Phew – despite heavy cloud cover here in Heidelberg, there were a few breaks about 20 minutes after maximum partial eclipse, allowing me to get some pictures 
Bonus large sunspot to the top left as well 
Taken with my iPhone 15 through the eyepiece of my 15 x 70 binoculars.
#Heidelberg 
#Photography 
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#SolarEclipse 
#SolarEclipse2025
Looking out on the trees bordering the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest on a rainy, misty September morning. I love coming back to this view whenever I visit — it heals something in me.
#photography #nature #naturephotography #iphonephotography #forest #trees #sky #clouds #mist #reflection #publiclands #idaho
A sunny day that ended not so sunnily
Still, like Eponine, a little fall of rain can hardly hurt me now. Plus you can get a rainbow if the sun hasn’t gone away completely 
A 51km ride to Heddesheim
Norm the Storm (Québec, Canada 
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#iPhonePhotography #travelling #boats #yachts #canada
A nice thing about living in Germany is that Bärlauch (wild garlic, ramsons) is pretty widespread during the spring 
But unlike in NL & the UK, many people here pick it to eat, so there’s strong competition to find good patches before it has all been taken 
Still, I managed to find some & have made my first batch of pesto for the year. Always good
We may not have been able to see yesterday’s total lunar eclipse here in central Europe, but I’ll take tonight’s Moon as a compensation 
Good night everyone & remember that we are all just ephemeral refugees from the same cosmic recycling bin 
The only way to view Medusa is by shadow, Cisterna Basilica (Yerebatan Sarnıcı), Istanbul, Turkey Shot on an IPhone 14+ #istanbul #cistern #CisternaBasilica #Turkey #Medusa #iphonephotography #travel #photography #sultanahmet
The moon through the trees last January. Overcast skies thwarted my hopes of capturing the lunar eclipse last night, but it’s nice to be reminded that the moon is gorgeous anytime.
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A nice view of Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system, between Venus & the city lights of Mannheim on this early spring evening
As seen from 566m elevation atop the Teltschikturm on the Schriesheimer Kopf above Wilhelmsfeld in the Odenwald 
Despite the murk, I was able to follow it down to <1° above the horizon.
Better DSLR photos to follow
The Colours of Sirius – Day 2 
A bit more progress in capturing the beautiful colours that the brightest star in the sky shows due to atmospheric turbulence, constantly changing the wavelength-dependent refractive index along the line of sight 
This time with my defocussed 15x70 binoculars, filmed with my iPhone at 120 fps (so slowed down by 4 x).
Will try again tonight with the 3 x tele lens, if I can line it up / get any photons
A very pretty conjunction between the Moon & Venus in clear cold skies this evening
There was some excellent earthshine to be seen, sunlight reflected off the Atlantic lighting up the otherwise dark part of the Moon 
And it was easy to see that Venus was a crescent, with sunlight striking it in pretty much the same as it was hitting the Moon 
Wide-field: iPhone
Close-ups: DSLR + 200m lens
Here’s an old photo I took of a harvested field in Idaho. Thinking fondly of Ukraine for no particular reason. 
#photography #landscapephotography #iphonephotography #ukraine
Framing the moon (an occasional series).
Here’s a crescent moon in honor of the beginning of Ramadan for those who celebrate.
