On Tuesday, June 26, 2012, I went outside around 5:13 AM and began to observe the Earth's shadow and the Belt of Venus. The picture below shows the Earth's shadow (the blue-grey band) just before it disappeared below the horizon. It disappeared around roughly 5:28 AM. The Earth's shadow had a altitude of around 3-5 degrees before disappearing.
The picture below shows the Belt of Venus (the band of pink that is on top of the Earth shadow) a few minutes before it disappeared from the horizon. The belt disappeared roughly around 6:01 AM. In my opinion, the altitude of the belt was around approximately 7-10 degrees.
As you can see from the pictures, the atmospheric conditions during my observation were very good. It was very clear, with little to no clouds in the sky. It was around 54 degrees so it was a little chillier that it has been.
For what I witnessed, this phenomena lasted approximately 47 minutes.
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