Part 3 Sceneries under Moon light
Circumpoling Big Dipper & Cassiopeia under Moon light


Date & Time: Jul 4 1998, 22:11 JST(+0900), 15min. Exp.
Optical: MD FISH-EYE f=16mm F2.8, Aperture: F4.8
Camera: MINOLTA XD
Film: Ektachrome E200
Location: Subashiri halfway up Mt. Fuji, Shizuoka pref.


This shot shows a moonlit north sky with a fish-eye photo lens. You can see the Big Dipper and the Cassiopeia in left and right hand sides of the Polaris, respectively. The first quarter of moon in upper left hand side of the frame was shining surroundings faintly. In addition, you can see a dimmed light of Milky Way in upper right hand side.



The Cassiopeia under Moon light
Mt. Fuji on a Moonlit night

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