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Community photo entitled  by Jeff Sullivan on 12/17/2020 at Topaz Lake, Nevada, USA

On 12/17/2020 05:06 pm by Jeff Sullivan| Topaz Lake, Nevada, USA

I thought that it would be too stormy and cloudy to shoot the Jupiter - Saturn conjunction with the moon last night, but I saw the moon as I was taking the trash out, so I ran around gathering my camera gear. By the time I was set up, Jupiter had set behin this ridge, and I could only see one of its moons. I moved my camera and tripod in the car and drove across the neighborhood to lower the ridge, and I was able to capture both planets (below and right of the clouds) with the moon before they set.

The earth shine on the dark portion of the moon, and the iridescent clouds, were a nice bonus!

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L Series lens

Adjustment in Adobe Lightroom
6 exposures combined in Photomatix