Venus-Moon conjunction in the evening sky
Last Tuesday, April 17th, Venus shone brightly as dusk fell. It joined a beautiful crescent moon in the northwestern sky. Stars began to pop out while the night took hold. I had been out walking my hound and thought the silhouettes of the line of trees above the Elbow River near my home would help frame the conjunction nicely. When I got back to the house, I quickly gathered my gear and went out to the river – I’m glad I did.
As the moon dropped, I kept moving west, upriver, the descending tree line allowing me to keep the Moon in sight. Some gauzy clouds came in low and afforded some interesting, hazy halos around the Moon.
Eventually the Moon slipped behind the trees and quickly disappeared leaving Venus glowing in a sky filling up with stars.
Before I packed up, I took one last long exposure facing west where the river winds past Bragg Creek and on to the front range of the mountains in Kananaskis Country.
Christopher Martin Photography 
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Beautiful!!
May 23, 2018 at 11:39 am
Amazing photos of the moon & night sky
April 23, 2018 at 4:05 pm
Thank you Ryan!
April 29, 2018 at 3:55 pm
Lovely!
April 22, 2018 at 9:47 am
Thank you Jane!
April 29, 2018 at 3:56 pm
It was surely a magical moment! Beautiful!
April 22, 2018 at 3:12 am
Wow!
April 21, 2018 at 7:37 pm
Beautiful images, Christopher.
April 21, 2018 at 1:34 pm