Moon And Wildfire Smoke of June 20, 2021

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Moon And Wildfire SmokeJuly 20, 2021, with wildfire smoke in the air catching the nautical twilight Phase: Waxing Gibbous Illumination: 83% Moon Age: 10.74 days Moon Angle: 0.55 Moon Distance: 363,549.68 km Sun Angle: 0.52 Sun Distance: 152,006,872.74 km

Photography is an art form that oftentimes converges and commingles with documentation. Documentation is something that we do for both mundane and unusual events.

On the evening of July 20, 2021, a mundane event, the rising of the Moon, crossed with the unusual. The unusual event was Canadian wildfire smoke sweeping down into New England. At Nautical Twilight, the rays of the setting sun illuminated the atmospheric smoke. The result was the atmosphere acting as a giant filter over the waxing gibbous Moon, giving a red effect.

July 20, 2021, with wildfire smoke in the air catching the nautical twilight
Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 83%
Moon Age: 10.74 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,549.68 km
Sun Angle: 0.52
Sun Distance: 152,006,872.74 km

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