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Category: Landscape

On the edge of the world

I was walking on Waihi beach (New Zealand) on 19th May 2014, waiting for the moonrise. Just dozens minutes before rose up stunning part of Milky way – the center. And then I realized, how sometimes people think they are alone in the Universe. But what if not? How many others are there, how many…
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Three girls and three galaxies above the bay

It was just last day of April 2014 and I decided with my sister and also her new czech friends here in Katikati, New Zealand, take a ride into the beautiful surrounding of this city. We decided to travel just few kilometres far from here, to majestic Waihi beach, which ends in Bowentown by small…
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Airglowed Waiotahi beach

Another stop on north island of New Zealand – beautiful Island View family park on Waiotahi Beach (nearby Opotiki). Even the sky didn’t look well during the day on 19th and 21st April 2014, some clouds were passing by, after sunset cleared up. It was worth it. I started testing the sky quality and suddenly…
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Southern lunar eclipse

After nervous 680km long drive across the north island of New Zealand for some chances of good weather me and my sister Katerina almost incredibly succeded. We found a small field-road next to the main road to Takatiki, where the clouds miraculously dissipated just couple minutes after beginning of totality and we could be witnessed…
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On Waiheke island…

Finally on New Zealand! After first meeting with Kiwis I decided to see some place with darker night sky. Because of necessary administrative staying in Auckland first days the weekend I spent on beautiful island Waiheke nearby the city. Except absolutely breathtaking sunset over the north Oneroa beach I finally saw dreamt southern Milky way.…
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In the Orion’s bay

Here on the Seč lake, the Czech Republic, we have couple beautiful bays for nightscapes. Even if the strong light pollution doesn’t allow more experiments with my equipment, this is quite pretty portrait of night sky with Orion the hunter in the sky. It was on April 2nd, 2014, when the moonlit wasn’t so strong…
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An evening of reflections

How the time goes fast. Last time I photographed the Moon, it was just weeks ago during its midnight rising. Now there is a fresh new young crescent, very special one. In this lunacy there’s gonna come two eclipses: total lunar eclipse on 14th April and annular solar eclipse on 29th April visible from Antarctica.…
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