Sun & Aeroplane

[Mandy D]

Last night was very cloudy and I was not expecting to see the sunset, but I set up the RC6 and D800 just in case, as we had already driven to the spot I wanted to image from. Eventually a narrow slit formed in the clouds just below the Sun. I started capturing video and about 4 minutes in I saw a plane descend from black clouds and pass just above the Sun.

[Mandy D]

Here is a brief animation (5 frames) that show the plane appearing from the clouds and where you can see it's exhaust trail as it crosses dark cloud. I have indicated the plane's position in the zeroth frame as it appears in the following first frame as it is quite difficult to spot. 🙂