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The World at Night (TWAN) From @BabakTafreshi : A quick look inside The World at Night book, available almost globally: babaktafreshi.com/book Search the title or my name on online stores or visit a nearby major bookstore. In the past one year I worked extensively with our publisher @quarto.knows to write this and select the images, to release the most striking collection of 200 nightscape photos, back stories, and in-depth information. Thank you all who purchase this, review it online, and share the story of The World at Night program twanight.org @twanight , on reconnecting people with the night sky and preserving the natural night environment. The first 4 foreign editions are German, French, Japanese, and Chinese. Our international team of photographers in 20 countries include: @oshindzakarian @yuribeletsky @bcstartrail @juan_carlos_casado @alxcherney @miguel_claro @amazingskyguy @jeffdaiphoto @alexconu @tahaghouchkanlu @christoph_malin @reiseziel_sterne @vulerulum @luc_perrot @nightskyphotographer @laurent_laveder @los_cielos_de_america @night_sky_photos @ytakasaka @takeishingo @stephane.vetter and more not on IG. . #twanight
The World At Night (TWAN) 📷: The Analemma, Spring Equinox and Nowruz © @ParisaBajelan , twanight.org/guest From the photographer: “Spring Equinox (20/21 Mar) is the first day of the spring season. It is also the first day of the year for Iranian people. Equinoxes and Solstices are the symbols of change in nature in some cultures. The official calendar of Iranians, that is the Solar calendar, is compiled exactly in accordance with the Spring equinox, and Nowruz is the beginning of the spring season, the beginning of the new month, the new season, and the beginning of the new year. Nowruz, meaning “new day”, is an ancestral festivity marking the first day of spring and the renewal of nature. It includes rituals, ceremonies, and cultural events, as well as the enjoyment of a special meal with loved ones. New clothes are worn, visits are made to family and friends, and gifts, especially for children, are exchanged. Celebrated for over 3000 years in the Balkans, the Black Sea Basin, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East even in Japan (vernal equinox day), and other regions, it promotes values of peace and solidarity between generations and within families as well as reconciliation and neighborliness. It took two years to get this photo. In the first year, the general structure of Analemma was completed on the mentioned dates at 07:40 a.m (IRST Time Zone). Two ends of the pattern of the Analemma are the Summer Solstice (Left) and Winter Solstice (Right). In the second year, the empty spaces caused by the cloudy sky were photographed in order to obtain the integrity and aesthetic aspect of this image.” 📎 Technical details: A photo composite of multiple exposures. Canon 6D, Canon 16 – 35 iii @ 35mm Background: ISO 100 – f/4.5 – 1/30s Sun: Using ND 1000 filter (10-Stop Fixed Neutral Density Filter) – ISO 100 – f/22 – 1/400s (Approximately) Location: Iran | Tehran . #twanight
📷: The Large Magellanic Cloud © @YuriBeletsky , twanight.org/beletsky 📷 1: Under the Galaxy The Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, stands above the southern horizon in this telephoto view from Las Campanas Observatory, planet Earth. In the dark September skies of the Chilean Atacama desert, the small galaxy has an impressive span of about 10 degrees or 20 Full Moons. The sensitive digital camera’s panorama has also recorded a faint, pervasive airglow, otherwise invisible to the eye. Apparently bright terrestrial lights in the foreground are actually very dim illumination from the cluster of housing for the observatory astronomers and engineers. But the flattened mountain top along the horizon just under the galaxy is Las Campanas peak, home to the future Giant Magellan Telescope. 📷 2: Deep Field: @AstronomyPicturesDaily in NASA on March 7, 2023 Explanation: Is this a spiral galaxy? No. Actually, it is the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the largest satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way Galaxy. The LMC is classified as a dwarf irregular galaxy because of its normally chaotic appearance. In this deep and wide exposure, however, the full extent of the LMC becomes visible. Surprisingly, during longer exposures, the LMC begins to resemble a barred spiral galaxy. The Large Magellanic Cloud lies only about 180,000 light-years distant towards the constellation of the Dolphinfish (Dorado). Spanning about 15,000 light-years, the LMC was the site of SN1987A, the brightest and closest supernova in modern times. Together with the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), the LMC can be seen in Earth's southern hemisphere with the unaided eye. . #twanight #APOD #NASA
The World At Night (TWAN) 📷: Jupiter and Venus Above Lake Pozzillo © @DarioGiannobile , twanight.org/guest From the photographer: “An image of the beautiful conjunction between Jupiter and Venus that took place at twilight on March 1, 2023. It was photographed from the shores of Lake Pozzillo, an artificial reservoir in central Sicily that extends between the municipalities of Regalbuto and Agira. The latter town was built on a small hill, Mount Teja, and boasts ancient origins dating back to the Sicani. Later it became a Greek and then Roman colony. In the first century BC. it was the birthplace of Diodorus Siculus, a famous Sicilian historian known for his work entitled Bibliotheca Historica. The photograph captures the moment when the conjunction is about to be hidden by clouds. The lake is only slightly moved by a small breeze and its waters reflect the lights of the town and the reflections of the two planets, which lap a small islet that emerged from the waters due to the drought which decreased the amount of water in the lake. ‘overgrown. The colors are rich in contrasts between the yellow reflections and the blue of the sky also due to the presence of the Moon among which the ethereal light of Jupiter and Venus is painted. It’s a placid atmosphere, broken only by the sound of the camera clicking.” 📎 Technical details: Canon 6d, Sigma 105mm f/2.2, 2.5 sec, iso 800, stack of 13 shots . #twanight
The World At Night (TWAN) 📷: Jupiter and Venus on March 2, 2023 from Saint-Denis, a region of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. © @Luc_Perrot , twanight.org/perrot 📎 In the 3rd photo, you can see Jupiter and its moons on the left. ⭐ Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, and slightly less than one one-thousandth the mass of the Sun. ⭐ Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus appears in Earth's sky never far from the Sun, either as morning star or evening star. . #twanight
The World At Night (TWAN) 📷: Jupiter and Venus from Paris, France on March 1, 2023 © @AlexConu , twanight.org/conu #twanight
The World At Night (TWAN) 📷: Jupiter and Venus from Ontario, Canada. From @WeatherAndSky , twanight.org/kerry : This past evening really exceeded our expectations✨... with Jupiter and Venus getting closer in the next 24hrs I figured it would be a good idea to take any opportunity to go out and capture it even if the skies weren't clear. In the winter season, we get so much cloud, and depending on where the clouds are, it can make for a huge success or a complete wash! After dinner, I checked the satellite imagery and thought there would be a chance for a few breaks along the western horizon and there were!! My daughter and I just had to wait patiently on location while we froze our fingers and toes a little. We weren't prepared to spend a long time out🧤🧣.. should have known better. Anyway, we found this spot several minutes from home by surfing google maps. All we wanted were a few nice trees 🌳. If you didn't get a chance to capture this beautiful conjunction last evening, there is another chance today and the day after (March 1 and March 2) depending on your weather. Look towards the west after sunset. 📎 Technical details: Canon R6, Canon 24 to105 @ 95mm. F4, iso1600, 6 seconds. . #twanight
The World At Night (TWAN) 📷: Moon, Venus, Jupiter and Plankton on February 22, 2023 from Thoddoo Island © @PetrHoralek , twanight.org/guest From the photographer: “The announced celestial evening show I tried not to miss from the Maldivian island Thoddoo. And it was worth it. The “celestial trio” appeared very soon after sunset while people were slowly leaving the main beach and the sky was getting darker. The best show, however, started just minutes before the moonset as the bioluminescent plankton began to be very active. What a beautiful evening!” 📎 Technical details: Canon Ra, Sigma 50mm,f2.2, ISO 5000, 6s exposure . #twanight
The World At Night (TWAN) 📷: Moon, Venus, and Jupiter on February 22, 2023 from Thoddoo Island © @PetrHoralek , twanight.org/guest From the photographer: “The announced celestial evening show I tried not to miss from the Maldivian island Thoddoo. And it was worth it. The celestial trio appeared very soon after sunset while people were slowly leaving the main beach and the sky was getting darker. What a beautiful evening!” 📎 Technical details: Canon Ra, Sigma, 35mm (wide view) and 200mm (detail view) . #twanight
The World At Night (TWAN) 📷: Moon, Venus (lower_left) and Jupiter (top_right) as seen from Réunion isand in southern hemisphere on February 22, 2023. © @Luc_Perrot , twanight.org/perrot . #twanight
The World At Night (TWAN) 📷: The Moon Rises Over Cava D’aliga © @GianniTuminoAstroImager , twanight.org/guest From the photographer: “The Moon Rises Over Cava D’aliga, Sicily-Italy on February 18, 2023. The second photo shows a sequence of the Moon rise in the same location”. 📎 Technical details: Canon EOS R5 mirrorless camera, Canon RF zoom 100-500 mm. lens @ 500 mm. f/7,1, Single 2-second exposure @ ISO 6400 Second photo: Canon EF 300 mm. lens @ f/5,6, FIVE 1.6-second exposure @ ISO 6400-1600-800 . #twanight
