Here slowly comes the end of June 2015 and with this end should come even more remarkable event than just turning over the list of calendar. Just a dozens minutes after sunset a pair of bright planets – Venus and Jupiter – are taking the center stage as the Moon is waxing. Like on this…
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The light pollution is caused by irresponsible lighting in the cities up in the sky. Due to more and more scattered artificial light even very far from the cities there is harder and harder to find some spot with the naturally dark sky in Europe, USA, India or China. There is a way to solve…
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What happened with the Full Moon last night, on 8th October 2014? Well, nothing so special, but still pretty rare. Our big satellite was just “swimming” in the Earth’s shadow, producing the wonderful total lunar eclipse. If there wasn’t any atmosphere around our planet, we couldn’t breathe, but also the Moon wouldn’t be that colorful…
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Tolaga Bay is awesome place with the longest wharf in the country. Well, this place is also known for James Cook sail around. And as I stood on the beach this August 12th (2014), waiting for the moonrise, I realized this is probably the same direction where the Maori people could see James Cook coming…
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Gisborne, 28th July 2014, an evening after long and hard job on mandarin orchard. Finally just last two weeks left here and then hopefully dreamt trip to a paradise. Twilight is on way and suddenly that – absolutelly thin crescent of the Moon! I have never seen something like that before – Moon was like…
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If you are on New Zealand, just deal with the sheeps everywhere. Sheeps on hills, sheeps ond roads, on farms, on roofs… and almost on the Moon. This lucky shot I made in the morning on 20th June 2014 before planting job on hills above the Pourerere Beach, New Zealand, where not to meet a…
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1st May is actually in Czech republic day of love (like US Valentine’s day) and there is a tradition that a man has to kiss a girl under fructiferous sherry tree, or her feelings will freeze during that year. Well, I couldn’t do that here in Katikati, New Zealand, this 1st May 2014, but what…
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