The 'Twilight Wedge'

[JohnG]

The earth's shadow disappearing into space shortly after sunset.

JohnG

[[1ponders]]

Nice shot John. It's great to watch. I can almost feel the earth turning some afternoons as I watch it climb up into the sky.


Btw, you gotta do something about that view. Grow a tree or something. Can't you talk your neighbours into putting in a second floor?

[JohnG]

It's a bit hard to take, now the whales are going north, ah well, someone has to look at it. lol

JohnG

[RB]

I love this shot.
Thanks John.

[h0ughy]

lovely shot, looked similar up here too

[iceman]

Great shot, it was a nice view this arvo.

It's also called "The Belt of Venus" for some reason.

[JohnG]

Thanks for the comments.

A bit more info located here: http://www.weather-photography.com/album.php?cat=optics&subcat=twilight_wedge

Apparently the morning version is called "The Belt of Venus"

Cheers

JohnG

[h0ughy]

john, your a wealth of knowledge

[fringe_dweller]

the upper pink/red/whatever it is band is called the 'Belt of Venus' and the darker lower section is usually just called the earths shadow - for both morning and evening :)

[JohnG]

I just did a little more research and it appears that "The Belt of Venus" is the band of pink directly above the dark blue/grey that is called the "Twilight Wedge" in either the morning or evening sky, so called because Venus normally appears in this section of the sky (or so the sages say).

Sorry bout that. :whistle:

JohnG

[fringe_dweller]

hehe ;) I also like the other term sometimes used for this phenomenon the 'anti-twilight'.