by canopia » Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:50 pm
It is a small cloud lit by the light of rising Moon, waning gibbous in phase. It is interesting, only that small cloud gets moonlight and no others. The lighthouse is on a headland rising about 230 meters over Mediterranean Sea. To the east, south and west is the sea; to the north is lower hills of Taurus Mountains. There was a thunderstorm in the afternoon and the clouds were still lingering earlier in the evening. That only little cloud lit up must have been receiving the moonlight through other clouds further east. As it is a remote headland, there is little light pollution, which was one of the reasons I chose to be there. It was the evening of 12th August 2009, I was also keeping an eye on the Perseids and trying my chances to catch a few of them.
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[quote="Chris Peterson"]It looks like a bit of cloud being lit up. You can see unilluminated clouds around there, too. This was a panorama, so it was taken over a time interval that might have allowed for different lighting conditions in the same image.[/quote]
[quote="Qev"]What's that little pink cloud below and somewhat to the left of Jupiter? I was thinking it was an ordinary cloud being illuminated by ground lights or something, but there are other clouds near it that are dark. Or is it an astronomical object?[/quote]
It is a small cloud lit by the light of rising Moon, waning gibbous in phase. It is interesting, only that small cloud gets moonlight and no others. The lighthouse is on a headland rising about 230 meters over Mediterranean Sea. To the east, south and west is the sea; to the north is lower hills of Taurus Mountains. There was a thunderstorm in the afternoon and the clouds were still lingering earlier in the evening. That only little cloud lit up must have been receiving the moonlight through other clouds further east. As it is a remote headland, there is little light pollution, which was one of the reasons I chose to be there. It was the evening of 12th August 2009, I was also keeping an eye on the Perseids and trying my chances to catch a few of them.
Tunç Tezel
[quote="Chris Peterson"]It looks like a bit of cloud being lit up. You can see unilluminated clouds around there, too. This was a panorama, so it was taken over a time interval that might have allowed for different lighting conditions in the same image.[/quote]
[quote="Qev"]What's that little pink cloud below and somewhat to the left of Jupiter? I was thinking it was an ordinary cloud being illuminated by ground lights or something, but there are other clouds near it that are dark. Or is it an astronomical object?[/quote]