Edmund E Kasaitis
Image taken:
Mar. 20, 2010
Location:
Manchester, MD
Details:
The vernal equinox shy show was beautiful. Image 1 shows the ISS passing within a few degrees of the Moon/Pleiades at about 8:15PM EDT. Image 2, taken just before 10PM, shows corona from high clouds just before a star near the Pleiades was occulted, and earthsine. Both Images: Nikon D 200; Sigma 50-500mm lens Image 1: ISO 400 10 sec f/7.1 50mm Inage 2: ISO 640 1 sec F7.1 270mm
 
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