Astrophoto: Moon, Pleiades and Mercury by Willian Souza
Moon, Pleidades and Mercury. Credit: Willian Souza
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Willian Souza has caught not just two, but three birds with one stone with this photo he took from Sao Paolo, Brazil. Willian captured this photo of the Crescent Moon, Pleiades and Mercury on April 26, 2009.
Willian used his Canon 350D camera set at ISO 1600 + 135mm F/2.8 lens with exposure time of 1 sec.
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