The Belt of Venus

[jjjnettie]

The Belt of Venus or Venus's Girdle is the Victorian-era name for an atmospheric phenomenon seen at sunrise and sunset. Shortly after sunset or shortly before sunrise, the observer is, or is very nearly, surrounded by a pinkish glow or antitwilight arch that extends roughly 10°–20° above the horizon. Often, the glow is separated from the horizon by a dark layer, the Earth's shadow or "dark segment". The Arch's light rose (pink) color is due to backscattering of reddened light from the rising or setting Sun
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Some shots I took last year.
This is looking to the east.

[Dennis]

Thanks for the explanation Jeanette and a series of lovely photos depicting the phenomenon. The last shot of the Moon and cloud column is quite dramatic!

Cheers

Dennis

[erick]

Lovely images, thanks Jeanette. I had a great day last week when I observed the Belt at sunrise and sunset the same day.

[lacad01]

Nice shots, especially the last one of the moon :)

[Paddy]

Some very delicate shots of the clouds, JJJ. But I especially like the last one.

[bloodhound31]

The last one reminds me of the cone nebula.

[astronobob]

A lot of people miss this due to being opp the sun set or rise, ahwell, I find it just as interesting, sometimes you can see a tall mountain casting a peaking shadow into the pink :

Nice ones jjj