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Tag: People and the Universe

Sensing the spheres in the Atacama desert

Sometimes there is a moment, which makes you feel the Earth stood still. Caused by the new indescribable feelings and the nature around, you are just experienced by totally remarkable instant. And if you have a good music, which completelly determines that moment, you know you are on the right place in the right time.…
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The auroral impact over Torshavn

… and the dream came true. On 17th March 2015 the geomagnetic storm appeared to be the strongest in the current solar cycle (2009 – 2020) and produced absolutely incredible sky show. For me, in Torshavn of Faroe Islands, Denmark, it was amazing surprise just a few days before not so lucky total solar eclipse.…
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Let’s fight for the stars up above!

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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The conquest of the Atacama desert

Well, when I was about leaving the La Silla Observatory on 23rd January 2015, I was naturally very sad. The place meant to me so much, I’d just simply fallen in love with that. But the life goes on and other destination supposed to be great too – Observatory Paranal. But it meant two things…
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A discussion with flashing

There’s no many places in the world, where you can be witness of so unique events in the time. But La Silla Observatory is surely one of them! Why? Well, look at the picture. I was just about trying to capture accidental green or blue flash during the sunset on 21st January 2015, when two…
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Seeking other life… from Okavango

Moving from Namibia, next target was lovely Okavango region in Botswana. Just a few kilometres south-east from Maun, there is small spot close to the part of Okavango delta, where you can stay. And even if the sky was not that dark like in Namibia, we enjoyed the skies too. The night 16/17 December 2014…
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Namibian Geminid night

From the notebook of Safra-go.cz… Everyone who watches the skies, knows about annual Geminid meteor shower. The best time for watching it is around 14th December due to Earth’s approaching throught the thickest stream of dust particles from 3200 Phaeton. Well, unfortunatelly in this time on the northern hemisphere comes on the winter time, so…
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