File talk:Gegenschein above the VLT.jpg

I just now made the following comment to the talk page on the Wikipedia article on gegenschein:

Although the caption provided comes from the description in Wikimedia Commons provided by the original photographer Yuri Beletsky, I believe there is an error. The "band running diagonally from top left to lower right" is the zodiacal light, whereas the gegenschein is the enhancement of the zodiacal light at 180 degrees from the sun. In the photo, this occurs at the center in the left/right direction, along the band (vertically above the silhouetted flat-roofed building).

I would suggest a change from the current caption "The Gegenschein is seen in this image as a band running diagonally from the top left to lower right." to perhaps "The Gegenschein is seen as an enhanced brightness in the band of zodiacal light running from top left to lower right, directly above the silhouetted flat-roofed building."

I am reticent to make the edit myself owing to the original description coming from the actual photographer, but I do believe it is wrong.

Here is a different photo of the full excursion of the zodiacal light with the gegenschein noted at the 180 degree location.

--Gscreol (talk) 02:51, 18 May 2013 (UTC)Gscreol