Moon Set at the Fire Hole

[JimFox]

This is from a week ago up in Yellowstone National Park. It's a nice mostly quiet spot along the Firehole River. It had been crazy weather, ferocious winds and rain, peaceful rainbows, and at the beginning of the night, a sweet moon set.

The Milky Way will show up, it's currently covered by the clouds to the left, though it would be pretty weak anyway with the moon still in the sky. So the clouds framed the scene well, and I liked how they reflected the moon light.

Nikon D850
Sigma 14mm f1.8

20 secs
ISO 3200
f1.8

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

Remarkably warm color temps for a moonset but you likely have some wildfire smoke to the west from all the fire we have in OR and WA. The reflections on the water look really nice.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Beautiful image. Looks more like sunset than a night image due to the warm lights on the horizon.

 

[John Holbrook]

Beauty captured!!!

 

[JimFox]

Remarkably warm color temps for a moonset but you likely have some wildfire smoke to the west from all the fire we have in OR and WA. The reflections on the water look really nice.

Thanks Alan!

No smoke, it's the moon, which is just like a mini sun, so when the moon sets at night like this, it's gold just like a sun set.

 

[JimFox]

Beautiful image. Looks more like sunset than a night image due to the warm lights on the horizon.

Thanks Jameel. You are correct, it does feel like a sunset, which is appropriate since the moon is just a mirror of the sun.

 

[JimFox]

Beauty captured!!!

Really appreciate that John! Thanks!

 

[Peter Michal]

Amazing scene, Jim, beautiful warm colors. I've never seen it like this before, the glow of the moon with the night sky full of stars and the clouds even in the water.. very nice.