A yellow, orange and red Moon - A timelapse!

The colorful hues seen in this moonset timelapse are caused by a phenomenon called scattering. As the moon's light travels through the Earth's atmosphere, it encounters tiny molecules of gases like nitrogen and oxygen, as well as aerosols and pollutants. These particles scatter the shorter wavelengths of light, like blue and violet, more than the longer wavelengths, like red, orange, and yellow. This is known as Rayleigh scattering. As a result, the blue light is dispersed, leaving mainly the longer wavelengths to reach our eyes, creating the reddish-orange-yellow hues seen in the image. The effect is more pronounced when the moon is low on the horizon, as its light travels through more of the atmosphere.

Here is a moonset timelapse that I created by capturing multiple images of the moon set tonight from western horizons of Islamabad, and then blending them together which resulted in this beautiful display of red, orange and yellow. The minarette you see towards the right side of the moon set is of Golra Sharif darbar situated in E11 Islamabad.

Canon EOS 1300D
Samyang 135mm f2

18 images combined in PS
Each image is ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/6 seconds