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I took Confutatis Maledictis on September 24, 2020 at 03:23AM
and processed it in my digital darkroom on September 24, 2020 at 08:50AM
Obviously, didn’t take this photo at 3:23 AM in my local time, but there is some bug in the system that insists upon subtracting 5 hours from this automated time stamp. Usually doesn’t matter, but this photo is not of a moon.
confutatis maledictis
According to Google Translate, this phrase means, “Doomed”, but I don’t think that is completely accurate.
Wikipedia has two translations of this phrase from the Dies irae:
| When the wicked are confounded, Doomed to flames of woe unbounded, Call me with Your saints surrounded. |
Once the cursed have been silenced, sentenced to acrid flames: Call me, with the blessed. |
Truthfully, Mozart’s Requiem came on my iTunes shuffle this morning, and I liked the phrase. Only later did I wonder what confutatis maledictis really means, and researched a bit (including asking my brother who studied Latin in school).