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Aurora Surprise Over Slovakia

Aurora Surprise Over Slovakia

Just an hour ago, on 12 September 2024 (around 19:18 UT), a bright aurora appeared in the sky over Záhradné, near Prešov, Slovakia. It lasted just about ten minutes, but it was truly a lucky one. Especially when the clouds closed the view shortly after this incredible sky surprise. Used Canon Ra, Sigma 35mm, f1.6,…
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Sunset over the Lomnicky Stit

Sunset over the Lomnicky Stit

Yesterday’s sunset (5 September 2024) was truly a lucky one for me. After a year I finally managed my dream shot – the sunset over Lomnicky Stit summit of the High Tatras mountains, shooting from Terna, eastern Slovakia (about 74 km far from the summit). Why this mount? If you look closer at the summit…
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Morning Moon and the Space Station

Morning Moon and the Space Station

Last days the International Space Station (ISS) prepared several beautiful transits in front of the morning crescent Moon over Central Europe. I was lucky with one of these beautiful, even if very elusive moments, too. While observing from Jetonice, Czech Republic, on Thursday, August 29th, 2024, the Moon was covered by a thin layer of…
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Surprise Aurora

Surprise Aurora

Today, August 28, 2024, early in the morning around 3 o’clock, nature brought another aurora over the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This time weak, I couldn’t see it with my eyes, but the camera captured its structures. This is how the glow appeared under the Big Dipper above the calm surface of the Seč Lake,…
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Dream Summer Night

Dream Summer Night

Here comes the mathematically stacked composite of this year’s Perseids (2024). This time, I wanted to express more, I went deep into my heart and wanted to show the feeling of a man with a kid’s soul, enjoying the place he loves the most. In the bottom part, you can find this person (me), enjoying…
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Perseids, Galaxy and SAR

Aurora and Perseids in August 2024

On August 11-12-13, 2024, an Aurora Borealis appeared even over the Czech Republic, central Europe. It was a faint but beautiful Aurora Borealis with many waves during the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower. For this time-lapse, taken from Ústupky (49.82N, 15.65E) in a period between 23:28-2:13 CEST I used Canon 6D and Samyang 14mm.…
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Sprites above Italy

Sprites above Italy

This early morning’s (7 August 2024) stormy weather over southern Austria (northern Italy) was pretty active. While observing from Ústupky, Czech Republic a beautiful, but elusive Red Sprite appeared, produced by a strong thunderstorm, which was located above Eastern Alps, about 390 km far from me. Their typical red color is caused by nitrogen emission…
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