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Category: The Milky Way and Nightscapes

The celestial X

What is this odd view? Is it from this world? A photo montage? Well, not pretty much. This image shows view to the sky in January from both hemispheres. It ingeniously uses the compositions and timing to demonstrate different views in the Milky Way and the zodiacal light close to the Sun in the sky,…
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Mario’s on the crossroad

I still can’t forget the last night in south Africa on 1st October 2015. Actually, I remember that like it was yesterday. As we were closing to the civilization from the wonderful Namibia, the night sky was more and more effected by the light pollution. But Mario Runkas, my friend and such a great photographer,…
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The sky dialogue

The guys down there, sitting and dining: Left one: “I am just curious how the guy up there wants to come to us.” Right one: “Yeah, he seems hungry…” The guy up there, close to the car: “Damn, the food smells so goood. Maybe I could try to swim there…” The image was taken at…
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Stargazing on the largest meteorite

In the Namibian northern region Onjozondjupa, there is so much to see. But probably the most tempting is the largest found iron meteorite in the world. The Hoba West meteorite, as it’s named after the close farm, is one of the most astronomical sightseeing in Namibia and logically belongs to the national natural heritage. The…
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No boundaries, no limits…

The world is so small. The human issues are so negligible. The space is so large… All those thoughts came up to my mind, while I was sitting on the top of the Land Rover (provided by Safra-Go company, which I am so thankful for that!). It was 13th September 2015, just the evening of…
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Under-warp jump to the Galaxy

What could a camera capture, if we jumped with it up by sudden “under-warp” relativistic speed close to the speed of the light? Well, despite it should break our neck immediately, cause, our body is not prepared for this sudden change, this is what would be close to the photographic result. And of course, only…
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Pure skies above the La Silla observatory

Many people are still asking themselves or others, if the view to the sky full of stars, with Milky Way and such dark starry foreground is real. Many people don’t even believe that the Milky Way is something easy to see. It’s too sad that by living in light polluted cities we completely broke the…
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