Lofty Night

On that same flight from DFW-GRR a week ago after I had taken the spider web shot the sun was beginning to set in the West (No! Really... it was!) When the atmosphere is hazy, which is just about anytime now, but otherwise clear there is a visual phenomenon that occurs in the Eastern sky. When the sun starts to go below the Western horizon, the earths shadow begins to be seen in the haze layer to the East. This is literally the edge of night. The shot below shows this quite dramatically. If you can make out the distant star, the earths shadow is just above it. I was somewhat limited with the view I had from 16D but I am always mesmerized by this image when I am up front  because the view is so much more spectacular. Specs are from the Canon G9 with ISO 100, 1/3 second at f/2.8.

Twenty minutes later I saw the view below out the left side of the aircraft and jumped over to 15A to get this shot. The only thing I did in Lightroom was crop the wing out some to give the image some intrigue. The diagonal line you see its the leading edge of the wing. Yes the horizon is near the middle of the shot but to get the width of the horizon in and a true appreciation of the colors of the waning sunset that was a rule I was swilling to break. So there!

Specs on this again are shot with the G9, ISO200, 1/10th second at f/2.8. Two truly spectacular scenes I attempted to capture and share. Enjoy!

Doug