Throwback Thursday travels back to 2003 and an atmospheric phenomenon at dawn.
Visible shortly before sunrise and shortly after sunset the Belt of Venus is a pinkish band above the horizon. It is produced when light from the sun is backscattered by particulates in the air.
In this photo of Lake Huron with Chantry Island on the horizon the blue band directly above the horizon is the earth’s shadow with the Belt of Venus above that.
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9 replies on “Lake Huron at Dawn”
Awesome photo! Greetings from London.
Thank you.
Die Atmosphäre auf dem Bild ist fühlbar. Sehr schön.
Thank you. It was shot on film and I didn’t have a good digital copy until recently.
Its awesome! 👌
Splendid photography skill! I am in awe.How I wish I could paint this.
Thank you. I’ve found several photos of the Belt of Venus since I started digitising my slide archives.
I’ve never known the name of that phenomenon. Thanks for sharing the info along with that beautiful picture.
Thanks John. I had multiple photos of the phenomenon before finding out what it was called. Luckily I have a friend from art school who’s into atmospheric phenomenon amongst other things. I just email him a photo of something and he usually gets back to me within minutes as he knows the answer without having to look it up.