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Soumyadeep Mukherjee
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
07/24/2021
08:20 am

Equipment Details:

Nikon D5600, Laowa 100mm f/2.8 lens, ioptron skyguider pro

Post-processing Details:

Adobe camera raw, photoshop express

Image Details:

Moon, Saturn and Iridescent Clouds.

On 24th July Full moon night, moon and saturn came close to one another in the sky (about 4 degrees apart, the diameter of around 8 full moons). In this image, saturn can be seen towards the left of the image. During moonrise, here in Kolkata, India, the sky had clouds. Clouds, although not a good thing to have for lunar photography most of the times, turned out to be a blessing this time. It showed beautiful colours of rainbow, also known as Iridescent Clouds, thanks to the bright shine of moon. Iridescent clouds are mostly seen in daytime, getting a glimpse of them at night is considered to be pretty rare, especially with this much variation in colours. I was lucky enough to be able to see and capture them.

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