The World at Night Newsletter October 2010

14 October 2010

News and Report
  • New Publications: TWAN Book in German and Dutch: The World at Night has its first official book published in Europe. The large coffee-table book is illustrated with some of the most beautiful TWAN photos.
  • New Topics Galleries:  Each month there will be new topical galleries on TWAN to make searching through TWAN enlarging archive easier. The new topical galleries are Moon, Milky Way, Meteors, Comets, Eclipses, Aurora, and stunning Virtual Reality animations of night sky.
  • Join TWAN fans on Facebook: Learn about the latest updates on the project and communicate with TWAN photographers at The World at Night page on Facebook page.
  • Host a TWAN event: TWAN events have traveled to about 30 countries since 2008. New planning for TWAN exhibits and educational workshops is started and we seek for the best venues around the world with interest to host TWAN events in 2010 and beyond. Contact us

Latest Photos and Videos

There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on the TWAN website, featuring starry nights of our planet's landmarks from around the world:

Africa

Algeria

Sagittarius above the Sahara  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Tanzania

River of Heaven  by Kwon O Chul

A Complete Night of Mount Kilimanjaro  (VR/video) by Kwon O Chul

Sky Motion above Kilimanjaro  (VR/video) by Kwon O Chul

Americas

Canada

Aurora Reflection  by Yuichi Takasaka

Northern Lights over Prelude Lake  by Yuichi Takasaka

Alberta Summer Night  by Yuichi Takasaka

Northern Lights above Clouds  by Yuichi Takasaka

The Color of Polar Nights  by Yuichi Takasaka

USA

Creek Milky Way  by Wally Pacholka

Galaxy Reflection  by Wally Pacholka

Pegasus and Andromeda in the Crater Lake  by Wally Pacholka

Emerald Beauty  by Wally Pacholka

Asia

Nepal

Above the Clouds in Himalaya  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Beehive above Himalaya  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Russia

A Summer Night of Siberia  by Aleksandr Yuferev

Australia and Pacific

Australia

Starry Sky above Siding Spring  by Kwon O Chul

Siding Spring Milky Way  by Kwon O Chul

Chile

Easter Island Milky Way  by Juan Carlos Casado

Moments with Moais  by Stephane Guisard

Hessdalen Northern Lights  (time-lapse video) by Bernd Proschold

Cook Islands

Galactic Paradise  by Tunc Tezel

The Bands of Zodiac and Milky Way  by Tunc Tezel

Captain Cook Sky  by P.K. Chen

New Zealand

Starry Night of New Zealand  by Tunc Tezel

New Zealand All Sky View  by Tunc Tezel

Milky Way and Two Satellites  by P.K. Chen

Sky Gazing from Lake Takepo  by P.K. Chen

Our Cosmic Neighbors  by P.K. Chen

Winter Night of Southern New Zealand  by P.K. Chen

Europe

France

Jupiter above Brittany  by Laurent Laveder

Balanced with Moon  by Laurent Laveder

Moon and Planets above Atlantic Ocean  by Serge Brunier

Full Moon and King Gradlon  by Laurent Laveder

The Rare Parhelic Circle  by Laurent Laveder

Starry Sky of Switched Off Village  by Laurent Laveder

Moon and Jupiter above Quimper Cathedral  by Laurent Laveder

Hungary

Photographer and Jupiter  by Tamas Ladanyi

Moon and Jupiter  by Tamas Ladanyi

Observing Jupiter and Uranus  by Tamas Ladanyi

Meteor and Sundial  by Tamas Ladanyi

Norway

Aurora and Meteor  by Bernd Proschold

Sweden

Frosty Moonrise  by P-M Heden

The Falling Star  by P-M Heden

Crescent Venus  by P-M Heden

My Galactic Home  by P-M Heden

Milky Way above Faro  by P-M Heden

Middle East

Iran

Jupiter and Uranus  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Celestial Conjunction above Ancient Ruins  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Conjunction Observers  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Moon, Venus, and Observers in Motion  (VR/video) by Babak A. Tafreshi

Flying to the Stars  by Amir H. Abolfath

Moon and Planetary Triangle in the Evening Sky  by Amir H. Abolfath

Galaxy Gazer  by Amir H. Abolfath

Moon, Venus, and Photographer  by Amir H. Abolfath

Desert Night  by Amir H. Abolfath

Winter Night of Alborz  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Hormozd Shines above Persia  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Lights from the Earth and Space  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Astronomy for Public  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Sky Photographer Meets with Three Planets  by Babak A. Tafreshi

A King of Liberty  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Night, Camera, Action!  (VR/video) by Babak A. Tafreshi

Walking Under Milky Way  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Starry Love Story  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Engaged with Stars  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Turkey

Jupiter and Milky Way  by Tunc Tezel

Ending Summer's Evening  by Tunc Tezel

Seven Months of Venus  (time-lapse video) by Tunc Tezel

 

The Guest Gallery is a well-received section on the TWAN website, featuring selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with the TWAN Guest Gallery then please contact us. There are new featured photos in the Guest Gallery:

Spring and the Milky Way  (Locho mountain, Zahedan, Iran) by Mojtaba Moghadasi

Star Trails in Sohrein  (Sohrein, Zanjan, Iran) by Amir Ali Nasiri

Sky over Sattelegg #1  (Sattelegg, Switzerland) by David Kaplan

Niyasar Fire Temple and Star Trails  (Niyasar, Kashan, Iran) by Abdolhossein Hashemizadeh

Milky Way from Light to Dark  (Zahedan, Iran) by Arman Golestaneh

Heavenly Milky Way Arch  (Weikersheim, Germany) by Jens Hackmann

Arrabida Mountain Star Trail  (Portinho da Arrabida, Setubal, Portugal) by Miguel Claro

Windmill Milky Way  (Mazra'eye Soleyman, Ardakan, Iran) by Ehsan Sanaei

Rainbow in Full Moonlight  (Iguacu Falls, Brazil-Argentina) by Renato Seerig

Messier Marathon  (Abadeh, Fars, Iran) by Ariana Ahangary

Moon and Venus above Nyakas Hill  (Zsambek, Hungary) by Tamas Abraham

Full Moon between the Steeples  (Allgau, Germany) by Timm Kasper and Robert Blasius

Orion and Star Trail Cones  (Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan) by Mohammad Javad Saffaran

All Sky View  (Taftan Mountain, Iran) by Arman Golestaneh

Conjunction over Ince Minaret Medrese  (Konya, Turkey) by M. Rasid Tugral

Emu at the Beach  (Miramar, Argentina) by Luis Argerich

Surveillance and Stars  (National Pine Forest, Marinha Grande, Portugal) by Goncalo Lemos

Trailing Tijara Fort  (Tijara Fort, Rajasthan, India) by Preshanth Jagannathan

Moon and Venus from Mercedes  (Mercedes, Argentina) by Luis Argerich

ISS Crossing the Sky  (Almada, Portugal) by Miguel Claro

Venus and Mercury Rising  (Snake Valley, Victoria, Australia) by Rob Kaufman

Falls in Full Moonlight  (Iguacu Falls, Brazil-Argentina) by Renato Seerig

Crossroads Under the Stars  (Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India) by Ajay Talwar, Vikrant Narang, Raghu Kalra

Night Dreams  (Wasco, Oregon, USA) by Larry Andreasen

 

Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new images by TWAN photographers:

- Opposite the Sun by Babak Tafreshi

- Northern Lights over Prelude Lake by Yuichi Takasaka

 

TWAN is featuring 13 special galleries:

Latest Images
Cosmic Motions

Our Cosmic Neighbor (Moon)

Milky Way

Meteors

Comets

Eclipses

Aurora

Virtual Reality

Dark Skies Importance
World Heritage Sites
TWAN APODs

TWAN on National Geographic News

TWAN is a global program of Astronomers Without Borders (www.astrowb.org) and a Special Project of International Year of Astronomy, an initiative by IAU and UNESCO. The World at Night is to produce and present a collection of stunning photographs of the world's most beautiful and historic sites against the nighttime backdrop of stars, planets and celestial events. The eternally peaceful sky looks the same above all symbols of different nations and regions, attesting to the truly unified nature of Earth as a planet rather than an amalgam of human-designated territories.

 

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