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Erupting at the Moon

Massimo Tamajo from Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

A Last Quarter Moon lies above an erupting Mount Etna in this shot taken in the early morning of July 28, 2024. The imager used a Nikon Z 6II camera and 150mm lens at f/8 to take a 2-second exposure at ISO 2000.