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Cecille Kennedy
Rocky Creek State Park, Oregon
11/15/2022
06:08 am

Equipment Details:

Nikon D850. 16mm

Post-processing Details:

brightened, sharpened in PS, crop to straighten horizon

Image Details:

It’s still the nautical twilight, over an hour before sunrise, but the stars had begun to pale because of the bright waning gibbous moon overhead (not included in the image). The belt of Venus is just starting to appear. I can barely see on the horizon. The belt of Venus is an atmospheric optical phenomena that creates a pink band in the sky at sunrise and sunset.