A new report outlines how researchers figured out when Ansel Adams took one of his photos just by the position of the moon.
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It certainly wasn't a new photo, though. The breathtaking black-and-white photo that shows the moon hovering over the rocky topography of Kings Canyon National Park was believed to have been taken sometime in 1935; however, the legendary photographer never really kept detailed notes about when he shot his photos as much as he did about how he shot them.
They then used astronomical software to match records as to when the moon could have been in the "correct phase and position" as it is displayed in Adams' photo, given the range it was likely taken. This narrowed their search down to dates in 1923, 1929, 1933 and 1936. The tilt of the moon's north pole in the photo narrowed the search further, either to Aug. 9, 1933, or Aug. 6, 1936.
The club's itinerary for a 1936 trip, on the other hand, indicates that he would have been in the right area at the exact time the moon entered the position seen in the photo.Beil wrote that 1936 was a "pivotal year" in Adams' life and for the creation of Kings Canyon National Park. First, he was offered a major gallery opportunity months before he had taken the photo; second, he lobbied Congress to designate the Kings Canyon area a national park that year.
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