Norm the Storm (Québec, Canada ) #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

#Germany
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#iPhonePhotography

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

#Astronomy
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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.
#FramingTheMoon #moon #trees #photography #iphonephotography #astrophotography #naturephotography

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

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#iPhonePhotography

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

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Düsseldorf I - Frank Gehry Architecture

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.