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Aug 19 • 23 tweets • 11 min read

Photography at night allows us to see our dark surroundings in vastly different ways than our eyes perceive. Taking photos at night is often challenging, but the results are spectacular.

For World Photography Day, here are 22 mosques captured at night #JummaMubarak

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1/ Blood moon eclipse over Kul Sharif Mosque, Kazan Kremlin
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2/ Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi captured at night
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3/ Mosque in Morocco captured at night
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4/ Mosque at Shah Alam, Malaysia captured at night
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5/ Prayer in Jerusalem, Palestine captured at night
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6/ Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Mosque captured at night
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7/ Badshahi Mosque, Lahore captured at night
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8/ Mosque at night
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9/ Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Sohar, Oman captured at night
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10/ Mosque and moon captured at night, Turkey
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11/ Djenné Mosque, Mali captured at night
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12/ Sher-Dor Madrasa, Samarkand, Uzbekistan captured at night
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13/ Emir Abdelkader Mosque, Constantine, Algeria captured at night
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14/ Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque, Malaysia captured at night
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15/ Koutoubia Mosque captured at dusk, Morocco
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16/ Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi captured at night
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17/ Details of Mosque in Oman captured at night
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18/ Mosque of Kufa, Iraq captured at night
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19/ Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Mosque captured at night
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20/ Taj Mahal, India captured at night
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21/ Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan captured at night
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22/ Mosque in Turkey captured at night
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