September 8, 2012

Moonrise Over Veszprem

image by " rel="nofollow Monika Landy-Gyebnar, Veszprem, Hungary

Some bad wildfires are burning in the Balkanian region south of Hungary and the sourherly winds are bringing their smoke above us in great masses (see the weather satellite " rel="nofollow image). On Saturday observers from East Hungary reported a very dark red Moon rising; that day my place was cloudy - but it cleared Sunday afternoon. The Moon rose invisibly and became noticable only at 5 degrees altitude - there were no clouds, only the wildfire smoke blocked its light. I began to take a series of pics as it climbed higher and then made a composite of them which shows the changes of the colours within 15 minutes. The Moon still remained light orange after it reached a higher altitude.

" rel="nofollow Chuck Wood

Technical Details
2012-09-02. Nikon D5100 with 300mm Nikkor lens; ISO320; F5.6; 1/1.6 sec. exposures for each photo. Photos stacked with Startrails sofware.

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