On Monday Sept. 28th, 2015, in early Namibian morning the Moon went through the Earth’s shadow, producing spectacular total lunar eclipse. This one was the fourth of unusual tetrad of eclipses in 2014 and 2015. Actually, there was much more about the uniqueness of this phenomenon. The Moon was closest to the Earth just an…
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While I was observing the skies above the La Silla observatory during the majestic night 19/20 January 2015, I didn’t know that was possibly the best night for capturing airglow in my life. It started after the sunset, when I was focused on observing and capturing of the comet Lovejoy passing Pleiades. A waves of…
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Sometimes there is a moment, which makes you feel the Earth stood still. Caused by the new indescribable feelings and the nature around, you are just experienced by totally remarkable instant. And if you have a good music, which completelly determines that moment, you know you are on the right place in the right time.…
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Other fantastic view from the magical night 19/20 January 2015 at La Silla Observatory. This one is even more symbolic than others, because it shows Danish telescope, which use even Czech observers as members od European Southern Observatory. And even if I didn’t know, this was the case. While I was capturing the segments for…
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Have you ever happend that you just stood on a place from which you saw the Milky Way even behind you? Well, this place is called La Silla Observatory. Even though this image could seem like a photomontage, trust me – it’s not. This is real view between platforms of the telescopes at La Silla…
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The poster of the brand new (and for me amazing) Christopher Nolan’s movie Interstellar had impressed me as the movie itself. I was wondering if the mystic colors of the Universe is possible to capture without complicated equipment. Well, I guess it wasn’t that easy as creating the poster, but the result was worth for…
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As Czech Photo Ambassador of European Southern Observatory, I had incredibly wonderful time under the La Silla Observatory sky on 19th/20th January 2015. This time it was far more interesting than I expected. The wonderful colors of airglow waves showed up in my camera immediately, as it was so strong this time. Capturing the beautiful…
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