Crescent Moon Setting Behind Desert Pines in beneath a wind-cut desert escarpment near Dar es Salaam

Crescent Moon Setting Behind Desert Pines

by Brittany Trujillo

Silvery winter light washes over the dark forms of a pine stand, silhouetting their needle-dense branches against the deep indigo sky. A sharp crescent moon hangs low, just above the jagged horizon of a wind-cut desert escarpment near Dar es Salaam. The air appears cold and dry, visible in the crisp clarity that separates the distant rock face from the foreground trees. Shadows stretch long and soft across the arid ground, where sparse, hardy grasses lie flat against the earth. The moon’s pale curve glows with a cool intensity, defining the edge of the night without casting warm tones. At the base of the nearest pine, a single rough branch rests on a bed of pale, sun-bleached stones.

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Camera Fujifilm X100V*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Fujifilm X100V photos, grab one online.
Lens Fujinon 23mm f/2
Focal Length 23mm
Aperture f/2
Shutter Speed 1/60
ISO 100
Film processed in Darktable
Location beneath a wind-cut desert escarpment near Dar es Salaam
Date 2023-01-04
Credit VEETER
License Free for any use
Coordinates -6.7563, 39.2197
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