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Category: Atmospheric Phenomena, Airglow

Clear skies, sometimes airglow

What a strong airglow here in Oravská lesná! I was just amazed by dark sky in Slovakia and went to capture some images of Jupiter oposition in Gegenshein. But when I started with photography here, I noticed something amazing – literally clouds of red airglow in all the sky above. The strogest part was capturable…
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The hole into the luminescent sky

Last Christmas I decided to spend in Oravská Lesná, Slovakia. And I don’t regret. On Dec. 27th, 2013, I tried to observe comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy. But the sky was still wierdly bright and kind of green. So I changed lenses to find out and suddenly this: maybe the most intensive airglow I have ever…
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Cone of silence

This is a comparsion of surrounding over and around the Jamyemonen Primary School of Pokwero, Uganda. I tried to preserve a natural colors and brightness as close as I saw it by my own eyes. “C2” means second contact, the beginning of total solar eclipse. During totality the horizon just took very strong yellow color…
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Murchison Falls, pearl of Uganda

As Crammy Wanyama says: The spectacular Murchison Falls are usually among the top on the list of highlights for most travellers touring Uganda and Murchison Murchisonfalls National Park in particular. And he’s right. When we came on the spot, the Sun was covered by cirrus clouds, so we could easily see right “sundog”. With this…
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A green flash

Last sunset above sea from Tenerife before leaving; 5th October 2013. And so lucky one! The sky was clear and I just prepaired for catching a green flash before the Sun just said good-bye. And I couldn’t even say anything after I found out I really succeded with my expectation – the green flash was…
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Tenerife panoramas

Breathtaking views of Tenerife island (Canary islands) captured during trip from 1st to 3rd October 2013 especially from El Teide national park and summit of volcano Pico de Teide (3781 metres above sea level). Used Canon 6D; Pentacon 135/4, Samyang 24 mm and Sigma 15 mm. See also La Palma panoramas.

La Palma panoramas

Stunning views of La Palma island (Canary islands) captured during trip from 28th to 30th September 2013 especially from volcano San Martin and above observatories of Roque de Los Muchachos. Used Canon 6D; Pentacon 135/4, Samyang 24 mm and Sigma 15 mm. See also Tenerife panoramas.