During stay in Chile for international Fulldome expedition of ESO, I could also get far from the observatories to see the beauties of the Chilean desert itself. One of the places we stopped for a while with Babak Tafreshi on 10th April 2016, was close to the Miniques and Miscanti lagunas, about 100 km south…
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I was totally amazed by this moment, so I took a picture of that. The illuminated dome of the Residencia at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile produces no light pollution to impede the work of the telescopes. Above, the magical arc of the Milky Way spans the sky. Green hue and orange stripes are colors…
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The beauty of the night sky over Jiko Mobon Gulf (Gulf around Mobon Island) at Maba – small village of Halmahera Island (one of the North Maluku islands) where I was a part of group of photographers experienced by 3m 17s long total solar eclipse (a.k.a “Gerhana Matahari Total” in Indonesia language and “Wolte Gallap…
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Some moments are so magical, that a man has just to wait until he prepare himself to share the feelings with others. This is one of the moments of mine. It was night on 23rd June 2015 and I was, actually, really upset for incredible bad luck with weather the night before. That time the…
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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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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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Deep in northwest Namibia lies a small village Tsubes, not so far from legendary Pertfied forests. If you decide to stay the overnight, you can bet on one of the calmest experience in your life. The place is just magnificently quiet, far from all cities and wild animals either. There’s almost no civilization, but only…
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