The World at Night Newsletter

23 June 2009

- The World at Night in collaboration with Dark Skies Awareness project, organize the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Earth and Sky Photo Contest on the importance of dark skies. It is open to anyone of any age, anywhere in the world. More

- See the complete Photo Report: TWAN exhibition and workshop at the 2nd Astronomy & Astronautics International Meeting in Campos - Rio de Janeiro begins The World at night in Brazil.

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

Americas

USA

Make a Wish (Anchorage) by LeRoy Zimmerman

Point of No Return (Alaska) by LeRoy Zimmerman

From the Fire (Alaska) by LeRoy Zimmerman

Alaskan Road (Alaska) by Shingo Takei

The 60-inch on Mount Wilson (Mount Wilson) by P.K. Chen

Comet Hale-Bopp over Mt. Sunflower (Kansas) by Doug Zubenel

Starry Sky of Zion (Utah) by Wally Pacholka

Life and the Galaxy (Utah)

Canada

Iceberg Startrails (Newfoundland) by Yuichi Takasaka

Fog Bow of Newfoundland (Newfoundland) by Yuichi Takasaka

Starry Night of Iceberg Alley (Newfoundland) by Yuichi Takasaka

Moon, Planets, and NLCs (British Columbia) by Yuichi Takasaka

Chile

Orion in Chiloe Island (Chiloe) by Stephane Guisard

Southern Sky in Virtual Reality - Labeled (Paranal - virtual reality video) by Stephane Guisard

Southern Sky in Virtual Reality (Paranal - virtual reality video) by Stephane Guisard

Southern 360-degree Panorama (Paranal) by Stephane Guisard

Brazil

Enjoying the Sky of Brazilian Coast (Rio de Janeiro) by Babak Tafreshi

Europe

Hungary

Balaton Uplands under Moonlight (Lake Balaton) by Tamas Ladanyi

Lake Balaton Summer Night (Lake Balaton) by Tamas Ladanyi

Moon and a Lonely Tree (Veszprem) by Tamas Ladanyi

France

Carnac under Moonlight (Carnac) by Laurent Laveder

Brittany's Window to the Sky (Brittany) by Laurent Laveder

Sweden

The Young Moon (Vallentuna) by P-M Heden

Mysterious Clouds, 80 km High (Vallentuna) by P-M Heden

Africa

Algeria

Panorama from the End of the World (Hoggar Mountains) by Babak Tafreshi

Egypt

Hale-Bopp and the Great Pyramid (Giza) by John Goldsmith

Canary Island (Spain)

Belt of Venus and Earth's shadow (Teide) by Juan Carlos Casado

Asia and Middle East

Iran

Downtown Milky Way (Alborz Mountains) by Babak A. Tafreshi

Orion above Persepolis (Persepolis) by Oshin Zakarian

Night Passes above a Village House (Alamut Valley) by Oshin Zakarian

Turkey

Lights and Stars (Dalyan) by Tunc Tezel

Sardis and Twins (Sardis) by Tunc Tezel

Milky Ways Fades in City Light (Odemis) by Tunc Tezel

Armenia

Ararat in Twilight (Khor Virap) by Babak A. Tafreshi

India

Zodiacal Light above Himalayan Hills (Uttarakhand) by Babak Tafreshi

Japan

Scorpion and Mount Fuji by Shingo Takei

Korea

Moonset in Korea (Mt. Sobaeksan) Kwon O Chul

Australia

Fireball Trail in Western Australia (Nambung) by John Goldsmith

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:

- Lyrid Meteor and Milky Way (USA) by Tony Rowell

- Winter Triangle Trails (Portugal) by Goncalo Lemos

- Camels at Night (Iran) by Mahdi Zamani

- Starry Night and Cherry Blossoms (Korea) by Song Ki-Dong

- The Milky Way above Isarwinkel (Germany) by Franz Xaver Kohlhauf

- El Capitan and the Merced River (USA) by Paul B. Gardner

- River of Light (Chile) by Alex Tudorica

- One Night in Kaposfo (Hungary) by Rafael Schmall

- Under the Cherry Blossoms (Korea) by Song Ki-Dong

- Encounter with Comet Hale-Bopp (Germany) by Franz Xaver Kohlhauf

- Kalahari Startrails (Namibia) by Manuel Jung

- Moon and Venus over Rhin canal (France) by Thierry Demange

- Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA's world-known website, has featured a new TWAN photo:

Sunrise over the Parthenon, by Anthony Ayiomamits

- TWAN is featuring six special galleries:

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Dark Skies Importance

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.

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