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Community photo entitled Encountering the Winter Starry Sky and Zodiacal Light in Summer by Meiying Lee on 08/04/2024 at Hsinchu, Taiwan

Encountering the Winter Starry Sky and Zodiacal Light in Summer

On 08/04/2024 03:44 am by Meiying Lee| Hsinchu, Taiwan

Can you see the winter starry sky in summer? Yes, you have to get up very, very early. At around 3 o'clock in the morning on August 4, I encountered the most beautiful winter starry sky on a mountain at 2,000 meters, Orion, Auriga, and the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters in Taurus. At the same time, Jupiter and Mars have just arrived at this position, together with many flying artificial satellites and a whizzing meteor, they have painted this bright and beautiful starry sky. I added a soft focus lens in front of the lens to make a few bright stars stand out and the colors are very clear. In addition, the beam of light that shines diagonally upward from the eastern mountain top towards Jupiter and Mars is the zodiacal light before sunrise, which is mysterious and charming.

Canon EOS R6+ Tamron SP 24-70mm F2.8 Lens+ Soft Focus Filter
ISO 6400, f/2.8, Exposure 8 seconds

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