Remove this ad

Astrophotos

“Horizons” — Gorgeous New Views from Dakotalapse

June 19, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter We’ve oohed and ahhed many times over the handiwork of Randy Halverson and his Dakotalapse timelapse videos and imagery of the night sky. He may have outdone himself with his latest timelapse, called “Horizons.” Randy shot the footage from April – [...]

Read the full article →

Astrophoto: Fireworks and the Quarter Moon

June 18, 2013

This lovely image of the Moon with fireworks exploding nearby in the sky was taken by astrophotgrapher Giuseppe Petricca over the weekend. “In Pisa, it was the Patron Saint’s Day, and I managed to catch fireworks, launched from the middle of the river Arno, exploding near the first quarter Moon!” This is an actual shot [...]

Read the full article →

Astrophotos: The Galactic Desert

June 14, 2013

The desert provides some of the most stunning landscapes and skycapes, as evidenced by two recent astrophotos from Universe Today readers. The gorgeous lead image by Sean Parker of Tucson, Arizona is a 12-image panoramic view of the Milky Way arching over Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona. Sean noted on Flickr that if you [...]

Read the full article →

Amazing Astrophoto and Video: Colors of the Sky

June 12, 2013

Yep, you really want to click on this image to see the larger version on Flickr. Wow — what a view!! This is a 360° horizon pan, seen by Alan Dyer — who has an aptly named website, The Amazing Sky. This is a view seen from southern Alberta on June 5, 2013, and there [...]

Read the full article →

Astrophotos: Crescent Moon, Mercury and Venus Together in the Sky

June 11, 2013

Last night (June 10, 2013) the two innermost worlds of our Solar System visible were joined by a very slender waxing crescent Moon, just over two days after New phase (see our preview of the event here). Several of our readers managed to capture this beautiful twilight triple conjunction. Our lead image is from Adrian [...]

Read the full article →
Remove this ad

← Previous Entries