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Summer Solstice Sunrise and Moonrise Panoramas (June 20, 2024)
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This is a composite blend of two panoramas shot from the same tripod position on the same day but 16 hours apart:
— On the left — Sunrise on the day of summer solstice, June 20, 2024, a day earlier than usual as 2024 was a Leap Year. The Sun was rising at its most northerly point on the north-eastern horizon this day, on the left side of the panorama with due east at centre and southeast to the right. A faint light pillar is visible above the Sun.
— On the right — Moonrise on the day of summer solstice, June 20, 2024. While the Sun was rising at its most northerly point on the north-eastern horizon this day, the nearly Full Moon (a day before Full this evening) was rising at its most southerly point, in the southeast at right.
This year was also the "major lunar standstill," when the Moon's orbital precession over an 18.6-year cycle brought it to its maximum southern declination below the ecliptic, causing it to rise and appear as far south in the sky as it can get, placing it some 5º lower in the sky than it normally would be, so an extra-low summer Full Moon. I shot this panorama a few minutes after moonrise, to have the Moon clear the trees to the southeast, and to have its yellow disk stand out better in the dark blue sky (at moonrise itself the Moon was partly hidden in low clouds and the sky was much brighter).
The moonrise sky at right is illuminated by twilight colors, with a pale pink Belt of Venus above a dark blue band of Earth's shadow, and with subtle blue crepuscular rays converging on the area near the rising Moon, created by shadows cast by clouds to the west.
The Sun rose at an azimuth of 49°; the Moon at an azimuth of 136°, so 87° apart. They appear about 90º apart here with the Moon up in altitude. So they each rose about 40º to 45º N and S of due east.
TECH DATA — SUNNRISE PAN:
This was a panorama of 6 segments at 30° spacings, each segment a 7-exposure HDR blend to retain the bright sky and still bring out the othe
— On the left — Sunrise on the day of summer solstice, June 20, 2024, a day earlier than usual as 2024 was a Leap Year. The Sun was rising at its most northerly point on the north-eastern horizon this day, on the left side of the panorama with due east at centre and southeast to the right. A faint light pillar is visible above the Sun.
— On the right — Moonrise on the day of summer solstice, June 20, 2024. While the Sun was rising at its most northerly point on the north-eastern horizon this day, the nearly Full Moon (a day before Full this evening) was rising at its most southerly point, in the southeast at right.
This year was also the "major lunar standstill," when the Moon's orbital precession over an 18.6-year cycle brought it to its maximum southern declination below the ecliptic, causing it to rise and appear as far south in the sky as it can get, placing it some 5º lower in the sky than it normally would be, so an extra-low summer Full Moon. I shot this panorama a few minutes after moonrise, to have the Moon clear the trees to the southeast, and to have its yellow disk stand out better in the dark blue sky (at moonrise itself the Moon was partly hidden in low clouds and the sky was much brighter).
The moonrise sky at right is illuminated by twilight colors, with a pale pink Belt of Venus above a dark blue band of Earth's shadow, and with subtle blue crepuscular rays converging on the area near the rising Moon, created by shadows cast by clouds to the west.
The Sun rose at an azimuth of 49°; the Moon at an azimuth of 136°, so 87° apart. They appear about 90º apart here with the Moon up in altitude. So they each rose about 40º to 45º N and S of due east.
TECH DATA — SUNNRISE PAN:
This was a panorama of 6 segments at 30° spacings, each segment a 7-exposure HDR blend to retain the bright sky and still bring out the othe
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