with PhotoShop CS5.

Tags: Venus
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