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Category: Atmospheric Phenomena, Airglow

Between two ways

There are two ways on this picture, captured on 29th June 2014 not so far from Waihau beach of New Zealand. The first way is on the ground, heading to far beach. The upper way is much more unique to see – it’s a projection of our Galaxy called Milky way. Somewhere far seems to…
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What Tolkien didn’t see

As Peter Jackson made New Zealand so famous by the Lord of the ring movies, everybody is traveling across the country to see the places of all scenes. But does everybody think about what could Glumm or Frodo actually see, when they spent every night of their journey under the clear skies? Well, this could…
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Airglow, sheeps and Magellanic clouds

Te Mata peak again! Great place to astrophotography didn’t dissapoint even on 20th June 2014 ad allowed me to make new portraits of colorful southern night sky. This time the main part was played by sheeps on one small summit with Magellan clouds above. So close and so far in same time. And red airglow…
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A view under the Universe

Moving on, second half of June I spent in Hastings. Kind of retro city offers amazing hills just a few minutes drive from the center. Hill called Te Mata peak (by maori language “the peak of Sleeping giant”) is almost 400 meters above sea level and there is a view to east and south just…
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The blue and green flash

How rare phenomenon! When the Sun on 7th June 2014 rised above the Pacific ocean from Hot Water Beach, New Zealand, I was able tu capture so amazing moment – a blue flash. Occasionally is possible to capture the green one caused by the atmospheric bending or refraction of sunlight. But to see (and capture)…
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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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