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Beautiful picture

Was searching for compositions to shoot at bow lake and this scene just fell right into my lap as I was standing there. Taken in early October on the Icefields Parkway in Alberta, Canada.

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Thank you!

Reminds me of the Death Star for some reason

Stunning view & shot OP

Thank you!

Where abouts I live in the Rockies

This was taken at bow lake, I was looking for a place to shoot the reflection on the lake and looked to the s/se and this caught my eye

I know, right?

Where I'm from moonrises at sunset are full moons by definition. I assume because you're so far north that is not true all the time?

Is the sky and moon here replaced or is this all the same photo/event? Either way, incredible.

Thank you! Nothing was replaced here, just got lucky at the right place right time

I've never heard that before, so it could be

You're right. I'm pretty sure this a composite image. Moonrise at sunset is a full moon--always. Also, when the moon is near the horizon, the terminator is side-to-side, not up and down as here.

Always is a pretty strong word my dude 😂😂 especially when moon rise is depending on position of the earth when it rises across whatever your horizon line is, your elevation

On not of

This looks super sci-fi.

The glaciated peak is mt Hector, up the highway 93N.

Yeah, composite was my first thought. Then I started thinking about sunrise and sunset in extreme northern parts of the earth and noticed no snow on the mountains indicating summertime. This sunset could be happening at 11:30 PM, which could lead to a non full moon rising at sunset.

So beautiful 🤩

Great critical thinking skills. I took a (not as good) similar photo on July 11 at 9:43 PM not far from where this one was taken. As soon as I saw this photo I was reminded of mine and wondered if it was taken the same evening