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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Even if there is no up or down in the Universe, from the Earth people directly distinguish south and north. Especially if talking about specific parts of the sky. And this is the prove. Probably the most part of Milky way – from the Scorpius to Southern Cross is almost whole domain of southern hemisphere.…
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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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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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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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What a wonderful view to the Zealand’s morning star. This shot of rising Venus I capturen on 7th June, 2014, before I decided to try a luck with morning green flash of the rising Sun over the Hot Water Beach, New Zealand. Used Canon 6D, 70-300 mm, ISO 1250, 1/90s
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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