Mt. Fuji on a Moonlit night

Part 3 Sceneries under Moon light

Date & Time:	Jul 4 1998, 23:41 JST(+0900), 17min. Exp.
Optical:	MD Rokkor f=50mm F1.4, Aperture: F5.6
Camera:	MINOLTA XD
Film:	Ektachrome E200
Location:	Subashiri halfway up Mt. Fuji, Shizuoka pref.

This picture shows you the sinking star trails toward Mt. Fuji dominating in west direction. A striking and bright star in right hand side of the summit is Arcturus, alpha Bootis.
I took this picture choosing time of moonset of the first quarter. We can see ultramarine colored skies due to the afterglow of moon.

Circumpoling Big Dipper & Cassiopeia under Moon light

Gemini going down with the Moon

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