Crescent Venus at Sunrise


Crescent Venus at Sunrise
Venus is at a point in its orbit where the sun is shining on the far side, creating a crescent shape to the sunlit part, much like a crescent moon.

Canon 5D Mark III, EF 70-200mm f/4 L Series lens at 200mm
Single exposure 1/50th second at f/5.6, ISO 200
Self-timer 2 seconds, mirror lockup on.
Image adjusted and cropped in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5

Captured this morning at 6:58 am, January 20, 2014.
#astrophotography   #astronomy   #science   #Canon   #Venus

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