The World at Night Newsletter

11 January 2009

- Starry nights Vs increasing lights: TWAN has launched a new special gallery for public awareness of Dark Skies Importance.

- The new Events page explains how and where TWAN exhibition and educational events will take place. TWAN calls for the best world-wide venues to host the events during International Year of Astronomy 2009 and beyond.  There are plans for hold TWAN events in about 30 countries. The progressing Event Calendar lists some of them.  

-  Variety of interesting products with The World at Night logo and slogans are available now on TWAN Shop for the world wide TWAN enthusiasts and collaborators. Specially designed New Year greeting cards are available for the celebration of International Year of Astronomy 2009.

- There are new stunning photos on TWAN website, featuring starry nights of the planet's landmarks from Australia, Asia and Middle East, to Europe and Americas:

 

Americas

USA

Moon Adventure  (Kansas) by Doug Zubenel

Sentinel  (Arizona) by Doug Zubenel

Desert Snow  (California) by Wally Pacholka

Iridium Flare  (Massachusetts) by Dennis di Cicco

Eyes to the Cosmos  (Hawaii) by Serge Brunier

 

Canada

Winter Night at Banff Springs Hotel  by Yuichi Takasaka

Meteor Watch at -28 C  by Yuichi Takasaka

 

Chile

Celestial Pair and Zodiacal Light  by Stephane Guisard

Clouds in Atamaca  by Serge Brunier

 

Bolivia

The Umbra  by Juan Carlos Casado

 

Europe

Hungary

Windmill and Triple Conjunction  by Tamas Ladanyi

 

Sweden

White Covered  by P-M Heden

Castle Moonlight  by P-M Heden

Christmas Night Dream by P-M Heden

France

Stars from Autumn to Spring  by Laurent Laveder

 

Spain

Leonids and Leica  by Juan Carlos Casado

 

Austria

Alpine Conjunction  by Tamas Ladanyi

 

Asia and Middle East

Japan

Stars and Swans  by Shingo Takei

 

Korea

Island Night  by Kwon O Chul

Window to the Heaven  by Kwon O Chul

 

Iran

Morning Lights on Damavand  by Oshin Zakarian

Comet and Meteor  by Babak Tafreshi

Martian Sky  (Flash time-lapse video) by Babak Tafreshi

The Ghost  by Babak Tafreshi

Night of Dogs  by Oshin Zakarian

Gemenid Streak  by Oshin Zakarian

Belt of Orion and Historic Tower  by Babak Tafreshi

Gone with the Light   by Babak Tafreshi

 

 

Australia

Astrophotography on Crater Rim  by John Goldsmith

Gravity Discovery Center  by John Goldsmith

Five Planets Align  by John Goldsmith

Leonid Storm in Western Australia by John Goldsmith

 

Africa

Stars and Lights  by David Malin

 

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:

 

- Poseidon and Passing Stars   (Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos

- Myanmar at Night (Myanmar) by Boothee

- Triple Conjunction Over Syria (Syria) by Mahmoud Alamir

- The Curves  (Iran) by Amir H. Abolfath

- Venus Meets Pleiades  (France) by Patrick Lecureuil

- Pic du Midi Under Moonlight  (France) by Patrick Lecureuil

- Eclipse and National Observatory of Athens  (Greece) by Elias Chasiotis

- Castle Comet  (Italy) by Daniele Cipollina

- The Pair Above Germany (Germany) by Jens Hackmann

- Natural Beauty Vs Light Pollution  (Alaska-USA) by Leopoldo Andriao Junior

- Himalaya Skygazing (India) by Ajay Talwar

- Rio Red Moon  (Brazil) by Jose Carlos Diniz

- Comet McNaught Over Argentina  (Argentina) by Eduardo Alejandro Pulver

 

 

- TWAN is featuring five special galleries of selected photos:

Latest Images

Dark Skies Importance

Cosmic Motions

TWAN APODs

World Heritage Sites

 

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.