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You are here: Home / 2011 / March 7, 2011 Night skies from Saline Valley Road

March 7, 2011 Night skies from Saline Valley Road

March 7, 2011 By Bill 1 Comment

After sunset this day I found a lonely spot north of Darwin, California, along Saline Valley Road. This was near Route 190, between Keeler and Panamint Springs, and night skies are very dark here! I was hoping that the new-ish 3-day-old moon would not be problematic for viewing the Zodiacal Light, but it was. The Zodiacal Light was washed out despite the crescent moon between about 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. And, when the moon set, the ZL was fading, too. Oh well. I took a bunch of shots anyway with the 5D, and got some pretty wide-angle images to the west and southwest primarily. You’ll be able to make out Orion, the moon, the Pleiades, and perhaps a very faint Zodiacal Light, which stretches from the horizon up towards the Pleiades.

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  1. Elke says

    April 28, 2011 at 8:00 pm

    Love the composition of No. 4 in the series! And the crescent moon!

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