A Golden Treat - Last Quarter Moon Appears

A few minutes after mid-night on 25th July, the half illuminated Last Quarter Moon with horizontal terminator was captured appearing and then rising above a hill in Cecil Kop Nature Reserve as shown in the accompanying nine frame mosaic. The golden colour was due to absorption of light by atmospheric haze close to the horizon.

Hand-held Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ60 in sunset mode with x60 zoom magnification

Photoshop Elements 15 - crop and register 9 still images to produce mosaic