Zodiacal Light at the Okie-Tex Star Party

Friday morning at the end of astronomical darkness the Zodiacal Light glowed like a torch. Easy to see why some mistake it for dawn. Bright object in the cone of light is Venus.

 

Photograph Information
Date	09.18.2009, 06:11
Location	Okie-Tex Star Party, Kenton, OK
Lens	Canon 24mm f2.8 @ f2.8
Camera	Canon 5D Mark II
Exposure	30 seconds at ISO 3200, using in camera dark frame.
Notes	Fair transparency, temperature around 43°F, humid. Initial RAW conversion in Lightroom 2.0, additional processing in Photoshop CS2.