Desert Twilight Animation

As we watch the western horizon after sunset, the sky gradually grows dark and stars and planets appear.

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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, March 29, 2002. All photos taken using Fuji Provia 100 slide film with Olympus OM-1 35mm camera on fixed tripod with 24mm lens, scanned with Nikon Coolscan LS-10E
1st image: 6:57pm MST (11 minutes after sunset), f/5.6, 1/60 second.
2nd image: 7:19pm MST (33 minutes after sunset), f/5.6, 2 seconds.
3rd image: 7:39pm MST (53 minutes after sunset), f/2.8, 15 seconds.