… and both within a few days around the of June 2026 solstice. First one on 25 June, 2026, when the Sun with its big sunspoots was about to set over the Lichnice Castle. The second one just on the upper edge of “Strawberry Moon” on 29 June, 2026, when the Moon just appeared over…
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Several days a year, the Sun can be captured while setting over Lichnice Castle from Seč city, Czech Republic. This year, I was lucky with large sunspot too. 26 June 2026 On 25 June 2026, I was lucky to capture the sunset over Lichnice Castle despite not perfect circumstance. In the distance, some clouds blocked…
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This early morning’s (22 June, 2026) stormy weather over southern Slovenia and Italy was pretty active. While observing from Ústupky, Czech Republic a beautiful, at 21:56 UTC, the elusive Red Sprite appeared above a strong thunderstorm, which was located about 530 km far from me, just under the majestic Milky Way! Their typical red color…
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Yesterday, on June 16, 2026, from Seč Lake, Czech Republic, I was a witness to a Circumhorizontal Arch or “Fire Rainbow” among laypeople. This halo phenomenon is less common than the circular 22-degree halo; in the Czech Republic, it is even rarer. Why? Because for its occurrence, the Sun needs to be at least 58…
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Yesterday’s Flower Moon, on 1st May, 2026, was after a long while I chose one for beautiful composition with the famous Czech Kunetic Castle. As the Moon rose up just abou 20 minutes after the sunset, the “blue hour” made the sky bright blue and the castle too. When capturing the immersive moonrise near Osičky…
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Can we even calculate the probability of a truly lucky shot? This is what I often ask myself when looking at this image of mine from April 19, 2025, captured near the SOAR Observatory on Cerro Pachón at sunset. It was in the last seconds of the already dramatic phenomenon, during which a multiple green…
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Every year in mid-August, almost at the same time like the Perseids, another meteor shower peaks: the κ-Cygnid. Named after the star Kappa (κ) in the Swan constellation, from where the slow meteors seemingly appear, they are almost not known as–unlike the Perseids–they have a very low rate of meteors, only about 3 per hour…
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