Honeymoon Zodiacal Light

[DirkSteele]

Taken 65 minutes after sunset, the Zodiacal light was incredibly bright as seen from the beach on Vamizi Island just in front of our villa.  Vamizi is off the coast of Mozambique just by the boarder with Tanzania.  I also took my Tak FC-76 with me to observe, and the brightness of the zodiacal light was noticeable as I panned across the sky, in particular when viewing M44 which is near the apex of the zodiacal light in this photo.  Also note Orion on its side about to set.  The small lights on the water are fishing vessels in the Mozambique channel.  The sea that night was very still and the reflection of the ZL was picked up.

Photo Information:

Captured on May 24th 2017.

Unmodified Canon 70D with Canon 14mm f/2.8 L lens on a static tripod (no tracking)

Single 30 Second Exposure with no darks or flats

ISO 3,200 at f/2.8

Processed using Adobe Lightroom