TWAN May 2019 Outstanding Nightscape Images Around The World

TWAN (The World At Night) Guest Gallery is open to photographers from around the world with outstanding nightscape images.

Thingvellir Aurora ( Gísli Már Árnason )

From the photographer: "A historic site in Iceland, known for the Althing where the parliament was formed in the 10th century."

Thingvellir, Iceland

Sheet Lightning ( Simone Cmoon )

From the photographer: "It was a hard and long tour on and around the Gorner Glacier but the view was absolutely worth it."

Gorner Glacier, Switzerland

Moon Venus and Jupiter Alignment (Dario Giannobile )
From the photographer: The Moon alignment with Venus and Jupiter in front of the Summer Milky Way that was rising on the horizon."
Siracusa, Italy

Lanzarote Winter Night ( Guido Lettieri )

From the photographer: "The sky above the volcano in a winter night of Lanzarote, Canary Islands."

Canary Islands, Spain

Enchanted Place ( Francisco Sojuel Culán )

From the photographer: "I made a trip to one of the places I love to visit, to see the magic of the galactic center, where you can see the Milky Way arch rising above Lake Atitlán."

Sololá, Guatemala

Partial Lunar Eclipse ( Betul Turksoy )

From the photographer: " Erciyes, an inactive volcano, is the highest peak in Central Anatolia. The photo was taken during the Partial Lunar Eclipse in Cappadocia."

Cappadocia, Turkey

5000 Star Hotel ( Amirreza Kamkar )

From the photographer: "A panorama image of our camp at DaryaSar field with a great view to Alborz mountains."

Mazandaran, Iran

Full Moon Over the Peruan Andes ( Sergio Emilio Montúfar Codoñer )

From the photographer: "The full moon rises over the orange sunlight painted clouds, this site is the highest tropical spot in the world."

Huaraz, Peru

Over the Peruan Andes ( Sergio Emilio Montúfar Codoñer )

From the photographer: "Circular 360 panorama of the night sky framed by Nevado Huascarán (to the left) and Nevado Hunadoy (to the right)."

Huaraz, Perú

Winter Milky Way ( Giorgia Hofer )

From the photographer: "Milky Way and winter constellations in a cold night."

Misurina, Italy

Galactic Core, Meteor and Venus ( Steve Johnston )

From the photographer: "The galactic core, a bright meteor passing Antares and Venus low on the western horizon."

Victoria, Australia

Lunar Eclipse Rising ( Chan Chee Guan )

From the photographer: "A timelapse sequence of rising of lunar eclipse from partial eclipse till totality and partial eclipse again."

Singapore

Milky Way Core and Lady Liberty Partial Eclipse ( Ivan Gonzalez )

From the photographer: "The partial lunar eclipse of January 2018 above the Lady Liberty as the moon was slowly setting."

New York, USA

Mars, Saturn and Antares ( Sergio Conceição )

From the photographer: "This megalithic monument with more than five thousand years of age is perhaps the largest and one of the best preserved of its kind in the country."

Alentejo, Portugal

Abandoned ( Jonathan Stauffer )

From the photographer: "In the backdrop is the highly active Tungurahua volcano. The risk of eruption is still imminent."

Tungurahua, Ecuador

Startrails Above the Dolomites ( Paolo Bardelli )

From the photographer: "A sequence of the sky to the north above Sass Pordoi, Gruppo del Sella, taken from the Pordoi pass, Dolomites, northern Italy, on a clear night with the moon almost full."

Dolomites, Italy

Milky Way and Blue Tear ( Yan Guang )

From the photographer: "Autumn Milky Way, surrounded by faint green airglow. At the same time, Noctiluca scintillans，commonly known as blue tears, is stimulated to emit blue light due to wave motion."

Fujian, China

Cycloidal Archway ( Paean Ng )

From the photographer: "Milky Way arch as captured at Pot Alley Beach in Kalbarri, Western Australia at around midnight on a cold August night."

Kalbarri, Western Australia

Source: TWAN Newsletter