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Category: Tempest, Red Sprites and Lightning

Higher expectations

Summer storms can be really wild here in the Czech Republic. So when I’d realized a big one was coming late night 22nd June 2017, I prepared myself for really strong experience over the Seč reservoir. But when it came, it was, however, much weaker than expected. So I stood up on the beach with…
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Fisherman against the storm

End of the August 2016 and finally one beautiful storm over the Seč reservoir, Czech Republic. While I was standing on the beach late night of 28th August, a beautiful storm created over the lake, slowly moving towards the north. A fisherman went to check his rodes when a wonderful out-of-clouds flash lighted up. This…
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The stormy boletus over Garching

While staying in Garching in place of Tania Johnston, who I thank so much for great hosptality, I had a great view to storms passing by on 30th July 2016. The one far away over ESO Headquarters was the most beautiful. With every flash all the cloud shaped like a boletus appeared behind home of…
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Feeling the supercell

Feeling the supercell

The Seč reservoir has many faces, but the wildest one is when a thunderstorm is close here. What a surprise in late evening on 25th June, 2016, when perfectly shaped supercell showed in front of me over the calm water. This is not that usual for Czech Republic. And it was so fast – just…
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Temperament of Halmahera wild

Temperament of Halmahera wild

Storms are one of the most amazing phenomena on Earth. While staying on wonderful Halmahera island for the spectacular total solar eclipse, I had incredible view from Kartika Buli over the distant tropical horizon on 2nd March 2016. Wild storm was producing beautiful flashes and the starry sky above was completely clear. This is the…
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Resting VLT, airglow “ribs” and mysterious Red Sprites

Would you imagine, how many pictures of the sky can you produce from one-week trip at La Silla and Paranal observatory? Well, after long silence I took a look at the data from my January trip and found out I still have lot of to do. So here we go, this is another result. It…
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The fantastic Red Sprites night

As the stormy summer weather over the central Europe is underway, there are many chances to capture the Red Sprites again. I took my camera on the beach of the Seč reservoir late night on 17 July 2015, knowing the strong MCS storm is moving across the central Austria, so about 300-400 km south from…
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