Moonset

[André BARELIER]

Hello guys,
This morning, I saw for the first time what I call a "moonset". I don't even know if this word exists.
The first picture was shot with the J5 at 6:42. It's a bit dark, and you can just guess the sea under the moon.
Very impressed, I grabbed my D7200, attached the 70-300, and took the second picture. The horizontal line is the sea, the moon being slowly going down under.
VERY strange!!!
Needless to say, no photoshop or whatever. Only DxO.

• NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON 1 J5
• 1 NIKKOR VR 6.7-13mm f/3.5-5.6
• 13.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1.3 sec
• Spot
• Auto exposure
• ISO 3200

• NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON D7200
• 300.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/160 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 8000

 

[Box Man]

Wow! Quite intriguing, to say the least. An incredible phenomenon you were able to capture. Thanks for sharing, Andre!

 

[Miss Tilly]

Hello guys,
This morning, I saw for the first time what I call a "moonset". I don't even know if this word exists.
The first picture was shot with the J5 at 6:42. It's a bit dark, and you can just guess the sea under the moon.
Very impressed, I grabbed my D7200, attached the 70-300, and took the second picture. The horizontal line is the sea, the moon being slowly going down under.
VERY strange!!!
Needless to say, no photoshop or whatever. Only DxO.
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That is amazing! I have never seen anything like it, great capture André
regards
Gary

 

[hlmuc]

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This is a great capture, first price for the early bird! Have only seen anything similar for a sunset, never such a moon fata morgana. The moon structures make it look like liquid metal!

 

[André BARELIER]

That is amazing! I have never seen anything like it, great capture André
regards
Gary

Neither do I. I could not believe my eyes. This is for sure an optical phenomenon, but I must say I know nothing about that.

 

[André BARELIER]

This is a great capture, first price for the early bird! Have only seen anything similar for a sunset, never such a moon fata morgana. The moon structures make it look like liquid metal!

Exactly. Molten metal. Very strange. We'll see this night how it goes.