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Peter Lowenstein
Mutare, Zimbabwe
04/17/2023
05:22 pm

Equipment Details:

Tripod-mounted Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS40 in sunset mode.

Post-processing Details:

Compilation of montage of distant view and nine image mosaic showing Sun disappearing.

Image Details:

Christmas Pass Sunset.
Twice a year, if the weather is clear on 17th April and 25th August, the Sun viewed from my house in Murambi East can be seen setting in the middle of the Christmas Pass gap. The April sunset is more difficult to photograph as the Sun is either obscured by late rainy season cloud or, if not, shines so brightly through the clear autumn air that detail is lost in glare. On this occasion conditions were perfect with the last portion of the Sun disappearing in clear sky exactly in the center of the Pass.

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