TWAN Update

14 April 2009

 - Chile Welcomes The World at Night: see the opening of TWAN-IYA2009 traveling exhibition in Chile.    - TWAN in Stuttgart Planetarium: see the photo report of TWAN traveling exhibition in Germany arrives in Stuttgart.   - TWAN in Berlin: see the photo report of The World at Night exhibition and presentation in the palace of post and telecommunication museum in Berlin.   - There are new items on TWAN shop: Large framed print of selected TWAN artwork photographs in normal and panoramic format, general purpose greeting cards and mouse pad with a TWAN photo.    - There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website, featuring starry nights of the planet's landmarks from Australia, Asia and Middle East, to Africa, Europe and Americas:

Americas

USA

 

 

Canada

 


Chile

 

 

Europe

Hungary

 

 

 

Sweden

 

 

Spain

 

 

 

France

 

 

 

  Asia and Middle East

Japan

 

 

 

Iran

 

 

Turkey

 

Armenia

 

Australia and Pacific

Australia

 

Africa

Canary Islands (Spain)

 

 

Guest Gallery is a a well-received section on TWAN website to feature selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with TWAN Guest Gallery, please contact us.There are new featured photos on the Guest Gallery:
- VLTI in the Morning (Chile) by Yuri Beletsky
- STS-119 and ISS over Pisa (Italy) by Marco Meniero
- Ancient Temple and Young Moon (Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos
- Venus and Light Pillar (Germany) by Stephan Heinsius
- Venus over Wiesbaden (Germany) by Stephan Heinsius

 

- TWAN is featuring six special galleries:

Latest Images

Dark Skies Importance

Cosmic Motions

World Heritage Sites

TWAN APODs

TWAN Podcast

 

TWAN is a global program of Astronomers Without Borders (www.astrowb.org) and a Special Project of International Year of Astronomy 2009, 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.

 

Building bridges through the sky

The World at Night

www.twanight.org

 


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The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is endorsed by the United Nations and the International Council of Science.