The World at Night Newsletter

12 December 2010

News and Report

 

Photo Report: TWAN Continues to Travel in Hungary The World at Night traveling exhibit and presentations in Hungary which started during the International Year of Astronomy continues in the country with new events.

Photo Report: Lennart Nilsson Award to Babak Tafreshi and Carolyn Porco

See the most visited photos on TWAN website during summer 2010.

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.

 

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

Tassili Milky Way  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Libya

A Starry Evening of Libya  by Tunc Tezel

Crescent Moon Meets Crescent Venus  by Tunc Tezel

Moon, Mercury, and M22  by Tunc Tezel

Tanzania

Kilimanjaro Star Trails  by Kwon O Chul

Americas

Canada

Aurora Fireball  by Yuichi Takasaka

A Message From the Sun  by Kwon O Chul

Dancing Lights  by Yuichi Takasaka

Down Town Aurora  by Yuichi Takasaka

Rotating Sky and Moving Aurora  by Yuichi Takasaka

Chile

Sky in Motion above the Very Large Telescope  (time-lapse video) by Stephane Guisard

VLT in 360-degree Panoramic Video  (time-lapse video) by Stephane Guisard

USA

Sedona Fireball  by Wally Pacholka

St. Helens Night Panorama  by Wally Pacholka

All-Sky View from Kansas  by Doug Zubenel

Jupiter over the Maroon Bells  by Thad V`Soske

The Meteor Crater  by Wally Pacholka

Moon Occults Mars  by Doug Zubenel

The Red Planet Comes Out of Occultation  by Doug Zubenel

Shooting Stars of December  by Wally Pacholka

Big Dipper Falling Star  by Wally Pacholka

Starry Sky of an Alien Lake  by Wally Pacholka

Asia

Armenia

Rotating Sky above Armenia  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Nepal

Himalaya Startrails  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Australia and Pacific

Australia

Uluru Moonset  by Kwon O Chul

Sky Beauty and Increasing Lights  by Kwon O Chul

Cook Islands

Ocean Stars  by Tunc Tezel

Europe

Finland

Mushroom Sun  by Pekka Parviainen

France

Moon Game  by Laurent Laveder

Germany

Bavarian Alps in Moonlight  by Bernd Proschold

Winter Stars above Bavarian Alps  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Hungary

From the Shore of Lake Balaton  by Tamas Ladanyi

Hungary at Night  (time-lapse video) by Tamas Ladanyi

Solar Halo and Ice Crystals  by Tamas Ladanyi

Italy

The Village of Sundials  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Sweden

Faro Evening Twilight  by P-M Heden

Noctilucent Clouds above Sweden  by P-M Heden

Watching Night-shining Clouds  by P-M Heden

Windmill NLCs  by P-M Heden

Moon, Pleiades, and Mysterious Clouds  by P-M Heden

Northern Stars Trail above Sweden  by P-M Heden

A Night in the Forest  by P-M Heden

Rivers of Water and Stars  by P-M Heden

King Oak  by P-M Heden

Middle East

Iran

Crescent Pair  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Zagros Mountains in Moonlight  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Mount Gargash Night Panorama  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Space Station above Mount Gargash  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Tower Star Trails  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Setting Stars above Alborz  by Amir H. Abolfath

A Spring Night of Alborz  by Amir H. Abolfath

Starry Garage  by Amir H. Abolfath

In the Silent of Night  by Amir H. Abolfath

Winter All Sky  by Amir H. Abolfath

Night River  by Amir H. Abolfath

Stars and Blossoms  (VR/video) by Babak A. Tafreshi

Eclipsed Sunrise  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Shiraz Night  by Babak A. Tafreshi

The Earth Shadow  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Damavand Moon  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Heavenly Branches  by Oshin D. Zakarian

The Quest  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Far Far Away  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Toward Polaris  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Winter Stars Rise above Zagros  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Beauty of Spring under Moonlight  by Oshin D. Zakarian

Painted by Stars  by Oshin D. Zakarian

The King Parade  by Babak A. Tafreshi

Turkey

Sky Away from the Lights  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:

Comet Hale Bopp over Nevada  (Mt. Charleston, Nevada, USA) by Sean Sabatini

Camping below the Milky way  (Central Australia) by Pascal Christian

Gathering of Planets from Portugal  (Costa da Caparica, Almada, Portugal) by Miguel Claro

Full Moon and Ruins  (Tok, Hungary) by Tamas Abraham

Pre-dawn Perseid Meteor  (Alborz Mountains, Firooz Kouh, Iran) by Mohammad Reza Zaman Sani

Moon and 4 Planets in Twilight  (Meizhou, Guangdong, China) by Phebe Pan

Milky Way above Monument Valley  (Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah, USA) by Marco Meniero

Star Trails over Mauna Kea Observatory  (Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA)  by Richard Wainscoat

Colors in the Nordland Sky  (Andenes, Nordland, Norway)  by Terje Nesthus

Perseid from the Dome  (Bologna, Italy)  by Michele Brusa

Planets and Thunderstorm  (Naples, Florida, USA)  by Holger Ziegler

Trails of Stars and Meteors  (Rabat, Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran)  by Mohammad Javad Saffaran

Observatory Inca de Oro  (Diego de Almagro, Atacama, Chile)  by Emilio Lepeley

Observing the Southern Stars  (Sydney, Australia)  by Daniel Cafe

Dark Skies of Esfahan and Yasuj  (Esfahan, Iran)  by Mohammad Rahimi

Light Trails in the Forest  (Fonte-de-Telha, Almada, Portugal)  by Miguel Claro

Moon and Jupiter from Szomor  (Szomor, Hungary)  by Tamas Abraham

Aphrodite, Ares, and Kronos  (Aquileia, Friuli, Italy)  by Marco Candotti

Milky Way over Mount Locho  (Locho, Zahedan, Iran)  by Arman Golestaneh

Zodiac Light and Meteor  (Dehpabid, Sistan va Balouchestan, Iran)  by Mojtaba Moghadasi

Moon and Venus over Viverone Lake  (Viverone Lake, Italy)  by Stefano De Rosa

Nordland Skies  (Andenes, Nordland, Norway)  by Terje Nesthus

Summer Star Pary in Greece  (Mt. Parnon, Greece)  by Bill Metallinos

An Astronomer  (Moonkyeong Flyingland, Korea)  by Kang Jisoo

Monument Valley Skies  (Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah, USA)  by Marco Meniero

Tropical Island Full Moon  (Lanikai Beach, Kailua, Hawaii, USA)  by Richard Wainscoat

Telescopes on La Palma  (Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Spain)  by Pascal Christian

 

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

- A Twilight Occultation by Doug Zubenel

- Two Views, Two Crescents by Babak Tafreshi and Stefano De Rosa

 

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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