tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847032321039051472024-03-13T20:32:01.677-07:00The World At Night (TWAN)TWAN is a global project to produce and present a collection of stunning photographs and time-lapse videos of the world's most beautiful and historic sites against the nighttime backdrop of stars, planets and celestial events. The eternally peaceful sky looks the same above all the symbols of different nations and regions, a testament to the truly unified nature of Earth as a planet.The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-91621036408085786522011-09-20T14:57:00.000-07:002011-09-20T15:02:02.886-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-33MugoZd_kI/TnkM8PvbmGI/AAAAAAAAAPY/uD3I_yhBH_g/s1600/0-TWAN-Sep2011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 185px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-33MugoZd_kI/TnkM8PvbmGI/AAAAAAAAAPY/uD3I_yhBH_g/s320/0-TWAN-Sep2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654565036297525346" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left;line-height:normal" align="left"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >News and Report</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ></span></p> <ul><li><b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6067"><span style="color:maroon;">The World at Night in a Full Digital Exhibition</span></a>: </span></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >The Ars Electronica Center is a modern museum in Linz, Austria, where the first major TWAN digital exhibit runs from October 2011 to February 2012.</span></li><li><b><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://twanight.org/newTWAN/events_table.asp">New Exhibits Open in Sweden, Hungary and United States</a>:</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:maroon;" lang="EN-US" > </span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >September 2011 has been a busy month for TWAN events. TWAN exhibit joins the annual PATS telescope fair and conference in the southern California. Several presentations are held in Germany. A new exhibit opens in Veszprem of Hungary. And TWAN traveling exhibit in Sweden arrives at the city of Lund. </span></li><li><b><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Autumn%20Nights&page=1">Autumn Nights</a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" > is a new seasonal gallery on TWAN featuring t</span><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >he night sky as photographed above colorful landscape of autumn around the world.</span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:left;line-height:normal" align="left"><b><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a></span></b><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left: 0cm"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on the TWAN website, featuring starry nights of our planet's landmarks from around the world: </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Africa</span></u></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Egypt </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003327">Eridanus above Sinai</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003339">Cleopatra</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003363">A Starry Night of Sinai</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003367">Milky Way Partners</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Americas</span></u></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Canada </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003321">Bright Nights of Yukon</a> (time-lapse video) by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003343">Stars and Aurora above Sugar Lake</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003355">British Columbia Shooting Star</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003370">September Aurora</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003379">Waterton Lakes at Night</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003388">Aurora Surprise</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003394">Dancing Lights of Yellowknife</a> (time-lapse video) by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003398">A Night of Aurora Substorm</a> (time-lapse video) by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >USA </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003377">Hiking Na Pali Coast Trail at Night</a> (Hawaii) by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003378">Bali Hai Milky Way</a> (Hawaii) by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003380">Night at the Grand Canyon of the Pacific</a> (Hawaii) by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Asia</span></u></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Korea </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003319">Seoul Eclipse</a> (time-lapse video) by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003320">Skyline and Eclipse Sequence</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003386">Tides in Action</a> (time-lapse video) by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Nepal </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003354">A Starry Fall Night of Nepal</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Australia and Pacific</span></u></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Australia </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003307">Perth Eclipse</a> by John Goldsmith </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003308">Eclipse and Clouds</a> (time-lapse video) by John Goldsmith </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Europe</span></u></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Austria </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003309">Lunar Eclipse above Alps</a> by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003310">Rising Red Moon</a> (time-lapse video) by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003336">Aligned Planets</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003351">Startrails above Innsbruck</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003373">Open to the Sky</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >France </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003391">Zodiacal Light above France</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003392">The Changing Sun</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003396">Sickle Moon</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003397">Tribute to the Moon</a> (time-lapse video) by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Germany </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003311">Bavarian View of Sirius</a> by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003312">Above Alpine Fog</a> (time-lapse video) by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003313">Cathedral Sunset</a> by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003314">The Setting Sun above Cologne</a> (time-lapse video) by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003329">Full Moon above Stuttgart</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003331">Crescent Moon above Saar</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003333">Aurora above Germany</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003368">Double Halos above Black Forest</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003369">Learning the Sky</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003374">Sleeping Beauty</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Hungary </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003332">Castle and Meteor by Moonlight</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003345">From the Earth to the Sky</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003346">Our Cozy Corner of the Universe</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003347">Starry Boats</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003348">Moonlit Lake</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003365">Starry Sky above Balaton Uplands</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003372">Summer Night in the Forest</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Italy </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003334">Eclipsed Moonrise above Padua</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003335">Red Moon of June 2011</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003382">Grazing Meteor above the Dolomites</a> by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003383">Dolomites Summer Night</a> (time-lapse video) by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Spain </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003304">A Triangular Shadow of a Large Volcano</a> by Juan Carlos Casado </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003305">Eclipse above Tenerife</a> by Juan Carlos Casado </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003324">Sky above La Palma in Virtual Reality</a> (VR/video) by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003326">A Tale of Two Hemispheres</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003330">The Summer Triangle Over Catalonia</a> by Juan Carlos Casado </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003337">Astronomer</a> by Nik Szymanek </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003338">The Earth Shadow over Calar Alto</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003340">Teide Observatory</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003356">Our Home Galaxy</a> by Nik Szymanek </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003357">Cosmic Explorer</a> by Nik Szymanek </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003358">Young Moon above La Palma</a> by Nik Szymanek </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003361">Rotating Sky above Teide Observatory</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003364">Fish Eye View from Tenerife</a> by Stefan Seip </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003366">At the Edge of Caldera</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003384">Stars above La Palma</a> (time-lapse video) by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003385">Two Hemispheres in Virtual Reality</a> (VR/video) by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003395">Eyes on the Skies</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Sweden </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003315">Eclipse and Singing Birds</a> (time-lapse video) by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003328">The Noctilucent Clouds</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003359">A Summer Night of Sweden</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003387">Summer Nights of Scandinavia</a> (time-lapse video) by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003389">Circling Plane and Dancing Aurora</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003390">NLC and Lunar Corona</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Middle East</span></u></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Iran </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003303">Eclipse in Motion</a> (time-lapse video) by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003306">The Joy of TWAN Photography</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003316">Red Moon and the Galaxy</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003317">Eclipse Trail above Iran</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003318">The International Space Station</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003322">Exploring the Galaxy</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003323">Astrophotographer</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003341">Touched by the Sky</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003342">The Joy of Skygazing</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003344">Golden Tree Star Trails</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003349">A Spaceman Came Travelling</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003350">Sky Party</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003352">Silk Road Night</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003353">Marathon Man</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003362">The Sky is My Challenge</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003371">Proposal Under the Stars</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003376">The Green Flash Over the Setting Sun</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003393">Village Night</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Turkey </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003301">Moon and Venus at Dawn</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003302">Izmir in Morning Twilight</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003381">Night at the Ancient City of Sagalassos</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >UAE </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003325">Dubai at Night</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003375">Sky Above the Khalifa Tower</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Polar Regions</span></u></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Greenland </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003360">Aurora Over Greenland</a> by Juan Carlos Casado </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >The <b><u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></u></b> is a well-received section on the TWAN website, featuring selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with the TWAN Guest Gallery then please <u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a></u>. There are new featured photos in the Guest Gallery: <span style="color:navy;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001782">Rise of a Giant</a> (Bad Soden, Germany) by Stephan Heinsius </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001783">When the Compass Shows Byzantium</a> (Laconia, Greece) by Stavros Hios </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001784">Geminid Meteor and Pre-dawn Stars</a> (Trona Pinnacles, California, USA) by Jeff Sullivan </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001785">Arcs of the Winter Stars</a> (Bekas, Veszprem County, Hungary) by Gyurom Janos </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001786">Cherry Bloom</a> (Scharten, Austria) by Herbert Raab </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001787">Arrabida Vernal Equinox</a> (Portinho da Arrabida, Portugal) by Miguel Claro </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001788">Gateway and the Dippers</a> (Munkyeong, Korea) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001789">Absam Star Trails</a> (Absam, Austria) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001790">Island Star Traces</a> (Naz Islands, Qeshm, Iran) by Mahdi Zamani </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001791">Stars Above the Monastery of St. George</a> (Vourgareli Arta, Greece) by Stavros Hios </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001792">Observer in the Alps</a> (Rossfeld, Austria/Germany) by Bernhard Gotthardt </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001793">Trails over the Two Towers</a> (Arpas, Transdanubia, Hungary) by Gyurom Janos </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001794">Winter Constellations Panorama</a> (Zool, Ghayen, Iran) by Amirreza Kamkar </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001795">Skating in Twilight</a> (Lake Garnsviken, Osteraker/Vallentuna, Sweden) by Paul Schlyter </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001796">Jupiter and Crescent Moon</a> (Fonte-de-Telha, Portugal) by Miguel Claro </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001797">Night Riding in Austria</a> (Innsbruck, Austria) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001798">Sea Cave Silhouette</a> (Buan, Korea) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001799">The Hunter is Rising</a> (Bad Hindelang, Germany) by Robert Blasius </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001800">Moon and Venus over the Calahorra</a> (Cordoba, Spain) by Paco Bellido </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001801">Night at Long Bay Regional Park</a> (Auckland, New Zealand) by Ling Zheng </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001802">Orion Beyond Stars Valley</a> (Qeshm Island, Iran) by Ehsan Negin </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001803">Colors of Honor</a> (Maryhill, Washington, USA) by Larry Andreasen </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001804">Milky Way Base Camp</a> (Maranjab, Iran) by Amirreza Kamkar </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001805">Zsambek Full Moonrise</a> (Nyakas Hill, Zsambek, Hungary) by Tamas Abraham </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001806">Specula Cremifanensis Trails</a> (Kremsmunster, Austria) by Herbert Raab </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001807">Sierra Nevada Milky Way</a> (Twenty Lakes Basin, California, USA) by Jeff Sullivan </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001808">A Spring Night Trails</a> (Abad Village, Mashhad, Iran) by Omid Sameie </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001809">Venus, Mercury, and Crescent Moon</a> (Killygordon, Co. Donegal, Ireland) by Brendan Alexander </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001810">Jupiter and Mercury in the Twilight</a> (Tempe, Arizona, USA) by Jin Lu </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001811">Moon Setting Behind the Mindelburg</a> (Mindelheim, Germany) by Robert Blasius </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001812">Orion over Snowy Ireland</a> (Killygorodn, Co. Donegal, Ireland) by Brendan Alexander </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001813">Castle in the Moon</a> (Espejo (Cordoba), Spain) by Paco Bellido </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001814">Quiet Auckland Night</a> (Wenderholm Regional Park, Auckland, New Zealand) by Ling Zheng </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001815">Rise of the Super Moon</a> (Bungay, Suffolk, England) by Jerry Tye </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001816">Milky Way Bridge</a> (ESO Paranal Observatory, Chile) by Yuri Beletsky </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001817">Kepler at Full Moon</a> (Linz, Austria) by Herbert Raab </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001818">Obelisk and Conjunction</a> (Auckland, New Zealand) by Ling Zheng </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001819">Great Smoky Mountains Observation Tower</a> (Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, USA) by Fred Wasmer </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001820">Sky Man</a> (Seghale, Iran) by Mahan Khazraei </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001821">Moon and Venus over the Mosque</a> (Cordoba, Spain) by Paco Bellido </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001822">Trusk Lough under Moon and Stars</a> (Trusk lough, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal, Ireland) by Brendan Alexander </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001823">10th Iranian Messier Marathon</a> (Seghaleh, Kerman, Iran) by Ehsan Negin </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001824">Great Smoky Moon and Venus</a> (Great Smoky Mountains N.P., North Carolina, USA) by Fred Wasmer </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001825">Lunar Eclipse at Paranal</a> (ESO Paranal Observatory, Chile) by Yuri Beletsky </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001826">Conjunction over Centre for Astronomy</a> (Piwnice (near Torun), Poland) by Piotr Potepa </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001827">Conjunction in Zodiacal Light</a> (Long Bay, New Zealand) by Ling Zheng </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001828">Meteora - Suspended in the Air II</a> (Meteora, Kalampaka, Greece) by Alexandros Maragos </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001829">She and the Sky</a> (Hares Abad, Isfahan Province, Iran) by Mehdi Momenzadeh </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001830">Moonset in the Dusk</a> (Stephansried, Bavaria, Germany) by Robert Blasius </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001831">Conjunction Panorama from Argentina</a> (Buenos Aires, Argentina) by Luis Argerich </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001832">Under the Spell of Polaris</a> (Madeira Island, Portugal) by Nuno Serrao </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001833">2011 Messier Marathon in Iran</a> (Seqaleh, Iran) by Amirreza Kamkar </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001834">Towering Super Moon over Chelmno</a> (Old town in Chelmno, Poland) by Piotr Potepa </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001835">Lunar Corona Above Sky Tower</a> (Auckland, New Zealand) by Ling Zheng </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001836">Total Eclipse over Safdarjung's Tomb</a> (New Delhi, India) by Atish Aman, Priyam Malhotra </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001837">Moon and Venus over Sweden</a> (Boras, Sweden) by Jan Andersson </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001838">Milky Way Over the Marathon</a> (Seghale, South Khorasan, Iran) by Mahdi Zamani </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001839">Meteora - Suspended in the Air</a> (Meteora, Kalampaka, Greece) by Alexandros Maragos </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001840">Light Pollution</a> (Isfahan, Iran) by Nazanin Alibeik </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001841">Oldest Bridge in Europe</a> (Xirokambi Laconia, Greece) by Stavros Hios </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001842">Fluctuations</a> (Salt River, Alberta, Canada) by Thomas Koidhis </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001843">The Surrounded Milky Way</a> (Porteau, British Columbia, Canada) by Masoud Rafiei </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001844">TLE over Safdarjung</a> (New Delhi, India) by Atish Aman, Priyam Malhotra </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001845">Compass Rose</a> (Montes de Toledo, Toledo, Spain) by Dani Caxete </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001846">Redang Island Star Trail</a> (Redang Island, Malaysia) by Mohammad Shirani </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001847">Southern sky in Taiwan</a> (Lulin Observatory, Taiwan) by Yuan-Shu Chang </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001848">The Twilight</a> (Lasib, Isfahan Province, Iran) by Mehdi Momenzadeh </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001849">Silent Effigy</a> (Arches National Park, Utah, USA) by Brad Goldpaint </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001850">Lined Up Trails</a> (Manukau, New Zealand) by Ling Zheng </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001851">Milky Way over the Himalayas</a> (Bhandak Thatch, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India) by Keerthi Kiran and Ashwyn Warrier </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001852">Triplet at Dawn</a> (Buenos Aires, Argentina) by Luis Argerich </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001853">In a Galaxy Far Away</a> (Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA) by Mark C. Miller </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001854">Star Trails over Lone Mountain</a> (Big Sky, Montana, USA) by Kevin Porto </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001855">Milk and Dish</a> (Fort Davis, Texas, USA) by John A Davis </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" lang="EN-US" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001856">Totality Ahead</a> (Angkor Wat, Cambodia) by Alexander Ertler and Thomas Weiland </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >Astronomy Picture of the Day (<b>APOD</b>), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new imagery by TWAN photographers:</span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110823.html">Aurora Over Greenland </a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>by Juan Carlos Casado</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110813.html">Castle and Meteor by Moonlight </a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>by Tamas ladanyi</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110810.html">The Summer Triangle Over Catalonia </a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>by Juan Carlos Casado</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110730.html">A Tale of Two Hemispheres </a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >by Stephane Guisard and Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110716.html">Starry Night over Dubai </a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >by Babak Tafreshi</span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110528.html"><span style="mso-bidi-Times New Roman";text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonefont-family:";color:windowtext;" ><span style="mso-field-code:" HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/apod\.nasa\.gov\/apod\/ap110705\.html\0022 ""><u><span style="color:blue;">A Triangular Shadow of a Large Volcano </span></u></span></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>by Juan Carlos Casado</span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110527.html"><span style="mso-bidi-Times New Roman";text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonefont-family:";color:windowtext;" ><span style="mso-field-code:" HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/apod\.nasa\.gov\/apod\/ap110702\.html\0022 ""><u><span style="color:blue;">Moon and Venus at Dawn </span></u></span></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" >TWAN is featuring 14 special galleries:</span></p> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a></span></p> <ul><li><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Autumn%20Nights&page=1">Autumn Nights</a> </span></li><li><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a></span></li><li><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1">Our Cosmic Neighbor (Moon)</a></span></li><li><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Milky%20Way&page=1">Milky Way</a> </span></li><li><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Meteors&page=1">Meteors</a></span></li><li><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Comets&page=1">Comets</a></span></li><li><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1">Eclipses</a></span></li><li><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1">Aurora</a></span></li><li><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Virtual%20Reality&page=1">Virtual Reality</a></span></li><li><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a></span></li><li><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a></span></li><li><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a></span></li><li><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=TWAN%20Photos%20on%20National%20Geographic%20News&page=1">TWAN on National Geographic News</a></span><br /></li></ul>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-51175971818706892532011-06-20T04:15:00.000-07:002011-06-20T04:22:59.077-07:00The World at Night Newsletter June 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QS9DykQRhaM/Tf8syf7rMnI/AAAAAAAAAM8/3k-V_GNEIqI/s1600/0-TWAN-June2011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 422px; height: 195px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QS9DykQRhaM/Tf8syf7rMnI/AAAAAAAAAM8/3k-V_GNEIqI/s320/0-TWAN-June2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620260106058543730" border="0" /></a><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >News and Report</span></u></b> <ul><li><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1">A Stunning Eclipse of the Moon</a>:</span></b><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" > The total lunar eclipse of 15 June 2011 was exceptionally dark and long. Several TWAN photographers noted it was the most beautiful lunar eclipse they had ever seen with the red eclipse moon in the band of the Milky Way. See images of the event on TWAN special <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1">Eclipse Gallery</a>.</span></li><li><b><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" ><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.facebook.com/twanfans">TWAN fans on Facebook passed 5000</a>:</span></b><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" > About a year since the launch of TWAN facebook page the number of followers passed 5000 this month. Learn about the latest updates on the project and communicate with TWAN photographers on The World at Night Facebook page.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6065"><b><span style="color:maroon;">The 2011 International Photo Contest Winners Announced</span></b></a>,</span><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:maroon;" > </span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Selected from submissions by photographers in about 30 countries, the winners of 2011 Earth and Sky Photo Contest display the beauties of night sky and its battle with light pollution.</span><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" ></span></li></ul> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left: 0in"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on the TWAN website, featuring starry nights of our planet's landmarks from around the world: </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Africa</span></u></b><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Spain </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003238">Dark Sky above La Palma</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003239">Milky Way Rises above Canaries</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003240">Carina Nebula from Canary Islands</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003241">Cosmic Dust Shines over Tenerife</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003242">Galactic View from Canary Islands</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003243">Orion and Zodiacal Light</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003254">Northern Record for Southern Cross</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003286">Cross above Tenerife</a> by Juan Carlos Casado </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003287">Chasing the Southern Cross</a> (time-lapse video) by Juan Carlos Casado </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003290">Darkest Sky in Two Hemispheres</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Americas</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Canada </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003237">Yukon Aurora</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003245">Yukon Moontrail</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003257">Aurora Dance</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003275">Moonbow in Motion</a> (time-lapse video) by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003276">Moonlight on Takakkaw Falls</a> (time-lapse video) by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003277">Moonset over Canadian Rockies</a> (time-lapse video) by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Chile </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003271">Sky in Motion above European Southern Observatory</a> (time-lapse video) by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003279">Rotating Earth</a> (time-lapse video) by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Guatemala </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003250">Guatemala All-sky View</a> by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003251">360 Panorama from Tikal</a> by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003252">Visit Tikal in Virtual Reality</a> (VR/video) by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Asia</span></u></b><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Korea </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003278">Rotating Sky</a> (time-lapse video) by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Australia and Pacific</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Australia </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003272">Moon and Planets above Perth</a> by John Goldsmith </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003273">Skyline Planets</a> by John Goldsmith </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Chile </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003283">Against the Lights</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Europe</span></u></b><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Austria </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003281">The Head of Scorpion</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003288">The Messenger above Danube</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003289">Linz at Night</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >France </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003246">Spring Night of Brittany in Virtual Reality</a> (time-lapse video) by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003258">Lighthouse Moonrise</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003264">Sunset over Pic du Midi</a> by Serge Brunier </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Germany </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003235">Real Fantasy</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003253">Big Dipper and Spring Blossoms</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003261">Above the Lights</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003262">Startrails above Hohenzollern Castle</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003263">The House of Emperors</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003265">Cologne Moonrise</a> (time-lapse video) by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003266">Midnight Moon</a> by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003291">The Beauty of Neuschwanstein</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003295">Saarland Eclipsed Moon</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Hungary </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003269">Contact</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003270">Crescent Moon and Zodiacal Light</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003294">Budapest Lunar Eclipse</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Sweden </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003236">Startrails above Viking Spirit</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003247">Night in a Ruined Chruch</a> (VR/video) by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003248">Orion and Dal River</a> (VR/video) by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003249">A Frozen Winter Night of Sweden</a> (time-lapse video) by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003284">NLC Reflections</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003292">Rising Eclipsed Moon</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Switzerland </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003234">New Moon above Lausanne</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003282">Sky above a Swiss Chalet</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Middle East</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Iran </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003232">Sky Gazers</a> (time-lapse video) by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003233">Messier Marathon</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003244">Galactic Flight</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003255">Startrails above Lut Desert</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003256">Starry Sky during a Total Lunar Eclipse</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003259">The Hunter Hides Behind Clouds</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003260">Milky Way above the Eagle's Nest</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003267">Startrails above a Masterpiece</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003268">Eclipse Trail</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003280">Sleeping under Summer Sky</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003285">Alien Visitor</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003293">Deep Lunar Eclipse of June 2011</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003296">Galactic Eclipse</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003297">Deep Sky View of a Lunar Eclipse</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003298">Darkness during a Total Lunar Eclipse</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003300">Eclipsed Moon in the Milky Way</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Turkey </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003299">The Red Moon of Goreme</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >Polar Regions</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >USA </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"; font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003274">Aurora Photo Symphony</a> (time-lapse video) by LeRoy Zimmerman<br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"; font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" ></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Astronomy Picture of the Day</span> (<b>APOD</b>), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new imagery by TWAN photographers:</span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" ><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110617.html">Eclipsed Moon in the Milky Way </a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>by Babak Tafreshi</span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" ><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110601.html">Earth Rotating Under Very Large Telescopes </a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>by Stephane Guisard and Jose Francisco Salgado</span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" ><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110528.html">The Mileage of Light </a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>by Dennis Mammana</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" ><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110527.html">Messier Marathon </a>by Babak Tafreshi</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" ><br /></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">New images on TWAN </span><u style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></u> <span style="color:navy;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001768">Star Trails above the Alps</a> (Innsbruck, Austria) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001769">Ancient Rock Art and Star Trails</a> (Teymareh, Iran) by Mahdi Hosseini </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001770">Stone Stargate</a> (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain) by Bernd Mestermann </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001771">Moon and Jupiter over Hamburg</a> (Alster Lake, Hamburg, Germany) by Andy Langner </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001772">Trails of the Shed</a> (Shahdad, Iran) by Mania Rahban </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001773">Milky Way & Binoculars</a> (Seqaleh, Iran) by Amirreza Kamkar </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001774">Perigee Full Moon over Frankfurt</a> (Bad Soden, Germany) by Stephan Heinsius </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001775">Moonlit Gateway and the Dippers</a> (Munkyeong, Korea) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001776">Winter Ski-touring Night Sky</a> (Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001777">Light Traces in the Peace Park</a> (Almada, Portugal) by Miguel Claro </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001778">Mercury meets Jupiter in the Dusk</a> (Gerstetten, Germany) by Gerd Jooss </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001779">3-Hours of Stars at Kharanaq Bridge</a> (Kharanaq Village, Yazd, Iran) by Mahdi Zamani </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001780">Stars from Sea Cave</a> (Buan, Korea) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"; font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001781">Trident of Light at Cape Perpetua</a> (Neptune State Park Wayside, Oregon, USA) by Larry Andreasen<br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"; font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" ></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10.0pt;" >If you have such remarkable photos to share with the TWAN Guest Gallery then please <u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a></u>.</span><br /></p>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-64667003199683070902011-05-16T13:28:00.000-07:002011-05-16T13:34:16.430-07:00The World at Night Newsletter April/May 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bRdjpyJx3y0/TdGJflNlxOI/AAAAAAAAAMw/EfVKlariL5E/s1600/0-TWAN-May2011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 408px; height: 188px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bRdjpyJx3y0/TdGJflNlxOI/AAAAAAAAAMw/EfVKlariL5E/s320/0-TWAN-May2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607414186711041250" border="0" /></a><b><u><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >News and Report</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" > </span> <ul><li><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6065"><b><span style="color:maroon;">The 2011 International Photo Contest Winners Announced</span></b></a>,</span><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:maroon;" > </span></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Selected from submissions by photographers in about 30 countries, the winners of 2011 Earth and Sky Photo Contest display the beauties of night sky and its battle with light pollution.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" ></span></li><li><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6066"><b><span style="color:maroon;">Top Viewed Photos and Videos: January-March 2011</span></b></a>, See the most visited photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website during winter 2011.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" ></span></li><li><b><span style=" font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" ><a href="http://www.facebook.com/twanfans">Join TWAN fans on Facebook</a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >: Learn about the latest updates on the project and communicate with TWAN photographers on The World at Night Facebook page.</span></li></ul> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a></span></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left: 0in"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on the TWAN website, featuring starry nights of our planet's landmarks from around the world: </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Africa</span></u></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Spain </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003178">The Milky Way Over Tenerife</a> by Juan Carlos Casado </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003208">Four Planets and Thin Crescent</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Americas</span></u></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Brazil </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003198">Good Morning Rio!</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003199">Rio Morning Moonset</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003222">A Postcard from Brazil</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Canada </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003223">Green Sky of Yellowknife</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003224">Aurora Meteor</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Chile </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003215">The Very Large Telescope on Cerro Paranal</a> by Serge Brunier </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Guatemala </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003206">Lake Atitlan at Night</a> by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >USA </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003176">Boston Moonrise</a> by Dennis di Cicco </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003177">Super Moon</a> by Dennis di Cicco </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003190">Mercury Meets Jupiter</a> by Doug Zubenel </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Asia</span></u></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Nepal </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003196">Unveiling Beauty</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003197">Bears Above Nepal</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Australia and Pacific</span></u></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Easter Island (Chile) </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003180">Starry Night of Ovahe Beach</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003181">Galactic Trio Above a Volcanic Crater</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003182">A Heavenly Bridge above Easter Island</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003183">In the Land of Moais</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003202">Orion and Ahu NauNau</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003203">Moai Meteor</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003204">Navel of the World</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003221">The Hunter above Easter Island</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Europe</span></u></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Austria </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003193">Skygazing From Austrian Alps</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003194">Alps at Night</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003231">Starry Night of Alps</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >France </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003189">Quimper Moonrise</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003217">Fortification of Vauban</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Germany </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003179">4000-year Old Surprise</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003192">Monolith Moonrise</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003209">Coal Mine Startrails</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Hungary </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003191">Spring Arrives in Hungary</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003195">Lake Dream</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003200">The Full Moon Before Easter</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003201">A Message from Halley</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003205">A Spring Night of Hungary</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003207">Space Station and Iridium Flare</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003218">Medieval Night</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003225">Orion and Sirius</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003226">Moon, Jupiter, and Uranus</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003227">Young Moon above Szeged</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003228">Old and Modern</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Sweden </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003216">Forest Night</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003229">A Winter Night in a Viking Church</a> (VR/video) by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Middle East</span></u></b><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Iran </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003184">Rocky Planet</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003185">Morning Meeting</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003186">Dark Sky and a Falling Star</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003187">Black & White Rocks</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003188">Sky Above Mahneshan</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003210">Polar Aligned</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003211">Bridge to the History</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003212">Planetary Scent</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003213">Beneath the Feet of Virgo</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003214">Red Light Marathon</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003219">Big Dipper and Arcturus</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003230">Sky above Fars</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Turkey </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003220">Synagogue Night</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >The <b><u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></u></b> is a well-received section on the TWAN website, featuring selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with the TWAN Guest Gallery then please <u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a></u>. There are new featured photos in the Guest Gallery: <span style="color:navy;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001702">Volcano Deseada I in Moonlight</a> (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001703">Night of Colors</a> (Svolvaer, Lofoten, Norway) by John Van Marcke </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001704">Medieval Moon and Venus</a> (Lissewege, Belgium) by Pieter Vandevelde </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001705">Zodiacal Light and Milky Way</a> (Muju, Korea) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001706">Alasht Observatory Star Trails</a> (Mazandaran, Iran) by Reza Rostampour </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001707">Moonlit Deseada II at La Palma</a> (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001708">Winter Orion over a Snowy Landscape</a> (Gerstetten, Germany) by Gerd Jooss </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001709">Two Amigos in Moonlight</a> (Parque Nacinal do Iguazu, Argentina) by Renato Seerig </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001710">Star Trail Arrows</a> (Boeun, Korea) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001711">Northern Circumpolar Star Trails</a> (Sai Kung, Hong Kong) by Daniel Chang </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001712">Startrails Above Innsbruck</a> (Innsbruck, Austria) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001713">Star Cluster for Me</a> (Alasht City, Iran) by Reza Rostampour </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001714">Dream of Frozen Light</a> (Saariselka, Finland) by John Van Marcke </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001715">Satellite Trail</a> (Mt. Gyebang, Korea) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001716">Trails of the Shifting Moon</a> (Tempe, Arizona, USA) by Jin Lu </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001717">Night Riding above Innsbruck</a> (Innsbruck, Austria) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001718">Arrabida Moonset</a> (Arrabida, Setubal, Portugal) by Miguel Claro </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001719">Pathway to Jupiter</a> (St John's, Newfoundland, Canada) by Brian Carey </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001720">Quadruple Conjunction</a> (Azul, Argentina) by Luis Argerich </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001721">Sky above Saadatshahr Street</a> (Saadat Shahr, Iran) by Mahan Khazraei </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001722">Lights Below the Fog</a> (Innsbruck, Austria) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001723">Night at Saejae</a> (Moongyoung, Korea) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001724">Reflections of Venus and Scorpius</a> (Michelbach, France) by Stephane Vetter </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001725">Building the Sky</a> (Tehran, Iran) by Mohammad Khalilbeigi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001726">Star Trails over 32m Teleport Antenna</a> (Raisting, Bavaria, Germany) by Christoph Otawa </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001727">Sirius and Orion at Belem Tower</a> (Lisbon, Portugal) by Miguel Claro </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001728">Heavenly Feast</a> (Tromso and Skjervoy, Norway) by John Van Marcke </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001729">Halltal Moonlight Skies</a> (Innsbruck, Austria) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001730">Towering Moon and Planets</a> (Sydney, Australia) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001731">Moonrise above Angkor Wat</a> (Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia) by Timm Kasper </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001732">Caravansary</a> (Kharanaq Village, Yazd, Iran) by Mahdi Zamani </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001733">Spituk Gompa Star Trails</a> (Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India) by Ajay Talwar, Nilesh Vayada </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001734">Star Gazers</a> (Saadat Shahr, Fars, Iran) by Mehdi Momenzadeh </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001735">Summer Night at Muriwai Beach</a> (Auckland, New Zealand) by Ling Zheng </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001736">Tyrol Sky Above Innsbruck</a> (Nockspitze Peak near Innsbruck, Austria) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001737">The Swimming Moon</a> (Ostersund, Sweden) by Goran Strand </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001738">Chinese New Year of the Rabbit</a> (Phoenix Tree Mountain, Shenzhen, China) by Claus Chow </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001739">Orion and the German Alps</a> (Oberjoch, Bavaria, Germany) by Timm Kasper </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001740">Star Trails Over Trout Lake</a> (Trout Lake, Washington, USA) by Larry Andreasen </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001741">Trees and a Moonlit Cloudy Sky</a> (Fonte-de-Telha, Portugal) by Miguel Claro </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001742">She Observes</a> (Lasib, Isfahan, Iran) by Mehdi Momenzadeh </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001743">Devon Farm Cottage Star Trails</a> (Devon, England) by Matthew Harvey </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001744">Innsbruck Skies</a> (Stubaital near Innsbruck, Austria) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001745">Strong Aurora</a> (Oestersund, Sweden) by Goran Strand </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001746">Star Trails from Mauna Kea</a> (Mauna Kea, Hawaii) by Michael Kunze </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001747">Leo Trails and Almond Blossoms</a> (Qazvin, Iran) by Hooman Mirrahimi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001748">Specula Cremifanensis</a> (Kremsmunster, Austria) by Herbert Raab </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001749">Orion and Siruis over Mont Blanc Massif</a> (La Rosiere, France) by Sebastian Voltmer </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001750">Night of the Aurigids</a> (Painted Hills, Oregon, USA) by Larry Andreasen </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001751">Winter Ski-touring Night Sky</a> (Praxmar near Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001752">Flying Between Jupiter and Mercury</a> (Froesoen, Sweden) by Goran Strand </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001753">An Arrow to the Archer</a> (Mehr Temple, Maragheh, Iran) by Ehsan Negin </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001754">Locho Mountain and Baneh Tree</a> (Zahedan, Sistan & Baluchestan, Iran) by Mojtaba Moghadasi </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001755">Circumpolar</a> (Haresabad, Esfahan, Iran) by Mehdi Momenzadeh </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001756">Mercury meets Jupiter</a> (Kematen an der Krems, Austria) by Herbert Raab </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001757">Moon dogs</a> (Tanjung Bidara, Melaka, Malaysia) by Awang </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001758">Night Skies above Faro Lighthouse</a> (La Palma, Canary Islands) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001759">Star Trails Above an Alien Lake</a> (Mono Lake, California, USA) by Grant Kaye </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001760">Lights from the Hidden City</a> (Oregon, USA) by Ben Canales </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001761">The Great Wall at Night</a> (Wu Saint Gate, China) by Xiaohua </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001762">Venus above Reunion Island</a> (Reunion Island, France) by Luc Perrot </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001763">Beauty of the Southern Sky</a> (Reunion Island, France) by Luc Perrot </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001764">Galactic View from Planet Earth</a> (Australia) by Alex Cherney </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001765">Isfahan Milky Way</a> (Isfahan, Iran) by Mehdi Momenzadeh </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001766">A Starry Night of Iceland</a> (Jokulsarlon Lake, Iceland) by Stephane Vetter </span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style=" Verdana","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001767">Alps at Night</a> (Traunsee, Austria) by Thomas Kurat </span></p> <p 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Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Tanzania </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003168">Starry Nights of Kilimanjaro</a> (time-lapse video) by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u>Americas</u></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Canada </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003153">Curtains in the Heavens</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003154">The Green Belt</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003155">The Land of Northern Lights</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003165">A Green Veil of Aurora</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003166">Welcome to Yellowknife</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003167">Signs of Solar Activity</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">USA </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003111">Winter Stars above Mount Palomar</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003112">The 200-inch Telescope</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003113">Winter Hexagon and Hale Telescope</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003117">Orion, Sirius, and a Joshua Tree</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003118">Sky above Wonderland of Rocks</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003151">Yellowstone at Night</a> by LeRoy Zimmerman </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003152">Star Fire</a> by LeRoy Zimmerman </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u>Asia</u></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Armenia </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003124">Monastery Meteor</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003160">The Silence of Sevan</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Nepal </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003169">The Rotating Sky above Nepal</a> (VR/video) by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Taiwan </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003114">Milky Way From the Top of Taiwan</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u>Australia and Pacific</u></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Australia </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003156">Australian Astronomical Observatory</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Chile </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003119">Meteor and Southern Gems</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003174">Milky Way above Easter Island</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Cook Islands </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003143">Where is the Eclipsed Sun?</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003171">The Beauty of South</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003172">Morning Twilight in Cook Islands</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u>Europe</u></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Austria </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003103">Alpine Conjunction</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003116">A Winter Night of Alps</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">France </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003104">Church Moonrise</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Germany </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003105">Moon, Venus, and Space Station above Germany</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003122">Star Trails above Devil's Castle</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003123">The Castle in Peace</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003125">Saar River at Night</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Hungary </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003110">ISS and Discovery over Bakonybel</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003115">Above the Frozen Earth</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003144">Big Dipper and Sunflowers</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003164">Space Race</a> (time-lapse video) by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003175">Space Station and Discovery Shuttle</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Norway </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003170">Sky in Motion</a> (time-lapse video) by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Sweden </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003132">Church at Night</a> (VR/video) by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003133">A Taste of Arctic</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003134">Aurora River</a> (VR/video) by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003135">A Winter Night of Scandinavia</a> (VR/video) by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003136">Walking in a Viking Church</a> (VR/video) by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003137">Northern Light above Sweden</a> (VR/video) by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003138">The Green Arc</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003139">Green Reflections</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003140">Orion and the Face</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003141">Away from Uppsala</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003142">Icy Trails</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u>Middle East</u></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Iran </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003106">Conjunction of the Moon and Venus</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003107">The Joy of Skygazing</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003108">Falling Star of August</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003109">Kurdistan in the Evening Twilight</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003121">The Castle of Assassins</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003126">The Northern Crown</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003127">Starry Ruin</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003128">A Door to the History</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003129">Night of a Ski Resort</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003130">Zagros Meteor</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003131">Stars, Satellites, and Meteors</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003145">Sufi Observing Competition</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003146">Observing From the Peak</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003147">Starry Tree</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003148">TWAN Visits Iran National Observatory</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003149">Alamut at Night</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003150">Zagros Sunrise</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003159">Hydra, the Largest Constellation</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003161">Signs From the Past</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003162">Bright Stars of Dizin</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003163">Under an Ocean of Stars</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Turkey </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003120">All Sky View above Lake Salda</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003157">Winter Sky above Turkey</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003158">Billions of Stars, Billions of Dust</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >The <b><u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></u></b> is a well-received section on the TWAN website, featuring selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with the TWAN Guest Gallery then please <u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a></u>. There are new featured photos in the Guest Gallery: <span style="color:navy;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001672">Star Trails and Yongjangsazi Pagoda</a> (Namsan in Kyoung-ju, South Korea) by An Hae-Do </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001673">Winter stars over Linz</a> (Linz, Austria) by Herbert Raab </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001674">All-sky Messier Marathon</a> (Southern Shiraz, Iran) by Ariana Ahangary </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001675">Milky Way over Bryce Canyon</a> (Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA) by Ben Cooper </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001676">Star Trails above the French Alps</a> (Lac de Serre Poncon, French Alps, France) by Katrien Van der Heyden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001677">Auriga Trails over Monterey Bay</a> (Monterey, California, USA) by Marion Haligowski </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001678">Bootes over Ocean Thunderstorm</a> (Captiva Island, Florida, USA) by Fred Wasmer </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001679">Meteor at Moonrise</a> (Eight Dollar Mountain, Cave Junction, Oregon, USA) by Larry Andreasen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001680">Night on Fitzroy Island</a> (Fitzroy Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia) by Pascal Christian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001681">Emerging False Dawn</a> (Hanle, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India) by Ajay Talwar, Nilesh Vayada </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001682">Crescent moon over Cerro Tololo Observatory</a> (El Pangue Observatory, Chile) by Emilio Lepeley </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001683">Orion over Tent in Death Valley</a> (Death Valley National Park, California, USA) by Fred Wasmer </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001684">Summit of Kilimanjaro</a> (Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania) by Miguel de Olaso, Macgregor </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001685">Hingol National Park at Night</a> (Hingol National Park, Pakistan) by Hanif Bhatti, Zain Ahmed </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001686">Sirius Shining</a> (Taftan Gardens, Khash, Iran) by Arman Golestaneh </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001687">Geminid Fireball</a> (Near Natanz, Zagros Mountains, Iran) by Javad N. Alizadeh </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001688">Brilliant Venus</a> (Amand, Zanjan, Iran) by Taha Tebyani </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001689">An Almost Peaceful Evening</a> (Wackersberg, Bavaria, Germany) by Franz Xaver Kohlhauf </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001690">Tungurahua Eruption</a> (Banos, Ecuador) by Manuel Jung </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001691">Flower Under the Tyrol Sky</a> (Nockspitze Peak, Innsbruck, Austria) by Christoph Malin </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001692">Rising Venus</a> (Zsambek, Hungary) by Tamas Abraham </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001693">Amol Star Trails</a> (Amol, Iran) by Amir Salamaty </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001694">Trillium Moonlight and Stars</a> (Trillium Lake, Oregon, USA) by Larry Andreasen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001695">Star Trails Above Zagoon</a> (Zagoon, Alborz Mountains, Iran) by Reza Rostampour </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001696">Ancient Bristlecone Star Trails</a> (Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, California, USA) by Jeff Sullivan </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001697">Spituk Gompa & Milky Way</a> (Leh, Ladakh, India) by Ajay Talwar & Nilesh Vayada </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001698">Tall Trails Above the Red Dome</a> (Maragheh, Iran) by Rahim Heidarnia </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001699">Mighty Kilimanjaro</a> (Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania) by Miguel de Olaso, Macgregor </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001700">Night at Sea Cave</a> (Goseong, South Korea) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001701">Mt. Namsan Pagoda Trails</a> (Namsan in Kyoung-ju, South Korea) by An Hae-Do </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Astronomy Picture of the Day (<b>APOD</b>), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new TWAN image: <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110310.html">Discovery in Twilight</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >TWAN is featuring 14 special galleries:</span></p> <ul><li><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a></span></li><li><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Winter%20Sky&page=1">Winter Nights</a> 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href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003088">Sirius and the Mayan King</a> by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003089">Stars of Maya</a> by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003090">The Land of Mayas</a> by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003091">Sky of the Mayas</a> (time-lapse video) by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">USA </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 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font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003048">Aurora, Milky Way, and Nacreous Clouds</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003049">Winter Night and Polar Clouds</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003050">Moon and Jupiter</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003051">Star Trails and Northern Lights</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Middle East</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Iran </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003035">Night in the Valley of Stars</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003036">Starry Night of Qeshm Island</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003037">Milky Way above Mount Man</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003038">TWAN Band</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003052">Imperial Twilight</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003053">Big and Little Dipper</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003054">Silk Road Starry Night</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003060">Tehran in Twilight</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003061">Happy New Moon</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003062">Canopus From the Northern Limit of Visibility</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003063">Classic Eclipse</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003064">Caravan Night</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003065">Passage of Time</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003066">Once Home to Caravans</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003071">The Sky and My Dobsonian</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003072">Sirius and Historic Caravansary</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003073">Trailing Stars above Ancient City</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003074">Caravansary and Rotating Sky</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003075">Milky Way and Caravansary</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003076">Time Travel in Persia</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003077">Galactic Explorers</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003078">Starry Freezer</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003079">Planetary Pair</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003080">Prehistoric Sky</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003081">Delicate Crescent</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003082">Twilight Meteor</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The <b><u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></u></b> is a well-received section on the TWAN website, featuring selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with the TWAN Guest Gallery then please <u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a></u>. There are new featured photos in the Guest Gallery: <span style="color: navy;"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001642">Partial Eclipse from France</a> (La Rosiere, France) by Sebastian Voltmer </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001643">Uluru Evening Moon and Venus</a> (Ayers Rock (Uluru), Northern Territory, Australia) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001644">Moonlit Night at Dhamik Stupa</a> (Sarnath, India) by Atish </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001645">Mission: Celestial Triangle</a> (San Antonio, Texas, USA) by Adrian New </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001646">Andromeda - Queen of Autumn Nights</a> (Wackersberg, Bavaria, Germany) by Franz Xaver Kohlhauf </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001647">Ranikhet - The Queen's Fields</a> (Ranikhet Golf Course, Uttarakhand, India) by Ajay Talwar </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001648">Zodiacal Light</a> (Seqaleh, Iran) by Amirreza Kamkar </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001649">Damavand Star Trails</a> (Reyne, Iran) by Shahab Bedin Mohamadi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001650">Autumn Tree, Autumn Sky</a> (Isadkhast, Isfahan, Iran) by Mahdi Zamani </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001651">Milky Way from Uluru</a> (Ayers Rock (Uluru), Northern Territory, Australia) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001652">Summer Meteor and the Observatory</a> (Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory, Modra, Slovakia) by Tomas Maruska </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001653">Crescent Moon, Planets, and Adriatic Sea</a> (Supetarska Draga, Croatia) by Tamas Abraham </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001654">Himalayan Chandra Telescope</a> (Hanle, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India) by Ajay Talwar, Vikrant Narang, Raghu Kalra </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001655">Moon & Venus over Iran</a> (Kashan, Niasar, Iran) by Majid Ghohroodi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001656">Grecian Stone Bridge</a> (Ioannina, Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001657">Sleeping Man of Isfahan</a> (Isfahan, Iran) by Nazanin Alibeik </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001658">Uluru's Milky Way Sky</a> (Ayers Rock (Uluru), Northern Territory, Australia) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001659">Moon and Jupiter over the Mole</a> (Turin, Italy) by Stefano De Rosa </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001660">Winter Constellations Panorama</a> (Mesr Desert, Isfahan, Iran) by Mahdi Zamani </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001661">Galileo Gazing at Jupiter</a> (Pisa, Toscany, Italy) by Marco Meniero </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001662">Night at the Observatory in Modra</a> (Modra, Slovakia) by Tomas Maruska </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001663">Poseidon Moonrise</a> (Sounio, Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001664">Summer Night at the Ahwahnee Hotel</a> (Yosemite National Park, California, USA) by Ben Cooper </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001665">Moon and Venus in the Clouds</a> (Bojnord, Iran) by Hamidreza Shahriari </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001666">Dawn skies over Ayers Rock</a> (Ayers Rock (Uluru), Northern Territory, Australia) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001667">Autumn on the Rise</a> (Lalehzar, Kerman, Iran) by Mohammad J. Fahimi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001668">Crescent Venus and Young Moon</a> (Colle Braida, Turin, Italy) by Stefano De Rosa </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001669">Desert Sky Self Portrait</a> (Tabas, Iran) by Ariana Ahangary </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001670">Sky on Fire</a> (Negev Desert, Israel) by Yossi Hury </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; color: navy;">- <a 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Enjoy our <b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Winter%20Sky&page=1">special gallery for the new year</a></b> greetings featuring the best TWAN images of night sky above winter landscapes. </span></li><li><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://cedic.at/en/cedic.php">TWAN at Central European Deepsky Imaging Conference (CEDIC 2011)</a>,</span></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" > The conference is a major annual gathering of astrophotographers from Europe and around the world in Linz, Austria. TWAN director <a href="http://cedic.at/en/agenda_sess.php?sid=S10#S10">Babak Tafreshi</a> will present The World at Night and hold a workshop on landscape astrophotography at CEDIC2011 which takes place March 18 – 22. Conference registration is open through February.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span></li><li><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6063"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >TWAN in Beautiful Universe and SkyWatch 2011</span></u></b></a><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >, </span></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >The World at Night images are featured in two popular publications of Sky&Telescope magazine: Beautiful Universe and SkyWatch which are published annually.</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6062"><b>Top Viewed Photos and Videos: October-December 2010</b></a>, See the most visited photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website during fall 2010.</span></li><li><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/mystery.asp">New TWAN Mystery</a></span></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >, Test your knowledge of the night sky with this edition of TWAN Mystery.</span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a></span></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on the TWAN website, featuring starry nights of our planet's landmarks from around the world: </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Africa</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Libya </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002983">Skylights Over Libya</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Spain </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003002">The Winter Solstice</a> by Juan Carlos Casado </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Tanzania </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002976">Sky From the Equator</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Americas</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Canada </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002962">Eclipse and Aurora in Motion</a> (time-lapse video) by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002963">Aurora During a Total Lunar Eclipse</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003005">Lunar Eclipse above Yellowknife</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003007">Sky Gem</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003010">Quadrantid Meteor Above Alberta</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003012">Streak From the North</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Costa Rica </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003006">Eclipsed Moon From a Cruising Ship</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >USA </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002972">Lunar Eclipse Picnic</a> by Dennis Mammana </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002973">Meteor Above Mojave Desert</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003018">Stars Above a Joshua Tree</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003025">Winter View</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003026">Summer View</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003027">Autumn View</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003028">Spring View</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003029">Sky of Four Seasons</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Asia</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Korea </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002979">Leonid Meteors and Their Persistent Trains</a> (VR/video) by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Russia </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002995">Siberia Eclipse Sunset</a> by Aleksandr Yuferev </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002996">Frozen Eclipse</a> by Aleksandr Yuferev </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002997">Chimney Eclipse</a> by Aleksandr Yuferev </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Australia and Pacific</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Chile </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002989">Back to the History</a> by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Europe</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >France </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002999">Unusual Sunrise</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003031">Port Orion</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003032">A Winter Night of France</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003033">Startrails Above Tour Vauban</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003034">Moon Dream</a> by Gernot Meiser </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Greece </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002981">Wandering Sun</a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002982">Analemma Above the Temple of Poseidon</a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Hungary </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002966">Analemma over Hungary</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002975">Framing by Fibonacci Numbers</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002998">Misty Eclipse</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Spain </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002971">Christmas Stars</a> by Juan Carlos Casado </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003001">Solar Eclipse Above Spain</a> by Juan Carlos Casado </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Sweden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002965">Star Trails in the North</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002974">Geminid Meteors above Sweden</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002977">Family Stargazing</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002980">Noctilucent Clouds above Sweden</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002994">Halloween Night</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003016">Night in the Land of Gustav Vasa</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003019">New Year Sky Dreams</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003020">Jupiter Corona</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Middle East</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Iran </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002964">A Meteor Moment</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002967">The World at Night in Black and White</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002968">Morning Trails</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002969">Village Night</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002970">Zodiacal Light in Desert Sky</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002978">Clear Sky After Snow</a> (VR/video) by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002984">December Meteors</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002985">Big Dipper and the Falling Star</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002986">Sky Above Iran National Observatory</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002987">Milky Way in a Moonlit Night</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002988">The Belt of Venus</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002990">Orion and the Persian King</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002991">Around the Pole</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002992">Meteor Shower of December</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002993">The Night Begins</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003000">Starry Winter Landscape</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003003">Village Sky and Shooting Star</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003004">Sky Watchers of the Astronomy Town</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003008">Falling Star of an Ancient City</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003009">Stars and Meteors above Qumis</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003011">Damghan Meteor</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003013">Trails Above Tehran</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003014">Bears in the Desert Sky</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003015">Sky Motion Above a Mountain Road</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003017">Starry Night of Damghan Desert</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003021">Colors of Autumn</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003022">A Fire Temple at Night</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003023">Sky in Motion above Ancient Fire Temple</a> (VR/video) by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003024">Stars and Rocks</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003030">Planets in the Morning Twilight</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >The <b><u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></u></b> is a well-received section on the TWAN website, featuring selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with the TWAN Guest Gallery then please <u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a></u>. There are new featured photos in the Guest Gallery: </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001613">Night at Alanya Castle</a> (Alanya, Turkey) by Hakan Buyuktuncay </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001614">Korean Ruin and Star Trails</a> (Korea) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001615">Venus in Twilight</a> (Zahedan, Iran) by Masoud Sheikh Veisi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001616">Quadrangle after Sunset</a> (Tempe, AZ, USA) by Jin Lu </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001617">Lights of the Albufeira Star Party</a> (Lagoa de Albufeira, Sesimbra, Portugal) by Miguel Claro </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001618">Hareer Mountains in Autumn</a> (Erbil, Iraq) by Azhy Hasan </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001619">Ursa Major over the Canyzar Lagoon</a> (Villarquemado, Teruel, Spain) by Vicente Aupi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001620">Leh Panorama</a> (Hanle, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India) by Ajay Talwar, Vikrant Narang, Raghu Kalra </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001621">Small Magellanic Cloud and Uluru</a> (Northern Territory, Australia) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001622">Varzane Moon and Venus Conjunction</a> (Varzane, Isfahan, Iran) by Nazanin Alibeik </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001623">Present Look at the Past</a> (High Island Reservoir, Sai Kung, Hong Kong) by Herman Yeung </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001624">Gahar Lake in the Moonlight</a> (Gahar Lake, Lorestan province, Iran) by Saber Karimi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001625">Eclipsed Moon Setting</a> (Neuhofen an der Krems, Austria) by Herbert Raab </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001626">Moonrise Partial Lunar Eclipse</a> (Mandaluyong City, Philippines) by Erika Valdueza </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001627">Devsthal Meadow</a> (Devsthal, Uttarakhand, India) by Ajay Talwar </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001628">Uluru at Night</a> (Ayers Rock(Uluru), Northern Territory, Australia) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001629">Waxing Crescent Moon meets Venus</a> (Kurdistan, Iran) by Farzin Hossaini </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001630">Three friends of the Milky Way</a> (Portinho da Arrabida, Sesimbra, Portugal) by Miguel Claro </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001631">Lazar Castle At Night</a> (Lazarea Village, Transilvania, Romania) by Munzlinger Attila </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001632">Aurora over Alaska</a> (Willow Lake, off Richardson Highway, Alaska) by Paul Alsop </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001633">Pleiades over Moutohora</a> (Thornton Beach, New Zealand) by John A Davis </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001634">Transparent Observatory</a> (Hanle, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India) by Ajay Talwar, Vikrant Narang, Raghu Kalra </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001635">Panorama of the Milky Way</a> (Gayen, Iran) by Amirreza Kamkar </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001636">Sydney at Dawn</a> (Sydney, NSW, Australia) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001637">Ostersund by Night</a> (Ostersund, Sweden) by Goran Strand </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001638">Garmeh Star Trail</a> (Garmeh Village, Isfahan, Iran) by Hooman Mirrahimi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001639">Our Galactic Neighborhood</a> (Azul, Argentina) by Luis Argerich </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001640">Amateur Astronomer at Work or Pleasure?</a> (Hatu Peak, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India) by Ajay Talwar </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001641">Partial Solar Eclipse at Sunrise</a> (Vienna, Austria) by Peter Wienerroither </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001642">Partial Eclipse from France</a> (La Rosiere, France) by Sebastian Voltmer </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new images by TWAN photographers:</span></p> <ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap110107.html">Sunset, Moonset</a> by Aleksandr Yuferev</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101231.html">Analemma 2010</a> by Tamas Ladanyi</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101228.html">Skylights Over Libya </a><span style=""> </span>by Tunc Tezel</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101224.html">Star Trails in the North </a><span style=""> </span>by P-M Heden</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101217.html">A Meteor Moment </a><span style=""> </span>by Amir Abolfath</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101212.html">Leonids Above Torre de la Guaita </a><span style=""> </span>by Juan Carlos Casado</span></li><li><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101211.html">Meteor in the Desert Sky </a><span style=""> </span>by Wally Pacholka</span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >TWAN is featuring 14 special galleries:</span></p> <ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a></span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Winter%20Sky&page=1">Winter Nights</a> </span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a></span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1">Our Cosmic Neighbor (Moon)</a></span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Milky%20Way&page=1">Milky Way</a> </span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Meteors&page=1">Meteors</a></span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Comets&page=1">Comets</a></span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1">Eclipses</a></span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1">Aurora</a></span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Virtual%20Reality&page=1">Virtual Reality</a></span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a></span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a></span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=TWAN%20Photos%20on%20National%20Geographic%20News&page=1">TWAN on National Geographic News</a></span><br /></li></ul>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-74887805102130914802010-12-11T04:26:00.000-08:002010-12-11T04:32:23.879-08:00The World at Night Newsletter December 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twanight.org/other/TWAN-Dec2010-s.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 186px;" src="http://www.twanight.org/other/TWAN-Dec2010-s.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><b style="font-family:verdana;"><u><span style="">News and Report</span></u></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:";font-size:85%;" > </span> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="color:maroon;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news_photo.asp?newsID=6061">Photo Report: TWAN Continues to Travel in Hungary</a></span></u></b><b><span style="color:maroon;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;">The World at Night traveling exhibit and presentations in Hungary which started during the International Year of Astronomy continues in the country with new events.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="color:maroon;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news_photo.asp?newsID=6060">Photo Report: Lennart Nilsson Award to Babak Tafreshi and Carolyn Porco</a> </span></u></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">TWAN director Babak Tafreshi and NASA’s Cassini mission imaging director Carolyn Porco in the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award ceremony.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style=""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/twanfans">Join TWAN fans on Facebook</a></span></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;">: Learn about the latest updates on the project and communicate with TWAN photographers at The World at Night page on Facebook page. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style=""><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a></span></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on the TWAN website, featuring starry nights of our planet's landmarks from around the world: </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="">Africa</span></u></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Algeria </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002927">Tassili Milky Way</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Libya </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002920">A Starry Evening of Libya</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002921">Crescent Moon Meets Crescent Venus</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002955">Moon, Mercury, and M22</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Tanzania </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002915">Kilimanjaro Star Trails</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="">Americas</span></u></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Canada </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002898">Aurora Fireball</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002914">A Message From the Sun</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002949">Dancing Lights</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002950">Down Town Aurora</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002951">Rotating Sky and Moving Aurora</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Chile </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002941">Sky in Motion above the Very Large Telescope</a> (time-lapse video) by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002942">VLT in 360-degree Panoramic Video</a> (time-lapse video) by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">USA </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002897">Sedona Fireball</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002901">St. Helens Night Panorama</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002918">All-Sky View from Kansas</a> by Doug Zubenel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002930">Jupiter over the Maroon Bells</a> by Thad V`Soske </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002934">The Meteor Crater</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002956">Moon Occults Mars</a> by Doug Zubenel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002957">The Red Planet Comes Out of Occultation</a> by Doug Zubenel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002959">Shooting Stars of December</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002960">Big Dipper Falling Star</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002961">Starry Sky of an Alien Lake</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="">Asia</span></u></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Armenia </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002948">Rotating Sky above Armenia</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Nepal </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002946">Himalaya Startrails</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="">Australia and Pacific</span></u></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Australia </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002916">Uluru Moonset</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002917">Sky Beauty and Increasing Lights</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Cook Islands </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002935">Ocean Stars</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="">Europe</span></u></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Finland </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002923">Mushroom Sun</a> by Pekka Parviainen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">France </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002922">Moon Game</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Germany </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002932">Bavarian Alps in Moonlight</a> by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002933">Winter Stars above Bavarian Alps</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hungary </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002900">From the Shore of Lake Balaton</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002924">Hungary at Night</a> (time-lapse video) by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002953">Solar Halo and Ice Crystals</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Italy </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002926">The Village of Sundials</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sweden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002899">Faro Evening Twilight</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002902">Noctilucent Clouds above Sweden</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002903">Watching Night-shining Clouds</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002904">Windmill NLCs</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002905">Moon, Pleiades, and Mysterious Clouds</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002906">Northern Stars Trail above Sweden</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002907">A Night in the Forest</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002908">Rivers of Water and Stars</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002954">King Oak</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="">Middle East</span></u></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Iran </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002891">Crescent Pair</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002892">Zagros Mountains in Moonlight</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002893">Mount Gargash Night Panorama</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002894">Space Station above Mount Gargash</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002895">Tower Star Trails</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002896">Setting Stars above Alborz</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002909">A Spring Night of Alborz</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002910">Starry Garage</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002911">In the Silent of Night</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002912">Winter All Sky</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002913">Night River</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002925">Stars and Blossoms</a> (VR/video) by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002928">Eclipsed Sunrise</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002929">Shiraz Night</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002936">The Earth Shadow</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002937">Damavand Moon</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002938">Heavenly Branches</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002939">The Quest</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002940">Far Far Away</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002943">Toward Polaris</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002944">Winter Stars Rise above Zagros</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002945">Beauty of Spring under Moonlight</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002947">Painted by Stars</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002958">The King Parade</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Turkey </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002919">Sky Away from the Lights</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.35pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.35pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">The <b><u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></u></b> is a well-received section on the TWAN website, featuring selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with the TWAN Guest Gallery then please <u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a></u>. There are new featured photos in the Guest Gallery: </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001586">Comet Hale Bopp over Nevada</a> (Mt. Charleston, Nevada, USA) by Sean Sabatini </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001587">Camping below the Milky way</a> (Central Australia) by Pascal Christian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001588">Gathering of Planets from Portugal</a> (Costa da Caparica, Almada, Portugal) by Miguel Claro </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001589">Full Moon and Ruins</a> (Tok, Hungary) by Tamas Abraham </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001590">Pre-dawn Perseid Meteor</a> (Alborz Mountains, Firooz Kouh, Iran) by Mohammad Reza Zaman Sani </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001591">Moon and 4 Planets in Twilight</a> (Meizhou, Guangdong, China) by Phebe Pan </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001592">Milky Way above Monument Valley</a> (Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah, USA) by Marco Meniero </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001593">Star Trails over Mauna Kea Observatory</a> (Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA) by Richard Wainscoat </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001594">Colors in the Nordland Sky</a> (Andenes, Nordland, Norway) by Terje Nesthus </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001595">Perseid from the Dome</a> (Bologna, Italy) by Michele Brusa </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001596">Planets and Thunderstorm</a> (Naples, Florida, USA) by Holger Ziegler </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001597">Trails of Stars and Meteors</a> (Rabat, Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran) by Mohammad Javad Saffaran </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001598">Observatory Inca de Oro</a> (Diego de Almagro, Atacama, Chile) by Emilio Lepeley </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001599">Observing the Southern Stars</a> (Sydney, Australia) by Daniel Cafe </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001600">Dark Skies of Esfahan and Yasuj</a> (Esfahan, Iran) by Mohammad Rahimi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001601">Light Trails in the Forest</a> (Fonte-de-Telha, Almada, Portugal) by Miguel Claro </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001602">Moon and Jupiter from Szomor</a> (Szomor, Hungary) by Tamas Abraham </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001603">Aphrodite, Ares, and Kronos</a> (Aquileia, Friuli, Italy) by Marco Candotti </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001604">Milky Way over Mount Locho</a> (Locho, Zahedan, Iran) by Arman Golestaneh </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001605">Zodiac Light and Meteor</a> (Dehpabid, Sistan va Balouchestan, Iran) by Mojtaba Moghadasi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001606">Moon and Venus over Viverone Lake</a> (Viverone Lake, Italy) by Stefano De Rosa </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001607">Nordland Skies</a> (Andenes, Nordland, Norway) by Terje Nesthus </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001608">Summer Star Pary in Greece</a> (Mt. Parnon, Greece) by Bill Metallinos </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001609">An Astronomer</a> (Moonkyeong Flyingland, Korea) by Kang Jisoo </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001610">Monument Valley Skies</a> (Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah, USA) by Marco Meniero </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001611">Tropical Island Full Moon</a> (Lanikai Beach, Kailua, Hawaii, USA) by Richard Wainscoat </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001612">Telescopes on La Palma</a> (Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Spain) by Pascal Christian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:navy;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new images by TWAN photographers:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101210.html">A Twilight Occultation</a> by Doug Zubenel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101111.html">Two Views, Two Crescents</a> by Babak Tafreshi and Stefano De Rosa </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">TWAN is featuring 13 special galleries:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1">Cosmic Motions</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1">Our Cosmic Neighbor (Moon)</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Milky%20Way&page=1">Milky Way</a> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Meteors&page=1">Meteors</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Comets&page=1">Comets</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1">Eclipses</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1">Aurora</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Virtual%20Reality&page=1">Virtual Reality</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:";font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=TWAN%20Photos%20on%20National%20Geographic%20News&page=1">TWAN on National Geographic News</a></span><br /></p>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-7794210409212834582010-11-06T08:34:00.000-07:002010-11-07T00:26:11.369-07:00The World at Night Newsletter November 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twanight.org/other/TWAN-Nov2010-s.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://www.twanight.org/other/TWAN-Nov2010-s.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;">News and Report<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 22.5pt; text-indent: -4.5pt; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:maroon;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6058">New Publications: TWAN Book in German and Dutch</a>:</span></u></b><b><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:maroon;" > </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;">The World at Night has its first official book published in Europe. The large coffee-table book is illustrated with some of the most beautiful TWAN photos.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:maroon;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6059">Top Viewed Photos July-September 2010:</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >See the most visited photos on TWAN website during summer 2010.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;">New Topics Galleries</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;">: Each month there will be new topical galleries on TWAN to make searching through TWAN enlarging archive easier. The new topical galleries are <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1">Moon</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Milky%20Way&page=1">Milky Way</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Meteors&page=1">Meteors</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Comets&page=1">Comets</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1">Eclipses</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1">Aurora</a>, and stunning <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Virtual%20Reality&page=1">Virtual Reality</a> animations of night sky. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/twanfans">Join TWAN fans on Facebook</a></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;">: Learn about the latest updates on the project and communicate with TWAN photographers at The World at Night page on Facebook page. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on the TWAN website, featuring starry nights of our planet's landmarks from around the world: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;">Africa</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Algeria <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002858">The Galaxy above Our Ancient Ancestors</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002859">Sahara under Moonlight</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002860">The Celestial Bears above Sahara</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Tanzania <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002876">Sky from Slopes of Kilimanjaro</a> (VR/video) by Kwon O Chul <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002877">Meteor and Alpha Centauri</a> by Kwon O Chul <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002878">Galactic Bulge above Kilimanjaro</a> by Kwon O Chul <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;">Americas</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Canada <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002818">Aurora Panorama and Strange Dark Bands</a> by Yuichi Takasaka <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002819">Aurora Mystery</a> by Yuichi Takasaka <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002820">Curtains of Green Light</a> by Yuichi Takasaka <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Chile <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002814">360-degree View of The Very Large Telescope</a> by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002815">The Very Large Telescope in Virtual Reality</a> (VR/video) by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002822">Waves in the Sky</a> by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002839">Moonlit Night of a Volcano</a> (VR/video) by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002840">Darkest Possible Sky</a> by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002841">Darkest Sky in Virtual Reality</a> (VR/video) by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002842">Darkest Sky 360-degree Panorama</a> by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002847">Morning Twilight in Patagonia</a> by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">USA <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002836">Comet Over Cottonwood</a> by Doug Zubenel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002848">Night at Devils Tower</a> by Wally Pacholka <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002874">Comet over Monument Rocks</a> by Doug Zubenel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002883">Haunted Moonrise</a> by Dennis Mammana <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002885">Desert Sky Shooter</a> by Dennis Mammana <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002886">Desert Wildflowers & Star Trails</a> by Dennis Mammana <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002888">Desert Stars on a Full Moon Night</a> by Dennis Mammana <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002889">Moon Rocks</a> by Doug Zubenel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002890">Natural Frame</a> by Doug Zubenel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;">Asia</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Nepal <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002835">Lonely Stupa in Himalayas</a> (VR/video) by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;">Australia and Pacific</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Australia <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002824">Deep Impact of 300,000 Years Ago</a> by John Goldsmith <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002825">Panoramic View of Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater</a> by John Goldsmith <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002826">Sky Motion above Wolfe Creek Crater</a> (VR/video) by John Goldsmith <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002827">Moonset on a Meteorite Crater</a> (VR/video) by John Goldsmith <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002831">Anglo-Australian Telescope</a> by Kwon O Chul <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002879">Sky above Uluru</a> by Kwon O Chul <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002880">A Galactic View of Ayres Rock</a> by Kwon O Chul <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002881">Starry Sky above the Heart of Australia</a> by Kwon O Chul <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Cook Islands <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002872">Island Planets</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;">Europe</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">France <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002832">Sky Friendly Village</a> by Laurent Laveder <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002855">Mira above Brittany</a> by Laurent Laveder <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Greece <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002853">Acropolis Moon</a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002869">Traditional Village and Modern Lights</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Hungary <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002843">Milky Way above Hungary</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002844">Night at Sunflowers</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002845">Castle Moonset</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002846">Moonset in Balaton Uplands</a> (VR/video) by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002852">Fall Colors under Moonlight</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002873">Palace Stars</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002882">Mira Looks at Mira</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Sweden <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002816">Welcoming an Approaching Comet</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002833">Astronomy Heritage of Lund</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002854">Moonlight on River</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002868">Old Church in a Full Moon Night</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002870">Full Moon Rises in an Autumn Evening</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002875">Trails and Aurora Borealis</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;">Middle East</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Iran <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002812">The Rose of Night Sky</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002813">Double Crescents</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002817">Meteor Watch</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002823">UFO Cloud?</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002828">If We Had Super Eyes</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002829">Spotlight on TWAN</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002830">Stars and Colors of Autumn</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002834">Winter Milky Way</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002837">Mount Damavand Star Trails</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002838">Stars Trail above Desert Landscape</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002849">Cave Frame</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002850">Startrails above Isfahan</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002851">Big Dipper above the Gate of All Nations</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002856">Seven Sisters and California Nebula</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002857">Watching a Celestial Pair</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002861">A Moment with Hafez</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002862">Sky Prayer</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002863">Autumn Twilight</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002871">The Orion Nebula</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Turkey <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002821">Unusual Streaks</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002864">Antipodes Milky Way</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002865">All Sky from Both Hemispheres</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002866">Mediterranean Jupiter</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002867">Jupiter from Izmir Seaside</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;">Polar Regions</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">USA <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002884">Lunar Corona on a Snowy Night</a> by Dennis Mammana <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002887">Crown of Color</a> by Dennis Mammana <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.35pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.35pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The <b><u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></u></b> is a well-received section on the TWAN website, featuring selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with the TWAN Guest Gallery then please <u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a></u>. There are new featured photos in the Guest Gallery: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001559">Montado Star Trails</a> (Barrancos, Alentejo, Portugal) by Goncalo Lemos <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001560">Star Trails over Koohpanah</a> (Mt. Koohpanah, Tafresh, Markazi, Iran) by Abdolhossein Hashemizadeh <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001561">Milky Way trails above Hatu</a> (Hatu, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Indian Himalayas) by Ajay Talwar <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001562">Totality from Mauna Kea</a> (Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA) by Richard Wainscoat <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001563">Star Trails and Star Party</a> (Seqaleh, Iran) by Amirreza Kamkar <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001564">Summer Milky Way over Zion</a> (Zion National Park, Utah, USA) by John A Davis <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001565">Stars over the Caspian Sea</a> (Caspian Sea, Mazandaran, Iran) by Mojtaba Moghadasi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001566">Springtime with Hyades, Venus, and Pleaides</a> (CAST Observatory, Talmassons, Friui, Italy) by Marco Candotti <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001567">Lunar Eclipse and Desert Landscape</a> (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) by Marion Haligowski <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001568">Moon and Venus Conjunction Panorama</a> (Kermanshah, Iran) by M. Saber Karimi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001569">Spotlight on Bryce Canyon</a> (Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA) by Ben Cooper <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001570">Lisbon Light Pollution Panorama</a> (Almada, Lisboa Portugal) by Miguel Claro <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001571">Satellite Trail above the Northern Forests</a> (Sea to Sky Highway, British Columbia, Canada) by Masoud Rafiei <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001572">Inside the Shadow of Mauna Kea</a> (Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA) by Richard Wainscoat <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001573">Monumental Leonid Storm</a> (Monument Valley, Utah/Arizona, USA) by Sean M. Sabatini <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001574">Night at 69-degrees North</a> (Andenes, Nordland, Norway) by Terje Nesthus <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001575">Venus over Spitzkoppe</a> (Spitzkoppe Campsite, Namibia) by Michael Steffen <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001576">Milky Way above Balanced Rock</a> (Arches National Park, Utah, USA) by Marco Meniero <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001577">A Dream House with Stars</a> (Vila Boim, Alentejo, Portugal) by Miguel Claro <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001578">Perseids and Lightning</a> (Montevenere, Bologna, Italy) by Michele Brusa <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001579">Trails with Peace and Beauty</a> (Gouvia Marina, Corfu, Greece) by Vasilis Metallinos <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001580">Perseid and the Pleiades</a> (Alborz Mountains, Firooz Kouh, Iran) by Mohammad Reza Zaman Sani <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001581">Star Trails over Esfahan</a> (Abyaneh, Esfahan, Iran) by Ata Moghtaderi <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001582">Hyakutake over Rabbit Island</a> (Oahu, Hawaii, USA) by Richard Wainscoat <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001583">Kilimanjaro beneath the Milky Way</a> (Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania) by Ted Ressell <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001584">Norway Aurora</a> (Andenes, Nordland, Norway) by Terje Nesthus <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001585">The Quest for Dark Skies</a> (Hanle, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India) by Ajay Talwar, Vikrant Narang, Raghu Kalra <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new images by TWAN photographers:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101028.html">Mirach’s Ghost</a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101020.html">Venus After Sunset</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">TWAN is featuring 13 special galleries:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1">Our Cosmic Neighbor (Moon)</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Milky%20Way&page=1">Milky Way</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Meteors&page=1">Meteors</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Comets&page=1">Comets</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1">Eclipses</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1">Aurora</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Virtual%20Reality&page=1">Virtual Reality</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=TWAN%20Photos%20on%20National%20Geographic%20News&page=1">TWAN on National Geographic News</a></span></span><br /></p><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><o:p></o:p></span>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-4444396181584540142010-10-07T05:17:00.000-07:002010-10-07T05:28:41.105-07:00The World at Night Newsletter October 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twanight.org/other/TWAN-Oct2010-s.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="http://www.twanight.org/other/TWAN-Oct2010-s.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></span></b></li><li><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >New Topics Galleries</span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >: Each month there will be new topical galleries on TWAN to make searching through TWAN enlarging archive easier. The new topical galleries are <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1">Moon</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Milky%20Way&page=1">Milky Way</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Meteors&page=1">Meteors</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Comets&page=1">Comets</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1">Eclipses</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1">Aurora</a>, and stunning <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Virtual%20Reality&page=1">Virtual Reality</a> animations of night sky. </span></li><li><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >The <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a> </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >reached the milestone of 500 images from around the world.</span></li><li><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.facebook.com/twanfans">Join TWAN fans on Facebook</a></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >: Learn about the latest updates on the project and communicate with TWAN photographers at The World at Night page on Facebook page.</span></li><li><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/events.asp">Host a TWAN event</a>: </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >TWAN events have travelled to about 30 countries since 2008. New planning for TWAN exhibits and educational workshops is started and we seek for the best venues around the world with interest to host TWAN events in 2010 and beyond. <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/contact_us.asp">Contact us</a></span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">
<br /></a></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on the TWAN website, featuring starry nights of our planet's landmarks from around the world: </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Africa</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Algeria </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002777">Sagittarius above the Sahara</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Tanzania </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002752">River of Heaven</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002804">A Complete Night of Mount Kilimanjaro</a> (VR/video) by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002805">Sky Motion above Kilimanjaro</a> (VR/video) by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Americas</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Canada </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002786">Aurora Reflection</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002787">Northern Lights over Prelude Lake</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002788">Alberta Summer Night</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002789">Northern Lights above Clouds</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002790">The Color of Polar Nights</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >USA </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002763">Creek Milky Way</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002768">Galaxy Reflection</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002783">Pegasus and Andromeda in the Crater Lake</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002784">Emerald Beauty</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Asia</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Nepal </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002779">Above the Clouds in Himalaya</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002808">Beehive above Himalaya</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Russia </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002751">A Summer Night of Siberia</a> by Aleksandr Yuferev </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Australia and Pacific</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Australia </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002799">Starry Sky above Siding Spring</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002803">Siding Spring Milky Way</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Chile </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002767">Easter Island Milky Way</a> by Juan Carlos Casado </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002770">Moments with Moais</a> by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002806">Hessdalen Northern Lights</a> (time-lapse video) by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Cook Islands </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002743">Galactic Paradise</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002761">The Bands of Zodiac and Milky Way</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002796">Captain Cook Sky</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >New Zealand </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002759">Starry Night of New Zealand</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002760">New Zealand All Sky View</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002794">Milky Way and Two Satellites</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002795">Sky Gazing from Lake Takepo</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002797">Our Cosmic Neighbors</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002798">Winter Night of Southern New Zealand</a> by P.K. Chen </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Europe</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >France </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002747">Jupiter above Brittany</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002775">Balanced with Moon</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002785">Moon and Planets above Atlantic Ocean</a> by Serge Brunier </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002791">Full Moon and King Gradlon</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002800">The Rare Parhelic Circle</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002801">Starry Sky of Switched Off Village</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002802">Moon and Jupiter above Quimper Cathedral</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Hungary </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002744">Photographer and Jupiter</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002745">Moon and Jupiter</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002792">Observing Jupiter and Uranus</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002793">Meteor and Sundial</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Norway </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002809">Aurora and Meteor</a> by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Sweden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002769">Frosty Moonrise</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002771">The Falling Star</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002772">Crescent Venus</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002773">My Galactic Home</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002774">Milky Way above Faro</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 7.5pt 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Middle East</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Iran </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002746">Jupiter and Uranus</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002748">Celestial Conjunction above Ancient Ruins</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002749">Conjunction Observers</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002750">Moon, Venus, and Observers in Motion</a> (VR/video) by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002753">Flying to the Stars</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002754">Moon and Planetary Triangle in the Evening Sky</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002755">Galaxy Gazer</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002756">Moon, Venus, and Photographer</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002757">Desert Night</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002764">Winter Night of Alborz</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002765">Hormozd Shines above Persia</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002766">Lights from the Earth and Space</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002776">Astronomy for Public</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002778">Sky Photographer Meets with Three Planets</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002780">A King of Liberty</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002781">Night, Camera, Action!</a> (VR/video) by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002782">Walking Under Milky Way</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002810">Starry Love Story</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002811">Engaged with Stars</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Turkey </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002758">Jupiter and Milky Way</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002762">Ending Summer's Evening</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002807">Seven Months of Venus</a> (time-lapse video) by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8.35pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >The <b><u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></u></b> is a well-received section on the TWAN website, featuring selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with the TWAN Guest Gallery then please <u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a></u>. There are new featured photos in the Guest Gallery: </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001535">Spring and the Milky Way</a> (Locho mountain, Zahedan, Iran) by Mojtaba Moghadasi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001536">Star Trails in Sohrein</a> (Sohrein, Zanjan, Iran) by Amir Ali Nasiri </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001537">Sky over Sattelegg #1</a> (Sattelegg, Switzerland) by David Kaplan </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001538">Niyasar Fire Temple and Star Trails</a> (Niyasar, Kashan, Iran) by Abdolhossein Hashemizadeh </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001539">Milky Way from Light to Dark</a> (Zahedan, Iran) by Arman Golestaneh </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001540">Heavenly Milky Way Arch</a> (Weikersheim, Germany) by Jens Hackmann </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001541">Arrabida Mountain Star Trail</a> (Portinho da Arrabida, Setubal, Portugal) by Miguel Claro </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001542">Windmill Milky Way</a> (Mazra'eye Soleyman, Ardakan, Iran) by Ehsan Sanaei </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001543">Rainbow in Full Moonlight</a> (Iguacu Falls, Brazil-Argentina) by Renato Seerig </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001544">Messier Marathon</a> (Abadeh, Fars, Iran) by Ariana Ahangary </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001545">Moon and Venus above Nyakas Hill</a> (Zsambek, Hungary) by Tamas Abraham </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001546">Full Moon between the Steeples</a> (Allgau, Germany) by Timm Kasper and Robert Blasius </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001547">Orion and Star Trail Cones</a> (Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan) by Mohammad Javad Saffaran </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001548">All Sky View</a> (Taftan Mountain, Iran) by Arman Golestaneh </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001549">Conjunction over Ince Minaret Medrese</a> (Konya, Turkey) by M. Rasid Tugral </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001550">Emu at the Beach</a> (Miramar, Argentina) by Luis Argerich </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001551">Surveillance and Stars</a> (National Pine Forest, Marinha Grande, Portugal) by Goncalo Lemos </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001552">Trailing Tijara Fort</a> (Tijara Fort, Rajasthan, India) by Preshanth Jagannathan </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001553">Moon and Venus from Mercedes</a> (Mercedes, Argentina) by Luis Argerich </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001554">ISS Crossing the Sky</a> (Almada, Portugal) by Miguel Claro </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001555">Venus and Mercury Rising</a> (Snake Valley, Victoria, Australia) by Rob Kaufman </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001556">Falls in Full Moonlight</a> (Iguacu Falls, Brazil-Argentina) by Renato Seerig </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001557">Crossroads Under the Stars</a> (Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India) by Ajay Talwar, Vikrant Narang, Raghu Kalra </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001558">Night Dreams</a> (Wasco, Oregon, USA) by Larry Andreasen </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new images by TWAN photographers:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100827.html"><span>Opposite the Sun</span></a> by Babak Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100812.html"><span>Northern Lights over Prelude Lake</span></a> by Yuichi Takasaka</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >TWAN is featuring 13 special galleries:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1">Our Cosmic Neighbor (Moon)</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Milky%20Way&page=1">Milky Way</a> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Meteors&page=1">Meteors</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Comets&page=1">Comets</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1">Eclipses</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1">Aurora</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Virtual%20Reality&page=1">Virtual Reality</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=TWAN%20Photos%20on%20National%20Geographic%20News&page=1">TWAN on National Geographic News</a>
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normal;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="">News and Report</span></u></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6057"><b><span style="color:maroon;">
<br /></span></b></a></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6057"><b><span style="color:maroon;">New TWAN Events in September and October 2010</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">: The World at Night exhibitions travel across the world from the European Astronomy Meeting in Lisbon, to Stockholm and Pecs, to Shiraz in Iran, and to Pasadena in California.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news_photo.asp?newsID=6056"><b><span style="color:maroon;">Photo Report: TWAN Exhibition in ALCON 2010</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">: The traveling exhibition of The World at Night photos was on display for the first time in Arizona in June 2010.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=""><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/mystery.asp"><span style="">Solve a Mystery</span></a></span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">: Each month TWAN brings you a photo with a mystery. Share your thoughts with us and our global viewers. The explanation or the final conclusion will be posted at the month’s end. This program is a collaboration with <a href="http://www.uapreporting.org/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena</span></a> (UAP) international project.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="">New Topics Galleries</span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">: Each month there will be new topical galleries on TWAN to make searching through TWAN enlarging archive easier. The new topical galleries are <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1"><span style="">Moon</span></a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Milky%20Way&page=1"><span style="">Milky Way</span></a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Meteors&page=1"><span style="">Meteors</span></a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Comets&page=1"><span style="">Comets</span></a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1"><span style="">Eclipses</span></a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1"><span style="">Aurora</span></a>, and stunning <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Virtual%20Reality&page=1"><span style="">Virtual Reality</span></a> animations of night sky.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="">The <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">reached the milestone of 500 images from around the world</span><span style="font-size:100%;">.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/twanfans"><span style="">Join TWAN fans on Facebook</span></a></span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">: Learn about the latest updates on the project and communicate with TWAN photographers at The World at Night page on Facebook page.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=""><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/events.asp"><span style="">Host a TWAN event</span></a>: </span></b></span><span style="font-size:100%;">TWAN events have traveled to about 30 countries since 2008. New planning for TWAN exhibits and educational workshops is started and we seek for the best venues around the world with interest to host TWAN events in 2010 and beyond. <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/contact_us.asp"><span style="">Contact us</span></a></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="">
<br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" ><b><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a></b>
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on the TWAN website, featuring starry nights of our planet's landmarks from around the world: </span> <p style="margin: 8.35pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b><u>Africa</u></b></span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Spain </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002694">Sky Rotation above Teide Observatory</a> by Stefan Seip <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002695">Telescopes of Tenerife</a> by Stefan Seip <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002696">Sky Photographers in Tenerife</a> by Stefan Seip <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002701">Sky above Teide Volcano</a> by Juan Carlos Casado <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Tanzania </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002679">Kilimanjaro Fireball</a> by Kwon O Chul <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002686">Zodiacal Light from Slopes of Kilimanjaro</a> by Kwon O Chul <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002687">African Galaxy</a> by Kwon O Chul <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 8.35pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b><u>Americas</u></b></span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Canada </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002716">Alberta Moonrise</a> by Yuichi Takasaka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002717">Celestial Trails above Payto Lake</a> by Yuichi Takasaka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002732">Meteor Train in Motion</a> (VR/video) by Yuichi Takasaka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002733">Circumpolar Trails above Canadian Rockies</a> by Yuichi Takasaka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002734">Waterfall Moonbow</a> by Yuichi Takasaka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Chile </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002676">The Site for Future Giant Telescope</a> by Serge Brunier <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002718">Rising above Altiplano</a> (VR/video) by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002720">Meteor above the Very Large Telescope</a> by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002721">Patagonia Meteor</a> by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002722">Night Colors of Patagonia</a> by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Ecuador </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002719">Fireball at the Celestial Pole</a> by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">USA </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002675">Galactic View of Mount Shasta</a> by Wally Pacholka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002677">Stellafane Shooting Star</a> by Dennis di Cicco <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002699">Jupiter above Mount Shasta</a> by Wally Pacholka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002700">Sky Above St. Helens</a> by Wally Pacholka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002724">Jupiter Rises above Oregon</a> by Wally Pacholka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002735">Milky Way Creek</a> by Wally Pacholka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002736">Meteor and Aldebaran</a> by Wally Pacholka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 8.35pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b><u>Australia and Pacific</u></b></span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Chile </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002723">Moon and Pleiades above the Easter Island</a> by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Cook Islands </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002738">Planets and Zodiacal Light</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002739">Heavenly View above the Pacific Ocean</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002741">Island Universe</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 8.35pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b><u>Europe</u></b></span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Finland </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002693">Squashed Sun</a> by Pekka Parviainen <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">France </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002702">The Celestial Ball</a> by Laurent Laveder <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002703">Moon Clock</a> by Laurent Laveder <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Hungary </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002674">Star Trails and Flower Fields in Hungary</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002678">Meteor and Milky Way</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002725">Deer, Oak Tree, and the Moon</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002726">Perseid Meteors above Hungary</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002727">Starry Sky above a Ruined Monastery</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002728">Rotunda Startrails</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Spain </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002681">Meteor Shower Composite above Spain</a> by Juan Carlos Casado <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Sweden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002710">Big Dipper above Baltic Sea</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002711">Milky Way Onlooker</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002712">Jupiter in the Baltic Waters</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002713">Awed by the Sky</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002714">Windmill Galaxy</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002715">Moon and the Fog Bow</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 8.35pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b><u>Middle East</u></b></span> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Iran </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002705">Shooting Star and Historic Ruins</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002706">Meteor and Swan</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002707">Old Time Sky</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002708">Practical Astronomy</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002709">Outdoor Astronomer</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002680">Zodiacal Light and Perseid Meteors</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002682">Planets and Moon in the Evening Sky</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002683">Beware the Mars Hoax!</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002684">Deep in the Galaxy</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002685">Space Station, Meteor, and Planets</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002688">Trails at Both Sides of Equator</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002689">Sky Framed by Flowers</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002690">Moon and Venus in Trails</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002691">Petroglyph Trails</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002692">Sky Bridge</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002697">Meteor Shower above Alumut Fortress</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002698">Trails to and above Alamut</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002704">Colorful Startrails</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002729">The Space Station Crosses Desert Sky</a> (VR/video) by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002730">Trailing Space Station</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002731">The Goddess of Love</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Turkey </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002737">Comet and Capella</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002740">Moon and Triple Planetary Conjunction</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002742">Stars and Civilizations</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8.35pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">The <b><u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></u></b> is a well-received section on the TWAN website, featuring selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with the TWAN Guest Gallery then please <u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a></u>. There are new featured photos in the Guest Gallery: </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001510">TSE over Tahai Archeological Complex</a> (Easter Island, Chile) by Matt Ventimiglia <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001511">Protected Sky above Protected Land</a> (Ghasr-e-Bahram Caravansary, Iran) by Mahdi Zamani <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001512">Halo Moon over Cheshmeh-Ali</a> (Cheshmeh-Ali, Damqan, Semnan, Iran) by Mahdi Zamani <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001513">Arrabida Mountains Lights</a> (Serra da Arrabida, Setubal, Portugal) by Miguel Claro <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001514">Zanjan Sky</a> (Sohrein, Zanjan, Iran) by Amir Ali Nasiri <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001515">Orion and Sirius</a> (Taftan, Khash , Iran) by Arman Golestaneh <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001516">Comet Hale-Bopp goes to School</a> (Port Chester, New York, USA) by Joel Seligmann <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001518">Radkan Tower</a> (Radkan village, Mashhad, Iran) by Ariana Ahangary <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001519">Ursa Major rising over Tijara Fort</a> (Tijara, Alwar, India) by SPACE/C. B. Devgun/Sachin Bahmba <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001520">The Mittens</a> (Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah border, USA) by Chip Porter <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001521">Star Trails over LFO</a> (Schoepfl, near Vienna, Austria) by Peter Wienerroither <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001522">Epidaurus Ancient Theatre</a> (Epidaurus, Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001523">Great Tomb of Sirus</a> (Passargad, Iran) by Hossein Noshir <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001524">El Cielo de los Antiguos Navegantes</a> (Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina) by Victor Gabriel Bibe <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001525">Ketchikan August Full Moon</a> (Ketchikan, Alaska, USA) by Chip Porter <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001526">Venus over West Vancouver</a> (West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) by Masoud Rafiei <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001527">Setting Sirius</a> (Locho Mountain, Zahedan, Iran) by Mojtaba Moghadasi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001528">Reaching for the Milky Way</a> (Yengejeh Village, Mashhad, Iran) by Ariana Ahangary <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001529">Full Moon Skyscape</a> (Portinho da Arrabida, Setubal, Portugal) by Miguel Claro <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001530">Star Trails and Meteor</a> (Dizelo, Isfahan, Iran) by Ata Moghtaderi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001531">Moon Setting over La Jolla</a> (San Diego, California, USA) by John Grasberger <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001532">The Milky Way at Glacier Point</a> (Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, USA) by Pascal Christian <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001533">Laser at the Galactic Center</a> (ESO Paranal Observatory, Chile) by Yuri Beletsky <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001534">Historic Reflection</a> (Lost Lake, Oregon, USA) by Ben Canales
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<br /></span><span style=";font-size:78%;color:navy;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new images by TWAN photographers:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100827.html">Brighter Than Mars </a>by Babak Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100812.html">Perseid Prelude </a>by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">TWAN is featuring 13 special galleries:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1"><span style="">Latest Images</span></a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions"><span style="">Cosmic Motions</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1"><span style="">Our Cosmic Neighbor (Moon)</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Milky%20Way&page=1"><span style="">Milky Way</span></a> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Meteors&page=1"><span style="">Meteors</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Comets&page=1"><span style="">Comets</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1"><span style="">Eclipses</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1"><span style="">Aurora</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Virtual%20Reality&page=1"><span style="">Virtual Reality</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance"><span style="">Dark Skies Importance</span></a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites"><span style="">World Heritage Sites</span></a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs"><span style="">TWAN APODs</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=TWAN%20Photos%20on%20National%20Geographic%20News&page=1"><span style="">TWAN on National Geographic News</span></a> </span></p><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >
<br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;font-family:verdana;" align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">Building bridges through the sky
<br />The World at Night
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/"><span style="">www.twanight.org</span></a></span></p>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-22090925000600695722010-08-04T11:22:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:31:33.150-07:00The World at Night Newsletter August 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t4azk4juV7g/TFmxvm--UOI/AAAAAAAAAJY/nFLoariE5bw/s1600/TWAN-Aug2010.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 126px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t4azk4juV7g/TFmxvm--UOI/AAAAAAAAAJY/nFLoariE5bw/s400/TWAN-Aug2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501623851286417634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >News and Report<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6055"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:maroon;" >TWAN Coverage of July 2010 Total Solar Eclipse</span></b></a><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >: From remote islands of Pacific Ocean to an eclipse flight 12km above the sea, 7 TWAN members from across the globe traveled to capture the elegant beauty of the eclipsed sun.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/mystery.asp"><span style="">Solve a Mystery</span></a></span></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >: Each month TWAN brings you a photo with a mystery. Share your thoughts with us and our global viewers. The explanation or the final conclusion will be posted at the month’s end. This program is a collaboration with <a href="http://www.uapreporting.org/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena</span></a> (UAP) international project.</span> </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >New Topics Galleries</span></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >: Each month there will be new topical galleries on TWAN to make searching through TWAN enlarging archive easier. The new topical galleries are <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1"><span style="">Moon</span></a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Milky%20Way&page=1"><span style="">Milky Way</span></a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Meteors&page=1"><span style="">Meteors</span></a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Comets&page=1"><span style="">Comets</span></a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1"><span style="">Eclipses</span></a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1"><span style="">Aurora</span></a>, and stunning <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Virtual%20Reality&page=1"><span style="">Virtual Reality</span></a> animations of night sky.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.facebook.com/twanfans"><span style="">Join TWAN fans on Facebook</span></a></span></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >: Learn about the latest updates on the project and communicate with TWAN photographers at The World at Night page on Facebook page. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/events.asp"><span style="">Host a TWAN event</span></a>: </span></b><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >TWAN events have travelled to about 30 countries since 2008. New planning for TWAN exhibits and educational workshops is started and we seek for the best venues around the world with interest to host TWAN events in 2010 and beyond. <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/contact_us.asp"><span style="">Contact us</span></a></span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 9.4pt;">There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on the TWAN website, featuring starry nights of our planet's landmarks from around the world: </p> <p style="margin: 6.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u>Africa</u></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Spain </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002626">Moonlight Panorama at Teide National Park</a> by Juan Carlos Casado <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002627">Tenerife Milky Way</a> by Juan Carlos Casado <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002629">Equinox Trails</a> by Juan Carlos Casado <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002630">The Bears on the Gulf</a> by Juan Carlos Casado <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002631">Iridium Flash above Sky Photographer</a> by Juan Carlos Casado <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Tanzania </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002648">Planets and Moon Align above Kilimanjaro</a> by Kwon O Chul <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 6.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u>Americas</u></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Canada </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002639">ISS and Discovery over British Columbia</a> by Yuichi Takasaka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002647">Partial Lunar Eclipse</a> by Yuichi Takasaka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002660">Camping under Trailing Stars</a> by Yuichi Takasaka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Chile </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002619">Milky Way Explorer</a> (VR/video) by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002620">Starry Night of Patagonia</a> (VR/video) by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002628">Airglow and Milky Way above Chilean Andes</a> (VR/video) by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002646">The Extremely Large Telescope Will be Here</a> by Serge Brunier <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Ecuador </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002614">Pole to Pole</a> by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">USA </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002662">The Galaxy above Mount Hood</a> by Wally Pacholka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002663">Galactic Arch above Hume Lake</a> by Wally Pacholka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002667">Starry Sky above Mount Hood</a> by Wally Pacholka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002668">Crater Lake Milky Way</a> by Wally Pacholka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002672">Starry Sky above Crater Lake</a> by Wally Pacholka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002673">A Dream Night of Northern California</a> by Wally Pacholka <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 6.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u>Asia</u></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002610">Eclipse over Pacific Waters</a> by Dennis Mammana <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002611">Cruise Ship Eclipse</a> by Dennis Mammana <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 6.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u>Australia and Pacific</u></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Australia </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002632">Pinnacles and Southern Stars</a> by Shingo Takei <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Chile </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002603">Easter Island Eclipse</a> by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002604">2010 Totality</a> by Stephane Guisard <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002605">Easter Island Dream Comes True</a> by Juan Carlos Casado <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002609">From Wide-field to Corona</a> by Dennis di Cicco <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Cook Islands </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002664">Palm Trees and Milky Way</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002665">Starry Sky of Cook Islands</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002666">Pacific Evening</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">France </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002606">Nine Minutes in the Shadow</a> by Fred Espenak <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">New Zealand </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002608">Ecliptic New Zealand</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002661">New Zealand Milky Way</a> by P.K. Chen <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 6.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u>Europe</u></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Denmark </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002612">Denmark Midnight Dawn</a> (time-lapse video) by Bernd Proschold <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Finland </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002640">Sinking Sun and Green Flash</a> by Pekka Parviainen <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">France </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002618">Turbine Milky Way</a> by Laurent Laveder <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002641">Forest Night</a> by Serge Brunier <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Greece </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002607">Solstice Full Moon Rising at Sounion</a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002615">Rhodes Startrails</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002616">Moon, Venus and Mediterranean Sea</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002625">Lindos Sunrise</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Hungary </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002617">Skygazing from Hungarian Heritage</a> by Tamas Ladanyi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Sweden </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002621">Mars, Beehive, and Castle</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002622">Big Dipper above Sweden</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002623">Aurora Streaks in Motion</a> (VR/video) by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002636">Jupiter and the Galilean Moons</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002637">Evening Delight</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002642">Waves in the Sky</a> (time-lapse video) by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002643">The Noctilucent Clouds above Sweden</a> (time-lapse video) by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002644">Watching NLCs</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002645">Ghostly Clouds at the Edge of Space</a> by P-M Heden <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 6.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><u>Middle East</u></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Iran </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002613">Sky above the Caravansary</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002633">Moon Meets the Pleiades</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002634">Alamut Flash</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002635">Planets above Bisotun</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002649">Poppy Trails</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002650">Moon, Venus, and Astronomy Day</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002651">Spring Night</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002652">Startrails above Caravansary</a> by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002653">North America In Motion</a> (time-lapse video) by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002654">Sky in Motion Video Clip</a> (time-lapse video) by Amir H. Abolfath <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002655">Winter Nightscape</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002656">Under the Circling Heavens</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002657">Canis Major and Winter Clusters</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002658">Orion Rises above Snowy Peaks</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002659">Light of Zodiac</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002669">There are Stars in Urban Skies</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002670">New Moon above Tehran</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002671">Moontrail</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Turkey </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002624">Milky Way above Toros Mountains</a> by Tunc Tezel <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002638">Moonrise above Mysian Olympus</a> by Tunc Tezel</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt;">The <b><u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></u></b> is a well-received section on the TWAN website, featuring selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with the TWAN Guest Gallery then please <u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a></u>. There are new featured photos in the Guest Gallery: </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001485">Las Campanas Milky Way Panorama</a> (Las Campanas, Chile) by Alex Tudorica <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001486">USNO Dome Caressed by Moonlight</a> (Flagstaff, Arizona, USA) by Jeremy Perez <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001487">Lisbon Sky Lights</a> (Almada, Lisbon, Portugal) by Miguel Claro <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001488">Spring full Moon Star Trails</a> (Sounio, Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001489">Lake Michigan Zodiacal Light</a> (Frankfort, Michigan, USA) by Ken Scott <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001490">Desert Celebration</a> (Maranjab Desert, Kashan, Iran) by Banafshe Golabgiran <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001491">Highest Mountain in Khuzestan</a> (Bagh Malek, Kuzestan, Iran) by Mostafa Kazemi Pour <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001492">Stars and Trees near Erhai Lake</a> (Dali, Yunnan, China) by Alex Chan <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001493">Iguassu Falls Full Moon Rainbow</a> (Iguassu Falls, Argentina and Brasil) by Renato Seerig <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001494">Sunset Planets</a> (Ankara, Turkey) by M. Rasid Tugral <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001495">Milky Way Awakening</a> (Mount Zoncolan-Carnian, Friuli, Italy) by Marco Candotti <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001496">Star Trails above a Tree</a> (Seghaleh, Iran) by Amirreza Kamkar & M. H. Sharifzade <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001497">Plasma Rain</a> (Warren County, Missouri, USA) by Doug Kniffen <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001498">Silhouetted Winter at Dusk</a> (Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada) by Masoud Rafiei <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001499">Star trails over CFH Telescope</a> (Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA) by Richard Wainscoat <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001500">Patagonia Solar Eclipse</a> (El Calafate, Patagonia, Argentina) by Janne Pyykko <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001501">Totality from French Polynesia</a> (Tehunatara Motu, Tatakoto Atoll, French Polynesia) by Xavier Jubier <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001502">Totality from Tahiti</a> (Tahiti, French Polynesia) by Robert Stephens <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001503">French Polynesian Solar Eclipse</a> (French Polynesia) by Alson Wong <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001504">Starry Lagoon</a> (Lagoa de Albufeira, Sesimbra, Portugal) by Miguel Claro <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001505">Save our Beautiful Night Skies</a> (Davan, Kazeroun, Fars, Iran) by Mohammadreza Foroutan <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001506">Taftan Nature</a> (Taftan, Khash, Iran) by Ariana Ahangary <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001507">Morning Moods</a> (Hachtel, Bad Mergentheim, Germany) by Jens Hackmann <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001508">Zodiacal Light over Lake Michigan</a> (Frankfort, Michigan, USA) by Ken Scott <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001509">Erhai Lake Stars and Trees</a> (DaLi, YunNan, China) by Alex Chan <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new images by TWAN photographers:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100714.html"><span style="">Easter Island Eclipse</span></a> by Stephane Guisard</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100613.html"><span style="">Ecliptic New Zealand</span></a> by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" >TWAN is featuring 13 special galleries:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1"><span style="">Latest Images</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions"><span style="">Cosmic Motions</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1"><span style="">Our Cosmic Neighbor (Moon)</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Milky%20Way&page=1"><span style="">Milky Way</span></a> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Meteors&page=1"><span style="">Meteors</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Comets&page=1"><span style="">Comets</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1"><span style="">Eclipses</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1"><span style="">Aurora</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Virtual%20Reality&page=1"><span style="">Virtual Reality</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance"><span style="">Dark Skies Importance</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites"><span style="">World Heritage Sites</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs"><span style="">TWAN APODs</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=TWAN%20Photos%20on%20National%20Geographic%20News&page=1"><span style="">TWAN on National Geographic News</span></a></span></p>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-25626677986856360292010-07-08T03:19:00.000-07:002010-07-08T13:05:45.864-07:00The World at Night Newsletter July 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos/3002602.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 341px; height: 238px;" src="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos/3002602.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >News and Report</span></u></b></p> <ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/mystery.asp">Solve a Mystery</a></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >: </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Each month TWAN brings you a photo with a mystery. Share your thoughts with us and our global viewers. The explanation or the final conclusion will be posted at the month’s end. This program is a collaboration with <a href="http://www.uapreporting.org/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena</span></a> (UAP) international project.</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ></span> </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6053"><span style="color:maroon;">Coverage: TWAN in Algeria</span></a></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >: </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >From Martian landscapes of Sahara to Mediterranean paradises, the diversity of Algeria and the active astronomy society have welcomed TWAN exhibits and imaging missions.</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ></span> </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6054"><span style="color:maroon;">Top Viewed Photos: April-June 2010</span></a></span></b><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >:</span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >See the most visited photos on TWAN website during spring 2010.</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ></span> </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >New Topics Galleries</span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >: <span> </span>Each month there will be new topical galleries on TWAN to make searching through TWAN enlarging archive easier. The new topical galleries are </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1">Moon</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Milky%20Way&page=1">Milky Way</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Meteors&page=1">Meteors</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Comets&page=1">Comets</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1">Eclipses</a>, <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1">Aurora</a>, and stunning <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Virtual%20Reality&page=1">Virtual Reality</a> animations of night sky. </span> </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=TWAN%20Photos%20on%20National%20Geographic%20News&page=1">TWAN on the National Geographic website</a>: </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >In a growing collaboration, TWAN selected photos comes along astronomy stories on the <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/">National Geographic</a> News website.</span> </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.facebook.com/twanfans">Join TWAN fans on Facebook</a></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >: Learn about the latest updates on the project and communicate with TWAN photographers at The World at Night page on Facebook page. </span> </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Visitors comments</span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >: New option on TWAN website for more interaction between the photographers and visitors. Write comments on TWAN Photos, ask questions, and share ideas. Find “comment” bottom below each photo.</span> </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/events.asp">Host a TWAN event</a>: </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >TWAN events have travelled to about 30 countries since 2008. New planning for TWAN exhibits and educational workshops is started and we seek for the best venues around the world with interest to host TWAN events in 2010 and beyond. <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/contact_us.asp">Contact us</a></span></li></ul> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 9.4pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on the TWAN website, featuring starry nights of our planet's landmarks from around the world: </span></p> <p style="margin: 6.25pt 0in 0pt;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Africa</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >South Africa </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002559">Table Mountain by Night</a> (VR/video) by John Goldsmith </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Spain </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002599">Tenerife Sky Watchers</a> by Juan Carlos Casado </span></p> <p style="margin: 6.25pt 0in 0pt;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Americas</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Brazil </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002542">From Sunset to Stars above Iguacu</a> (video) by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Canada </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002560">ISS and Space Shuttle above Canada</a> (video) by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002566">Trailing Moon and Venus</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002567">Starry Night of British Columbia</a> by Yuichi Takasaka </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Chile </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002561">Surrounded by Colors in Chile</a> (video) by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002562">A night above Chilean Altiplano</a> (video) by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002590">Red and Blue in Chile</a> by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002591">Shooting Star and Volcanoes</a> by Bernd Proschold </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002592">Starry Night of Chilean Altiplano</a> (video) by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002593">Night of Parinacota</a> (video) by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002595">Save the Earth</a> by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Ecuador </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002594">Starry Night of Latitude Zero</a> by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002596">The Closest Place to the Stars</a> by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002597">A Night in Ecuador</a> (video) by Stephane Guisard </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >USA </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002549">Moon and Venus</a> by Dennis Mammana </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002563">Apaches Moonset</a> by Fred Espenak </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002578">Mauna Kea All-Sky View</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002600">Starry Night of Palomar</a> by Wally Pacholka </span></p> <p style="margin: 6.25pt 0in 0pt;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Asia</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Japan </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002564">Feel Your Halo</a> by Shingo Takei </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Korea </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002557">Summer Triangle above a Sea of Clouds</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002558">Colorful Display of Lights and Stars</a> by Kwon O Chul </span></p> <p style="margin: 6.25pt 0in 0pt;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Australia and Pacific</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Australia </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002565">Heavenly Bridge over Wilderness of Australia</a> by Shingo Takei </span></p> <p style="margin: 6.25pt 0in 0pt;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Europe</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >England </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002585">Big Ben at Night</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Finland </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002546">Green Flash Sunset</a> by Pekka Parviainen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002547">Balloon Sun</a> by Pekka Parviainen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002548">Brick Sun</a> by Pekka Parviainen </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >France </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002587">Summer Sky from Mysterious Ruins</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002588">Low Tide Milky Way</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002589">Celestial Figures above the Lights</a> by Laurent Laveder </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Greece </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002544">Atlantis over Rhodes</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002568">Marathon Moonrise</a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002583">Milky Way from Mediterranean Beach</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002584">Rhodes Evening Delight</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Hungary </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002582">Mars Meets Regulus</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002586">One Time Visitor</a> by Tamas Ladanyi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Spain </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002598">Stars above Cherry Blossoms</a> by Juan Carlos Casado </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Sweden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002569">Swedish Night</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002570">Calm, Crescent Moon, and Venus</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002571">Celestial Tree</a> by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002572">Moon and Venus in Motion</a> (video) by P-M Heden </span></p> <p style="margin: 6.25pt 0in 0pt;"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Middle East</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Iran </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002543">Mars and the Lion above Kurdistan</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002545">Celestial Neighbors</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002550">Tehran Moonrise</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002551">Moon and Venus Trails</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002552">Enjoying the Night Sky</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002553">Night at the Ancient City</a> (video) by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002554">Sun Pillar above Alborz Mountains</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002555">Our Cosmic Home</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002556">Frame the Northern Crown</a> by Amir H. Abolfath </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002573">Starry Sky of Alamut</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002574">Spring under Moonlight</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002575">Sirius and M41</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002576">Stars and Lights in Alamut</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002577">Self Portrait with Conjunction and ISS</a> by Oshin D. Zakarian </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002601">Starry Night of Alamut</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002602">Galaxy Stream</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Turkey </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002579">Sky above the Crying Sycamore</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002580">Moon and Venus above Istanbul</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002581">Stormy Venus</a> by Tunc Tezel </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 6.25pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >The <b><u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></u></b> is a well-received section on the TWAN website, featuring selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with the TWAN Guest Gallery then please <u><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a></u>. There are new featured photos in the Guest Gallery: </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001470">Reaching for the Sky</a> (Aminabad, Iran) by Farzan Ghasemi </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001471">Moonrise over an Austrian Castle</a> (Styria, Austria) by Peter Wienerroither </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001472">Under the Summer Milky Way</a> (Machtesh Ramon, Negev, Israel) by Yossi Hury </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001473">My City Sky</a> (Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran) by Ariana Ahangary </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001474">Auriga Rising over Joshua Tree</a> (Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA) by Charles Banville </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001475">Early Night at AOMO Observatory</a> (Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada) by Masoud Rafiei </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001476">The Cathedral and the Moon</a> (Seville, Spain) by Mate Urban </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001477">Tree and Star Trails</a> (Locho, Zahedan, Iran) by Ariana Ahangary </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001478">Orion and the Lighthouse</a> (Cabo Espichel, Sesimbra, Portugal) by Miguel Claro </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001479">ISS over Space Shuttle Launch Site</a> (Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA) by Ben Cooper </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001480">Hong Kong Sky</a> (Hong Kong, China) by Peter Lau </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001481">Western Star Trails from Portugal</a> (National Pine Forest, Marinha Grande, Portugal) by Goncalo Lemos </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001482">Fire Tree and Star Trails</a> (Locho, Zahedan, Iran) by Ariana Ahangary </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001483">Lake Uluabat Skies</a> (Lake Uluabat, Turkey) by Cenk E. Tezel </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:navy;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001484">View from Zero Point at Pindari Glacier</a> (Kumaon Himalayas, India) by Atish Aman, Vikrant Narang </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new images by TWAN photographers:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100625.html">The Starry Night of Alamut </a></span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><span> </span>by Babak A. Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100613.html">Retrograde Mars </a></span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><span> </span>by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100610.html">Regulus and the Red Planet </a><span> </span>by Babak Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100528.html">Atlantis over Rhodes </a><span> </span>by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100526.html">Clouds and Stars over Cotopaxi Volcano in Ecuador</a>, a time-lapse video by Stephane Guisard</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >TWAN is featuring 13 special galleries:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Our%20Cosmic%20Neighbor&page=1">Our Cosmic Neighbor (Moon)</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Milky%20Way&page=1">Milky Way</a> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Meteors&page=1">Meteors</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Comets&page=1">Comets</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Eclipses&page=1">Eclipses</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Aurora&page=1">Aurora</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/gallery.asp?Gallery=Virtual%20Reality&page=1">Virtual Reality</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; 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Write comments on TWAN Photos, ask questions, and share ideas. Find “comment” bottom below each photo.</span></span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';color:black;" ></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a> </span></b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website, featuring starry nights of the planet's landmarks from across the world. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >Americas</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">USA
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002539"><b><span style="color:navy;">Orion Rising over Grazing Cattle</span></b></a> (</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >)</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >by Thad V`Soske
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002530"><b><span style="color:navy;">Virtual Reality From Mauna Kea</span></b></a> (VR) by Tunc Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002479"><b><span style="color:navy;">Winter Milky Way over Death Valley</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002478"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lunar Rainbow and Unknown Event</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Brazil
<br /></span></b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002538"><b><span style="color:navy;">Iguacu Falls at Night</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002537"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starry Night in Paradise</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Babak A. Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Chile
<br /></span></b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002499"><b><span style="color:navy;">Fireball from 5000 Meters High</span></b></a> by Stephane Guisard
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002498"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way Steaming Volcano</span></b></a> by Stephane Guisard</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >Europe</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">France
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002524"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky above Paul Gauguin</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Laurent Laveder
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002523"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky Diffuser</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Laurent Laveder
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002522"><b><span style="color:navy;">Brittany Twilight</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Laurent Laveder
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002521"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Mother Galaxy</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Laurent Laveder
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002520"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way vs. Zodiacal Light</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Laurent Laveder
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002502"><b><span style="color:navy;">All Sky View in Virtual Reality</span></b></a> (VR)</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> by Laurent Laveder</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Germany
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002540"><b><span style="color:navy;">Our Closest Neighbor</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Stefan Seip
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002533"><b><span style="color:navy;">Planets in Her Hands</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Stefan Seip
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002532"><b><span style="color:navy;">Venus Meets Mercury</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Stefan Seip
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002527"><b><span style="color:navy;">All-Sky View above Germany</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Stefan Seip</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Sweden
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002514"><b><span style="color:navy;">Capture the Celestial Beauty</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002513"><b><span style="color:navy;">Stars above Snow-covered Landscape</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002512"><b><span style="color:navy;">Orion and Fisher House</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002511"><b><span style="color:navy;">Iridium Flare above Sweden</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002510"><b><span style="color:navy;">Halo Around the Moon</span></b></a> (</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >)</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >by </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002509"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moving Aurora above Sweden</span></b></a> (</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >)</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >by </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">P-M Heden</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Greece
<br /></span></b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002500"><b><span style="color:navy;">The World at Sunset</span></b></a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Hungary
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002536"><b><span style="color:navy;">Trailing Around the Pole</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Tamas Ladanyi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002531"><b><span style="color:navy;">Winter Triangle and Windmill</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Tamas Ladanyi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002528"><b><span style="color:navy;">Left From the War Under the Peaceful Sky</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Tamas Ladanyi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002525"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonrise above Volcanic Hills</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Tamas Ladanyi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002489"><b><span style="color:navy;">Spring Night of Hungary</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Austria
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002526"><b><span style="color:navy;">Space Station Trails above Austria</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >Africa</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Algeria
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002541"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sahara Night</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Babak A. Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">South Africa
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002497"><b><span style="color:navy;">Southern Stars above Table Mountain</span></b></a> by John Goldsmith
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002496"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lights of Cape Town</span></b></a> by John Goldsmith
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002495"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starry Sky above SALT</span></b></a> by John Goldsmith
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002494"><b><span style="color:navy;">Orion from South Africa</span></b></a> by John Goldsmith</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >Asia and Middle East</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Iran
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002535"><b><span style="color:navy;">Dream View</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002534"><b><span style="color:navy;">Go To Outer Space</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002529"><b><span style="color:navy;">Find Galaxies in the Spring Sky</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002508"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starry Flowers</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002507"><b><span style="color:navy;">Hunter Clouds</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002505"><b><span style="color:navy;">Big Dipper and Spring Blossoms</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002504"><b><span style="color:navy;">Fingers of the Earth</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002503"><b><span style="color:navy;">Flash Meteor in the Milky Way</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian</span><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002501"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonrise above Cyrus Tomb</span></b></a> (</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >) </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002488"><b><span style="color:navy;">Startrails above Flowers</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002487"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Rise</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002486"><b><span style="color:navy;">Startrails above Ancient Persia</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002485"><b><span style="color:navy;">Snowman Night</span></b></a> (</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >)</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002484"><b><span style="color:navy;">Winter Sky in Motion</span></b></a> (</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >)</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002483"><b><span style="color:navy;">Colors of Orion</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002482"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon, Venus, and Tower</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002481"><b><span style="color:navy;">Evening View of Tehran</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002480"><b><span style="color:navy;">Spring Dream</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Babak A. Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Turkey
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002519"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky above Troy</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002518"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon, Venus, and Trojan Horse</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002517"><b><span style="color:navy;">Roman Remains of Troy</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002516"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Venus above Demre, Antalya</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002515"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way and Zodiacal Light above Mediterranean</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Nepal
<br /></span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002506"><b><span style="color:navy;">Orion and Sirius above Panauti Temple</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Korea
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002493"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way Against Increasing Lights</span></b></a> by Kwon O Chul
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002492"><b><span style="color:navy;">A Celestial Beauty: Moon and Venus</span></b></a> by Kwon O Chul
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002491"><b><span style="color:navy;">Korean Fireball</span></b></a> by Kwon O Chul
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002490"><b><span style="color:navy;">Planets above Seoul</span></b></a> by Kwon O Chul</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></span></b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> is a well-received section on TWAN website to feature selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with TWAN Guest Gallery, please <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a>. There are new featured photos on the Guest Gallery:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001469"><b><span style="color:navy;">Gemini North and the Big Dipper</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> (USA) by Richard Wainscoat
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001468"><b><span style="color:navy;">North Polar Star Trails</span></b></a> (Portugal) by Goncalo Lemos
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001467"><b><span style="color:navy;">Messier Marathon 2009</span></b></a> (Iran) by Seyed Hossien Hossieni
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001466"><b><span style="color:navy;">Blue Vltava</span></b></a> (Czech) by Robert Slobins
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001465"><b><span style="color:navy;">Very Old Moon</span></b></a> (Poland) by Marek Nikodem
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001464"><b><span style="color:navy;">Winter Constellations</span></b></a> (Iran) by Khosro JafariZadeh
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001463"><b><span style="color:navy;">Conjunction over Ponce Inlet Light</span></b></a> (USA) by Ben Cooper
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001462"><b><span style="color:navy;">Ladder to the Stars</span></b></a> (Iran) by Abdolhossein Hashemizadeh
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001461"><b><span style="color:navy;">Southern Stars above San Pedro</span></b></a> (Chile) by Sighard Schraebler
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001460"><b><span style="color:navy;">Nepal Star Trails</span></b></a> (Nepal) by Jonathan Mitchell
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001459"><b><span style="color:navy;">Stars over Kyangjuma</span></b></a> (Nepal) by Stuart Holmes
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001458"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon over the Inside Passage</span></b></a> (USA) by Chip Porter
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001457"><b><span style="color:navy;">Kerman City Light Pollution</span></b></a> (Iran) by Mohammad Javad Fahimi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001456"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way CARMA</span></b></a> (USA) by Tony Rowell
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001455"><b><span style="color:navy;">Noctilucent Skies over Poland</span></b></a> (Poland) by Marek Nikodem
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001454"><b><span style="color:navy;">Turin Light Pollution</span></b></a> (Italy) by Stefano De Rosa</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001453"><b><span style="color:navy;">Mount Adams Wilderness Wildfire</span></b></a> (USA) by Larry Andreasen
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001452"><b><span style="color:navy;">Minsk Mazowiecki Night Sky</span></b></a> (Poland) by Adam Zieminski
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001451"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night at Kaunos Rock Tombs</span></b></a> (Turkey) by Sinan Cate
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001450"><b><span style="color:navy;">Pyramid of Light Pollution</span></b></a> (France) by Florent Bailleul
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001449"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Jupiter over Shenzhen</span></b></a> (China) by Strongman
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001448"><b><span style="color:navy;">Maryhill Monument Star Trails</span></b></a> (USA) by Larry Andreasen
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001447"><b><span style="color:navy;">Stars and Athens Light Pollution</span></b></a> (Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001446"><b><span style="color:navy;">Evening at Griffith Observatory</span></b></a> (USA) by Ali Douraghy
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001445"><b><span style="color:navy;">Watching the Aurora</span></b></a> (Norway) by Fredrik Broms
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001444"><b><span style="color:navy;">Painted Hills Sky</span></b></a> (USA) by Larry Andreasen
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001443"><b><span style="color:navy;">Costa da Caparica Evening Sky</span></b></a> (Portugal) by Miguel Claro
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001442"><b><span style="color:navy;">Summer Stars over Lake Borovik</span></b></a> (Croatia) by Vladimir Zivkovic
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001441"><b><span style="color:navy;">Minaret and the Evening Sky</span></b></a> (Bangladesh) by Anwar Hussain
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001440"><b><span style="color:navy;">Aurora Streaks over a Glacial Pond</span></b></a> (Iceland) by Tony Prower
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001439"><b><span style="color:navy;">Young Moon in the Szubin Sky</span></b></a> (Poland) by Marek Nikodem
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001438"><b><span style="color:navy;">Orion and the Alps in Moonlight</span></b></a> (Switzerland) by W. Harald
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001437"><b><span style="color:navy;">Dark Skies over the Atacama Desert</span></b></a> (Chile) by Sighard Schraebler
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001436"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way, Clouds, and Light Pollution</span></b></a> (Poland) by Marek Nikodem
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001435"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonrise and the Winter Constellations</span></b></a> (Iran) by Alireza Vafa
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001434"><b><span style="color:navy;">Green Energy</span></b></a> (Norway) by Fredrik Broms
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001433"><b><span style="color:navy;">Camping Under the Milky Way</span></b></a> (USA) by Tony Rowell
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001432"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way over Senggigi Beach</span></b></a> (Indonesia) by Winston Setiawan</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new TWAN photos:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100514.html">Iguaçu Starry Night</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100521.html">Calm, Crescent Moon, and Venus</a> by P-M Heden</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">TWAN is featuring six special galleries:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast">TWAN Podcast</a><span>
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<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Building bridges through the sky
<br />The World at Night
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/">www.twanight.org</a></span>
<br /></p>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-31207356912177162042010-04-15T03:26:00.000-07:002010-04-15T04:06:45.900-07:00The World at Night Newsletter 2010 April 15<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002480"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 157px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t4azk4juV7g/S8bqSrOcYYI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/CgN5NpghPNg/s320/TWAN-NewsletterApril2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460309204795154818" border="0" /></a>
<br /><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Batang; panose-1:2 3 6 0 0 1 1 1 1 1; mso-font-alt:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-font-charset:129; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:0 151388160 16 0 524288 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; 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from the most popular photos to the top visiting countries.</span> </li><li style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news_photo.asp?newsID=6047"><b><span style="color:maroon;">Photo Report: Notable Photos of the Earth and Sky Photo Contest</span></b></a> : A collection of notable Earth and sky photos from across the world selected by TWAN members and the judges of the International Earth and Sky Photo Contest.</span> </li><li style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6045"><b><span style="color:maroon;">TWAN Confirms Plans for 2010</span></b></a> : The World at Night has announced its plans for 2010, from new members to new exhibitions and new publications.</span> </li><li style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/twanfans">Join<span> TWAN fans on Facebook</span></a></b> : Learn about the latest updates on the project and communicate with TWAN photographers at The World at Night page on Facebook page. </span> </li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;">Visitors comments</b></span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;">: New option on TWAN website for more interaction between the photographers and visitors. Write comments on TWAN Photos, ask questions, and share ideas. Find “comment” bottom below each photo.</span></span></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a> </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website, featuring starry nights of the planet's landmarks from across the world.
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<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Americas</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >USA</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(10, 1, 133);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002479"><b><span style="color: rgb(10, 1, 133);">Winter Milky Way over Death Valley</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"> by Wally Pacholka</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <span style="color: rgb(10, 1, 133);"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002478"><b><span style="color: rgb(10, 1, 133);">Lunar Rainbow and Volcanic Eruption</span></b></a></span> by Wally Pacholka<b>
<br />- </b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002477"><b><span style="color:navy;">Los Angeles Pair</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002447"><b><span style="color:navy;">Dan and Kasatochi</span></b></a> by Doug Zubenel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002445"><b><span style="color:navy;">Karma and Joy</span></b></a> by LeRoy Zimmerman
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002444"><b><span style="color:navy;">Enchanted April</span></b></a> by LeRoy Zimmerman
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002442"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lovely Lulin</span></b></a> by Doug Zubenel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002441"><b><span style="color:navy;">Umbral Morning</span></b></a> by Doug Zubenel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002437"><b><span style="color:navy;">Windmill, Moon and Venus</span></b></a> by Doug Zubenel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002436"><b><span style="color:navy;">Star Party under Billions of Stars</span></b></a> by Dennis di Cicco</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Canada
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002469"><b><span style="color:navy;">Wind of the Sun</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Yuichi Takasaka</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Europe</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >France
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002474"><b><span style="color:navy;">Light House Dawn</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Laurent Laveder
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002473"><b><span style="color:navy;">Coast of Brittany under Moonlight</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >(VR)</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by Laurent Laveder</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Sweden
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002460"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lights of the North</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002459"><b><span style="color:navy;">Startrails above My Cottage</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002458"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon Halo</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002457"><b><span style="color:navy;">Winter Stars above Dal River</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002456"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night at a Rune Stone</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002455"><b><span style="color:navy;">Aurora above Sweden</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by P-M Heden</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Finland</span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002446"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Setting Sun</span></b></a> by Pekka Parviainen</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Hungary
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002468"><b><span style="color:navy;">Don't Drive Fast under Starry Sky</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002467"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky Rotation</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002466"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Seven Sisters</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002465"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lake Balaton by Moonlight</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi<b>
<br />- </b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002461"><b><span style="color:navy;">2010 Earth Hour in Budapest</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Austria
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002464"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Scorpius above Alps</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi<b>
<br />- </b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002463"><b><span style="color:navy;">Serene Paraselene</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Asia and Middle East</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Iran</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(10, 1, 133);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002480"><b><span style="color: rgb(10, 1, 133);">Spring Dream </span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span> </span>by Babak Tafreshi<b>
<br />- </b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002476"><b><span style="color:navy;">Alice in Wonderland</span></b></a> </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">by Babak A. Tafreshi</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /><b>- </b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002472"><b><span style="color:navy;">Stars of Spring</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002471"><b><span style="color:navy;">Satrun and Leo in Spring Sky</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002470"><b><span style="color:navy;">Heavens at Night</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002450"><b><span style="color:navy;">Desert Camp and Zodiacal Band</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tunc Tezel
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002440"><b><span style="color:navy;">Essence of Spring</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Oshin D. Zakarian</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002439"><b><span style="color:navy;">Santa Stargazer</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002438"><b><span style="color:navy;">Alborz Starry Winter</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Oshin D. Zakarian</span><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002435"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night above Wild Flowers</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >(</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >)</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >by Amir H. Abolfath</span><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002434"><b><span style="color:navy;">Messier Marathon in Action</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >(</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >)</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002433"><b><span style="color:navy;">A Starry Autumn Night in Virtual Reality</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >(</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >)</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002432"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky Watcher and Milky Way</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002431"><b><span style="color:navy;">Cars and Stars</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002430"><b><span style="color:navy;">Trails on the Earth and Sky</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002429"><b><span style="color:navy;">Fire Temple and Circumpolar Trails</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002428"><b><span style="color:navy;">Startrails above Cyrus</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Russia - Siberia
<br /></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002475"><b><span style="color:navy;">Cottage Milky Way</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Turkey
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002452"><b><span style="color:navy;">Setting Winter Stars over Southern Turkey</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tunc Tezel
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002451"><b><span style="color:navy;">From Orion to Canopus</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tunc Tezel
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002449"><b><span style="color:navy;">Rising Scorpius and Approaching Storm</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tunc Tezel</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Nepal
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002454"><b><span style="color:navy;">Panauti Stars</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002453"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sirius Rises above Himalaya</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Oshin D. Zakarian</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Korea
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002462"><b><span style="color:navy;">2010 Earth Hour in Seoul</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >(</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >) by Kwon O Chul
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002448"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sunset over Korean National Observatory</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Kwon O Chul</span><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002443"><b><span style="color:navy;">Northern Stars above Korea National Observatory</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Kwon O Chul</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > is a well-received section on TWAN website to feature selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with TWAN Guest Gallery, please <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a>. There are new featured photos on the Guest Gallery:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001442"><b><span style="color:navy;">Summer Stars over Lake Borovik</span></b></a> (Croatia) by Vladimir Zivkovic </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001441"><b><span style="color:navy;">Minaret and the Evening Sky</span></b></a> (Bangladesh) by Anwar Hussain </span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001440"><b><span style="color:navy;">Aurora Streaks over a Glacial Pond</span></b></a> (Iceland) by Tony Prower</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001439"><b><span style="color:navy;">Young Moon in the Szubin Sky</span></b></a> (Poland) by Marek Nikodem </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001438"><b><span style="color:navy;">Orion and the Alps in Moonlight</span></b></a> (Switzerland) by W. Harald</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001437"><b><span style="color:navy;">Dark Skies over the Atacama Desert</span></b></a> (Chile) by Sighard Schraebler</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001436"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way, Clouds, and Light Pollution</span></b></a> (Poland) by Marek Nikodem</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001435"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonrise and the Winter Constellations</span></b></a> (Iran) by Alireza Vafa</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001434"><b><span style="color:navy;">Green Energy</span></b></a> (Norway) by Fredrik Broms</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001433"><b><span style="color:navy;">Camping Under the Milky Way</span></b></a> (USA) by Tony Rowell</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001432"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way over Senggigi Beach</span></b></a> (Indonesia) by Winston Setiawan</span><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001431"><b><span style="color:navy;">Boreal Forest</span></b></a> (Norway) by Fredrik Broms
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001430"><b><span style="color:navy;">Big Dipper over a Lone Tree</span></b></a> (Poland) by Marek Nikodem
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001429"><b><span style="color:navy;">Temple Night</span></b></a> (Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001428"><b><span style="color:navy;">Full Moon Rainbow</span></b></a> (USA) by Tony Rowell
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001427"><b><span style="color:navy;">Light House and Stars</span></b></a> (USA) by Larry Andreasen
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001426"><b><span style="color:navy;">Observatory and Capital</span></b></a> (Armenia) by Mahdi Zamani and Suren Stepanian
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001425"><b><span style="color:navy;">Stargazers</span></b></a> (Romania) by Valentin Grigore
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001424"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lights of Los Angeles</span></b></a> (USA) by Ali Douraghy
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001423"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lights vs .Stars</span></b></a> (Norway) by Fredrik Broms
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001422"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starry Night of Croatia</span></b></a> (Croatia) by Vid Nikolic
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001421"><b><span style="color:navy;">Crescent Moon over Anarak</span></b></a> (Iran) by Mahdi Zamani
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001420"><b><span style="color:navy;">Cottage and Southern Cross</span></b></a> (Indonesia) by Sighard Schraebler
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001419"><b><span style="color:navy;">Everest North Side</span></b></a> (Tibet) by Stuart Holmes
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001418"><b><span style="color:navy;">Alaskan Summer Camping</span></b></a> (USA) by Chip Porter
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001417"><b><span style="color:navy;">Atlas-III Rocket Launch</span></b></a> (USA) by Ben Cooper
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001416"><b><span style="color:navy;">Greek Milky Way</span></b></a> (Greece) by Frank Ryan Jr
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001415"><b><span style="color:navy;">Hawaiian Summit Moonrise</span></b></a> (USA) by Richard Wainscoat
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001414"><b><span style="color:navy;">Pine Tree Star Motion</span></b></a> (Portugal) by Miguel Claro
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001413"><b><span style="color:navy;">Top of the World Star Trails</span></b></a> (Nepal) by Jonathan Mitchell
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001412"><b><span style="color:navy;">Desert Star Trails</span></b></a> (Iran) by Babak Parhizkari
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001411"><b><span style="color:navy;">Ancient Moonrise</span></b></a> (Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new imagery taken by TWAN photographers</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100402.html">Serene Paraselene</a> by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100327.html">Hesiodus Sunrise Ray</a> by Stefan Seip
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<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >TWAN is featuring six special galleries:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast">TWAN Podcast</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast">
<br /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><span> </span></span></p>Building bridges through the sky
<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >The World at Night
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<br />The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-56462785280053033972010-03-23T03:21:00.000-07:002010-03-25T23:21:16.768-07:00TWAN Newsletter 2010 March 14<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?Sort=Country&Value=Turkey&page=1"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 353px; height: 196px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t4azk4juV7g/S6iYPft483I/AAAAAAAAAHI/DUF-fpXtDDM/s320/TWAN-Tezel-Turkey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451774740911420274" border="0" /></a>
<br /><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Batang; panose-1:2 3 6 0 0 1 1 1 1 1; mso-font-alt:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-font-charset:129; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:0 151388160 16 0 524288 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} @font-face {font-family:"\@Batang"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:129; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:0 151388160 16 0 524288 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; text-justify:inter-ideograph; mso-pagination:none; text-autospace:none; word-break:break-all; font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Batang; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-fareast-language:KO;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-unhide:no; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:Batang;} @page Section1 {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; margin:99.25pt 85.05pt 85.05pt 85.05pt; mso-header-margin:42.55pt; mso-footer-margin:49.6pt; mso-paper-source:0; layout-grid:18.0pt;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >News and Report</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6045"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';color:maroon;" >TWAN Confirms Plans for 2010</span></a>. </b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >The World at Night has announced its plans for 2010, from new members to new exhibitions and new publications.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- TWAN welcomes <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photographers_about.asp?photographer=Amir%20H.%20Abolfath">Amir H. Abolfath</a> as a new member. <span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a> </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website, featuring starry nights of the planet's landmarks from all over the our world. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Americas</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >USA
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002390"><b><span style="color:navy;">VLBA Stars</span></b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by Wally Pacholka
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002389"><b><span style="color:navy;">Canyonlands Starry Sky</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Wally Pacholka
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002388"><b><span style="color:navy;">Morning Light of Haleakala</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Wally Pacholka
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002387"><b><span style="color:navy;">New England Moonlight</span></b></a> by Dennis di Cicco
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002386"><b><span style="color:navy;">Wolf Moon</span></b></a> by LeRoy Zimmerman</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Canada
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002395"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonlight on Yukon</span></b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by Yuichi Takasaka
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002394"><b><span style="color:navy;">Yukon Aurora with Star Trails</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Yuichi Takasaka
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002393"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Aurora</span></b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by Kwon O Chul</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Europe</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >France
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002412"><b><span style="color:navy;">All-Sky in Virtual Reality</span></b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > (VR)</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by Laurent Laveder
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002411"><b><span style="color:navy;">Under Brittany Sky</span></b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > (VR)</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by Laurent Laveder
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002410"><b><span style="color:navy;">Celestial Triple</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Laurent Laveder
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002409"><b><span style="color:navy;">Full Moon Sky</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Laurent Laveder</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Sweden
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002407"><b><span style="color:navy;">Mars and Beehive</span></b></a></span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002406"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Hunter Walks</span></b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > (</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >)</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by P-M Heden</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Norway
<br /></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >-</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002404"><b><span style="color:navy;">Colors of Lofoten</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" >
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002392"><b><span style="color:navy;">Aurora Night in Norway</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >(</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >time-lapse video</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >) by Bernd Proschold<span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">
<br />-</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002385"><b><span style="color:navy;">Aurora Lake</span></b></a> </span>by Bernd Proschold
<br />- <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002384"><b><span style="color:navy;">Norway Night</span></b></a> </span>by Bernd Proschold<span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Hungary
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002423"><b><span style="color:navy;">Tangent Arcs above Lake Balaton</span></b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002421"><b><span style="color:navy;">Shuttle and Station</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Austria</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002422"><b><span style="color:navy;">anzelhohe Observatory under Moonlight</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002420"><b><span style="color:navy;">Observatory Fish-Eye View</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Asia and Middle East</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Iran
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002427"><b><span style="color:navy;">New Moon in the Evening Sky</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002418"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon, Galaxy, and Space Station</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Oshin D. Zakarian</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002417"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Vitality of Spring</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002413"><b><span style="color:navy;">Venus and Mercury</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002408"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky Photographer</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath</span><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002403"><b><span style="color:navy;">Young Moon</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >(</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >)</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002402"><b><span style="color:navy;">Metropolis Lights</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002401"><b><span style="color:navy;">Eclipse Trail</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002400"><b><span style="color:navy;">Celebrating Nowruz Under Stars</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002399"><b><span style="color:navy;">Rush Hour</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002398"><b><span style="color:navy;">Running Messier</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002396"><b><span style="color:navy;">Iran Desert Milky Way</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath</span><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Turkey
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002425"><b><span style="color:navy;">Evening View from Southern Turkey</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tunc Tezel
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002424"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way from Toros Mountains</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Nepal</span></b>
<br /><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002416"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night over Himalayan Villages</span></b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002415"><b><span style="color:navy;">Himalayan Trails</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002405"><b><span style="color:navy;">Heritage Moon</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Armenia
<br /></span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >-</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002414"><b><span style="color:navy;">Observing from Armenia</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002397"><b><span style="color:navy;">Byurakan Observatory</span></b></a> by Amir H. Abolfath</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Korea
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002426"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky Motion above Korean Observatory</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >(</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >) by Kwon O Chul
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002391"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonlight on Observatory</span></b></a> </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Kwon O Chul</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Pacific Ocean (international waters)
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002419"><b><span style="color:navy;">Enjoying Ocean Sky</span></b></a></span><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > is a well-received section on TWAN website to feature selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with TWAN Guest Gallery, please <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a>. There are new featured photos on the Guest Gallery:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001410"><b><span style="color:navy;">Orion and Canis Major</span></b></a> (Iran) by Mostafa Kazemi Pour
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001409"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonlight over Tsemo Gompa</span></b></a> (India) by Milan Kment
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001408"><b><span style="color:navy;">Castlerigg Stone Circle</span></b></a> (England) by Stuart Holmes
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001407"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way over Southeast Alaska</span></b></a> (USA) by Chip Porter
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001406"><b><span style="color:navy;">13-hour Observatory Star Trail</span></b></a> (France) by Alexandre Santerne
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001405"><b><span style="color:navy;">Pleiades Rising Over Fisher Towers</span></b></a> (USA) by David Inskeep
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001404"><b><span style="color:navy;">Enjoying the Deep Sky</span></b></a> (Iran) by Babak Parhizkari
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001403"><b><span style="color:navy;">Northern Lights over Yellowknife</span></b></a> (Canada) by Alexis Brandeker
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001402"><b><span style="color:navy;">English Channel Star Trails</span></b></a> (United Kingdom) by Jonathan Mitchell
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001401"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon over the river Po</span></b></a> (Italy) by Stefano De Rosa
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001400"><b><span style="color:navy;">Smokey Alaskan Moon</span></b></a> (USA) by Chip Porter
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001399"><b><span style="color:navy;">Camping Under the Stars</span></b></a> (Iran) by Arman Golestaneh</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new TWAN photos:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100311.html">Yukon Aurora with Star Trails</a> by Yuichi Takasaka
<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100305.html">Deep Auriga</a> by Tunç Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100220.html">Geostationary Highway</a> by Babak Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >TWAN is featuring six special galleries:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast">TWAN Podcast</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >TWAN is a global program to produce and present a collection of stunning photographs and time-lapse videos of the world's most beautiful and historic sites against the nighttime backdrop of stars, planets and celestial events.</span></p>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-40961421525253023952010-03-23T03:15:00.000-07:002010-03-23T03:21:10.501-07:00TWAN Newsletter 2010 February 5<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news_photo.asp?newsID=6044"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 391px; height: 141px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t4azk4juV7g/S6iVIA8MReI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/aX4X2DFNcUs/s320/TWAN-Nepal-Tafreshi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451771313855940066" border="0" /></a>
<br /><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Batang; panose-1:2 3 6 0 0 1 1 1 1 1; mso-font-alt:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-font-charset:129; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:0 151388160 16 0 524288 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} @font-face {font-family:"\@Batang"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:129; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:0 151388160 16 0 524288 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; text-justify:inter-ideograph; mso-pagination:none; text-autospace:none; word-break:break-all; font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Batang; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-fareast-language:KO;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-unhide:no; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:Batang;} @page Section1 {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; margin:99.25pt 85.05pt 85.05pt 85.05pt; mso-header-margin:42.55pt; mso-footer-margin:49.6pt; mso-paper-source:0; layout-grid:18.0pt;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >News and Report</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- <span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news_photo.asp?newsID=6044">Photo Report: TWAN in the Land of Himalaya</a></span></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > - The first TWAN mission to Nepal created amazing starry photos of the top of the World and resulted in an imaging workshop and promising collaborations with the country’s growing astronomy community.<span style="color:navy;"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news_photo.asp?newsID=6043"><b><span style="color:maroon;">Photo Report: The World at Night Across Chile</span></b></a> - Chile was one of the most successful countries in hosting TWAN events during the IYA2009 with exhibitions in 30 locations across the country including the presidential palace in Santiago.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- Find new exhibitions and workshops around the world in <b><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/events_table.asp">TWAN Events Table</a></b>. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- Shop framed prints, postcards, and other favorite TWAN promotional items in <b><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/twanshop">Cafe Press</a></b>.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a>
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website, featuring starry nights of the planet's landmarks from across the world. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Americas</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >USA
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002382"><b><span style="color:navy;">Mars and a Colorful Lunar Fog Bow</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002381"><b><span style="color:navy;">Galactic View</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002373"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starry Sky above Silversword</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002372"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Jupiter over the Crater Rim</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002348"><b><span style="color:navy;">Crescent Descent</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Doug Zubenel
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002347"><b><span style="color:navy;">PlanetCatcher and Mars</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Doug Zubenel
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002346"><b><span style="color:navy;">Heavenly Halo</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Doug Zubenel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Canada
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002359"><b><span style="color:navy;">Newfoundland Milky Way</span></b></a> by Yuichi Takasaka
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002350"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Northern Lights</span></b></a> by Kwon O Chul
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002349"><b><span style="color:navy;">Aurora in Motion</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >(time-lapse video) </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Kwon O Chul</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Chile</span></b>
<br /><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002380"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starry Motion above Easter Island</span></b></a></span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > (time-lapse video) </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Stephane Guisard
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002379"><b><span style="color:navy;">Gemini in Motion from Inside and Outside</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >(time-lapse video) </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Stephane Guisard</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Europe</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >France
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002371"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night in the Carnac Stones</span></b></a> (VR)</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by Laurent Laveder
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002370"><b><span style="color:navy;">Gemenid Meteors above Brittany</span></b></a> (</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >)</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by Laurent Laveder
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002369"><b><span style="color:navy;">Conjunction Above Dancing Boats</span></b></a> (</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >)</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by Laurent Laveder</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Sweden
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002368"><b><span style="color:navy;">Atmospheric Optics in Motion</span></b></a> (</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >)</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002367"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonset in Scandinavia</span></b></a> (</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >time-lapse video</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >)</span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002366"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sweden Dark Sky</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002365"><b><span style="color:navy;">Around the Pole</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by P-M Heden
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002364"><b><span style="color:navy;">Halos and Pillars at -34C</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by P-M Heden</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002363"><b><span style="color:navy;">Baltic Seaside</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by P-M Heden</span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Hungary
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002362"><b><span style="color:navy;">Mars and Windmill</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002361"><b><span style="color:navy;">Winter Triangle</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002360"><b><span style="color:navy;">Winter in Moonlight</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Tamas Ladanyi<b></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Greece
<br /></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002383"><b><span style="color:navy;">Athens Full Moon</span></b></a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Asia and Middle East</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Iran
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002378"><b><span style="color:navy;">Desert under Moonlight</span></b></a></span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002374"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night in a Caravansary</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002343"><b><span style="color:navy;">Peaceful Evening</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002342"><b><span style="color:navy;">Stars of Silk Road</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002341"><b><span style="color:navy;">Planets above Persian Heritage</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002340"><b><span style="color:navy;">Snowland Sky</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian</span><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Turkey
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002358"><b><span style="color:navy;">Mediterranean Sky View in Virtual Reality</span></b></a> (VR) by Tunc Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002357"><b><span style="color:navy;">Winter Panorama</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002356"><b><span style="color:navy;">Light Galaxy</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002355"><b><span style="color:navy;">Seaside Planet</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002354"><b><span style="color:navy;">Conjunction in All-Sky View</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Nepal
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002377"><b><span style="color:navy;">Temple Night Hours</span></b></a></span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002376"><b><span style="color:navy;">Good Morning Kathmandu</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002375"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonrise above Nepal Heritage</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002345"><b><span style="color:navy;">Beehive Above Himalaya</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002344"><b><span style="color:navy;">TWAN Photographers in Nepal</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >China
<br />- </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002353"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Only Star of Shanghai</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002352"><b><span style="color:navy;">Southern Cross from Orchid Island</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >by P.K. Chen</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Korea
<br />-</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002351"><b><span style="color:navy;">Eclipsed Sun Sets above Seoul</span></b></a> by Kwon O Chul</span></p><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > is a well-received section on TWAN website to feature selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with TWAN Guest Gallery, please <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a>. There are new featured photos on the Guest Gallery:</span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001398"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sounio Temple Star Trails</span></b></a> (Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001397"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night at Pha Nom Rung</span></b></a> (Thailand) by Pong Skuntanaga
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001396"><b><span style="color:navy;">Stenness Aurora</span></b></a> (UK) by Grant Privett
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001395"><b><span style="color:navy;">Silent Night</span></b></a> (Japan) by Kouji Ohnishi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001394"><b><span style="color:navy;">Leonid Meteor at Dawn</span></b></a> (USA) by Tony Rowell
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001393"><b><span style="color:navy;">Round and Round</span></b></a> (Iran) by Niloofar Khavari
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001392"><b><span style="color:navy;">Dark Sky Namibia</span></b></a> (Africa) by Rudi Dobesberger
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001391"><b><span style="color:navy;">Venus and Saturn above Rome</span></b></a> (Italy) by Marco Meniero
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001390"><b><span style="color:navy;">Star Trail over Haute Provence Observatory</span></b></a> (France) by Alexandre Santerne
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001389"><b><span style="color:navy;">Spring Night at Tololo</span></b></a> (Chile) by Arturo Gomez / Jose Velasquez
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001388"><b><span style="color:navy;">Monate Lake Old Moon and Morning Planets</span></b></a> (Italy) by Stefano De Rosa
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001387"><b><span style="color:navy;">Prandau-Normann Castle Star Trails</span></b></a> (Croatia) by Ivica Skokic
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001386"><b><span style="color:navy;">Rocky Star Trails</span></b></a> (Iran) by Arman Golestaneh
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001385"><b><span style="color:navy;">Enjoying the View</span></b></a> (Iran) by Mostafa Kazemi Pour
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001384"><b><span style="color:navy;">MIR Trails near the Beehive</span></b></a> (Spain) by Vicente Aupi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new TWAN photos:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100202.html">Mars and a Colorful Lunar Fog Bow</a> by Wally Pacholka
<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100118.html">Eclipse over the Temple of Poseidon</a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis
<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100115.html">Scenes from Two Hemispheres</a> by Babak Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >TWAN is featuring six special galleries:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast">TWAN Podcast</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast">
<br /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >TWAN is a global program to produce and present a collection of stunning photographs of the world's most beautiful and historic sites against the nighttime backdrop of stars, planets and celestial events.</span></p>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-6806428941704086802010-03-23T03:08:00.000-07:002010-03-23T03:14:07.508-07:00TWAN Newsletter 2010 January 10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twanight.org/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 211px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t4azk4juV7g/S6iT39cWtgI/AAAAAAAAAGI/HWMWBjHlx6k/s320/NewYearTWAN.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451769938527565314" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Americas</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >USA
<br />- </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002308"><b><span style="color:navy;">Solstice Moon from Alaska</span></b></a> by LeRoy Zimmerman
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002307"><b><span style="color:navy;">Conjunction in Massachusetts</span></b></a> by Dennis di Cicco
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002306"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky On Fire</span></b></a> by Doug Zubenel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002305"><b><span style="color:navy;">Orange Blue Moon!</span></b></a> by Doug Zubenel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002304"><b><span style="color:navy;">Comet Holmes and Oak Trees</span></b></a> by Doug Zubenel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002303"><b><span style="color:navy;">Remembering a Star Party</span></b></a> by Doug Zubenel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002302"><b><span style="color:navy;">Tall-grass Prairie Moon</span></b></a> by Doug Zubenel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Canada
<br />- </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002312"><b><span style="color:navy;">Outside Activity</span></b></a> (time-lapse video) <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Yuichi Takasaka
<br />- </span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002311"><b><span style="color:navy;">British Columbia Moonset</span></b></a> (time-lapse video) <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Yuichi Takasaka
<br />- </span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002310"><b><span style="color:navy;">Meteor Through Aurora</span></b></a> <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Yuichi Takasaka
<br />- </span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002309"><b><span style="color:navy;">A Flight of Light</span></b></a> <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Yuichi Takasaka</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Chile</span></b>
<br /><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002301"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky Motion above Martian Desert</span></b></a> (time-lapse video) <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Serge Brunier
<br />- </span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002293"><b><span style="color:navy;">24 Hours in Atacama</span></b></a> (time-lapse video) <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Serge Brunier</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">
<br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Europe</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >France
<br />- </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002336"><b><span style="color:navy;">Alternative Source of Geminids</span></b></a> by Laurent Laveder
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002335"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon Balloon</span></b></a> by Laurent Laveder
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002299"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Moon above Paris</span></b></a> by Dennis di Cicco
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002298"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Venus of Paris</span></b></a> by John Goldsmith</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Sweden
<br />- </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002334"><b><span style="color:navy;">Stars Around the Pole</span></b></a> by P-M Heden
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002333"><b><span style="color:navy;">Clear Sky of Christmas Night</span></b></a> by P-M Heden
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002332"><b><span style="color:navy;">A Heavenly Night of New Year Eve</span></b></a> by P-M Heden
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002331"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Jupiter Meets on Christmas Night</span></b></a> by P-M Heden</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Finland</span></b>
<br /><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002300"><b><span style="color:navy;">Aurora Queen</span></b></a> by Pekka Parviainen</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Spain
<br />- </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002328"><b><span style="color:navy;">Startrails over The Ring</span></b></a> by Juan Carlos Casado</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Hungary
<br />- </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002327"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Mercury</span></b></a> by Tamas Ladanyi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002326"><b><span style="color:navy;">Return of Sunspots</span></b></a> by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Asia and Middle East</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Iran
<br />-</span></b><b> </b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002315"><b><span style="color:navy;">Colors of Night</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002314"><b><span style="color:navy;">Amateur Astronomers Chase a Comet</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Turkey
<br />- </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002320"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon Hides Antares</span></b></a> <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Tunc Tezel
<br />- </span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002319"><b><span style="color:navy;">Halos around Partially Eclipsed Moon</span></b></a> <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Tunc Tezel
<br />- </span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002318"><b><span style="color:navy;">8000 Years of History</span></b></a> <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Tunc Tezel
<br />- </span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002317"><b><span style="color:navy;">Outside the Walls of an Ancient City</span></b></a><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"> by Tunc Tezel
<br />- </span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002316"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starry Night of Hittites</span></b></a> <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Tunc Tezel</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Nepal
<br />- </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002338"><b><span style="color:navy;">Everest and Mysterious Star</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002330"><b><span style="color:navy;">Temple Night Hours</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002329"><b><span style="color:navy;">Ama Dablam Startrails</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002325"><b><span style="color:navy;">Paradise Valley</span></b></a> <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- </span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002324"><b><span style="color:navy;">Heritage Moon</span></b></a> <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- </span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002323"><b><span style="color:navy;">Stupa Trails</span></b></a> <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- </span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002322"><b><span style="color:navy;">Meteors and Trails above Panauti Temple</span></b></a> <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- </span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002321"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sirius Rises in Nepal</span></b></a> <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);">by Oshin D. Zakarian</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >China
<br />-</span></b><b> </b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002313"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Celestial Bears</span></b></a> by P.K. Chen</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Africa</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Algeria
<br />- </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002337"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky of Our African Ancestors</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi
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<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Australia</span></u></b> <b><u>and Pacific</u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Australia
<br />- </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002339"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky of Two Hemispheres</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002297"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonlit Night of the Wave Rock</span></b></a> by John Goldsmith
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002296"><b><span style="color:navy;">Stars above Wave Rock</span></b></a> by John Goldsmith
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002295"><b><span style="color:navy;">Tasmania at Night</span></b></a> (time-lapse video) by John Goldsmith
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002294"><b><span style="color:navy;">Southern Stars above Cradle Mountain</span></b></a> by John Goldsmith</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > is a well-received section on TWAN website to feature selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with TWAN Guest Gallery, please <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a>. Listen to a New Year greeting message from the Gallery coordinator Thad V'Soske by clicking on the speaker icon at the top of the gallery pages. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >There are new featured photos on the Guest Gallery:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001383"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night Street</span></b></a> (Germany) by Jens Hackmann
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001382"><b><span style="color:navy;">Tree, Milky Way, and Jupiter</span></b></a> (Iran) by Ariana Ahangary
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001381"><b><span style="color:navy;">ISS and Lake Michigan</span></b></a> (USA) by Ken Scott
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001380"><b><span style="color:navy;">Joshua Trees at Night</span></b></a> (USA) by Chip Porter
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001379"><b><span style="color:navy;">Trees and the Winter Triangle</span></b></a> (Japan) by Kouji Ohnishi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001378"><b><span style="color:navy;">Highland Cottage</span></b></a> (Iran) by Mohammad Javad Fahimi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001377"><b><span style="color:navy;">Harvest Moon Bridge</span></b></a> (Portugal) by Miguel Claro
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001376"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon Trek</span></b></a> (Portugal) by Goncalo Lemos
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001375"><b><span style="color:navy;">Nighttime Mojave Yucca</span></b></a> (USA) by Chip Porter
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001374"><b><span style="color:navy;">Vega on Lake Alexandrina</span></b></a> (New Zealand) by Kouji Ohnishi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001373"><b><span style="color:navy;">Venus and Regulus over Spina Lake</span></b></a> (Italy) by Stefano De Rosa
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001372"><b><span style="color:navy;">Namibia Night at TIVOLI Astrofarm</span></b></a> (Namibia) by Michael Steffen
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001371"><b><span style="color:navy;">Rising Orion</span></b></a> (Hungary) by Tamas Abraham
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001370"><b><span style="color:navy;">Star Trails over Martian Mountains</span></b></a> (Iran) by Arman Golestaneh
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001369"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonrise over Lake Michigan</span></b></a> (USA) by Bryan R. Tobias
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<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new TWAN photos:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091223.html">December Sunrise, Cape Sounion</a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis
<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091220.html">Solar Eclipse Analemma</a> by Tunç Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091217.html">Mojave Desert Fireball</a> by Wally Pacholka</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >TWAN is featuring six special galleries:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast">TWAN Podcast</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast">
<br /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;" >TWAN is a global program to produce and present a collection of stunning photographs of the world's most beautiful and historic sites against the nighttime backdrop of stars, planets and celestial events.</span></p>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-33572512974390665832010-03-23T02:57:00.000-07:002010-03-23T03:08:20.372-07:00TWAN Newsletter 2009 December 19<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?Sort=Photographer&Value=Wally%20Pacholka&page=1"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 358px; height: 210px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t4azk4juV7g/S6iRXNbwyPI/AAAAAAAAAFo/9I66FHhb7s8/s320/TWAN-Pacholka-Bolide.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451767176861108466" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="">Happy New Year 2010!</span></b></span> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="">Reports</span></u></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >- TWAN events started in Scandinavia with a traveling exhibition in Sweden, supported by the Swedish Astronomical Society. <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news_photo.asp?newsID=6042">More</a> </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >- A traveling exhibition and side programs of The World at Night in Hungary, in conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy 2009 made major public attention t the night sky. <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news_photo.asp?newsID=6041">More</a></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style=""><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a> </span></b></span><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><span> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website, featuring starry nights of the planet's landmarks from across the world. </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Americas</span></u></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">USA<br /></span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002292"><b><span style="color:navy;">Mojave Desert Fireball</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka<br /></span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002283"><b><span style="color:navy;">Geminid Meteor over Monument Valley</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002282"><b><span style="color:navy;">Monument Valley Falling Star</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002245"><b><span style="color:navy;">Jupiter and Arch</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">CANADA<br /></span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002260"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky above Iceberg</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >(time-lapse video) </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" >by Yuichi Takasaka<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002259"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Night Show of Aurora Village</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >(time-lapse video) </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" >by Yuichi Takasaka</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Europe</span></u></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">France<br />- </span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002289"><b><span style="color:navy;">Meteor in Brittany Morning Sky</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Laurent Laveder<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002265"><b><span style="color:navy;">Normandy Panorama</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Laurent Laveder<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002264"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starry Self Portrait</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Laurent Laveder</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">Greece<br /></span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002281"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Planets from an Ancient Crater</span></b></a> by Stefan Seip<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002278"><b><span style="color:navy;">Solstice Sun Over Sounion</span></b></a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002238"><b><span style="color:navy;">Oropos Sunset</span></b></a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">Sweden<br />- </span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002258"><b><span style="color:navy;">Gotland Moonset</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by P-M Heden<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002257"><b><span style="color:navy;">Northern Hemisphere Milky Way</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by P-M Heden</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">Norway<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002251"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starryscape at 69 North</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002250"><b><span style="color:navy;">Aurora above Fjord Landscape</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002239"><b><span style="color:navy;">A Glimpse of Far North</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >(time-lapse video) </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" >by Bernd Proschold</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">Austria<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >-</span><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002240"><b><span style="color:navy;">Above Thousand Peaks</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >(time-lapse video) </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" >by Bernd Proschold</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">Spain<br />- </span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002249"><b><span style="color:navy;">Caparra by Moonlight</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Juan Carlos Casado<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002247"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lying under the Galactic Arch</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Juan Carlos Casado<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002246"><b><span style="color:navy;">Monfrague Milky Way</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Juan Carlos Casado</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style=""> </span></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">Hungary<br />- </span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002255"><b><span style="color:navy;">ISS-Atlantis Trail</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Tamas Ladanyi<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002254"><b><span style="color:navy;">Windmill Surprise</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Tamas Ladanyi<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002253"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sunset to Moonrise Panorama</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Tamas Ladanyi<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002252"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonlit Autumn Night of Hungary</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Asia and Middle East</span></u></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">Iran<br />-</span></b><b><span style=""> </span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002291"><b><span style="color:navy;">Meteors and Winter Milky Way</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002290"><b><span style="color:navy;">Falling Star and Historic Ruin</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002288"><b><span style="color:navy;">Geminid Meteor Shower in Video</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >(time-lapse video) by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002287"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sirius and a Striking Meteor</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002270"><b><span style="color:navy;">Imam Reza Moonrise</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Oshin D. Zakarian<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002269"><b><span style="color:navy;">Autumn Night of Mazandaran</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Oshin D. Zakarian</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">Turkey<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002286"><b><span style="color:navy;">Double Meteors above Turkey</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002285"><b><span style="color:navy;">All-sky Composite of Geminid Meteors</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002263"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starry Sky of a Mediterranean Harbor</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002262"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky of Ancients</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002261"><b><span style="color:navy;">Edge-on Milky Way</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">Nepal<br />- </span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002284"><b><span style="color:navy;">Orion Trails above Himalaya</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002277"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Top of the World</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002276"><b><span style="color:navy;">Orion Rises above Himalaya</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >(time-lapse video) by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002275"><b><span style="color:navy;">Ama Dablam Martian Rise</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >(time-lapse video) by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002274"><b><span style="color:navy;">Himalayan Skyscape</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002268"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night in the Land of Temples</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002267"><b><span style="color:navy;">Himalayan Dream</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002266"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starry Night of Buddha</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">China<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002280"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Little Bear</span></b></a></span><span style=";font-size:85%;" > by P.K. Chen<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002279"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way of Yunnan</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by P.K. Chen<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002248"><b><span style="color:navy;">Great Wall Halo</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Juan Carlos Casado<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002243"><b><span style="color:navy;">Robotic Telescope</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by P.K. Chen<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002242"><b><span style="color:navy;">Yunnan Astronomical Observatory</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by P.K. Chen<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002241"><b><span style="color:navy;">Orion Rises in Yunnan</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by P.K. Chen</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">Taiwan<br />- </span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002244"><b><span style="color:navy;">Amateur Observatory</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by P.K. Chen</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Australia</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> and Pacific</span></u></b></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">Chile (Easter Island)<br />- </span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002273"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night Arrives in Easter Island</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Stephane Guisard<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002272"><b><span style="color:navy;">Meteor, Galaxy, and Volcano</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Stephane Guisard<br />- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002271"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Large Magellanic above Easter Island</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >by Stephane Guisard</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style="">Australia<br /></span></b></span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002237"><b><span style="color:navy;">Evening Twilight and the Living Desert</span></b></a> by John Goldsmith</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span style=""><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></span></b></span><span style=";font-size:85%;" > is a well-received section on TWAN website to feature selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with TWAN Guest Gallery, please <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a>. There are new featured photos on the Guest Gallery:</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001368"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way from Valle de la Luna</span></b></a> (Chile) by Manel Soria<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001367"><b><span style="color:navy;">Crepuscular Rays from Capuchos</span></b></a> (Portugal) by Miguel Claro<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001366"><b><span style="color:navy;">Per Aspera ad Astra</span></b></a> (Poland) by Marek Nikodem<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001365"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Jupiter over Cahore Strand</span></b></a> (Ireland) by Eric Clarke<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001364"><b><span style="color:navy;">Medieval Moon</span></b></a> (Italy) by Marco Candotti<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001363"><b><span style="color:navy;">Gazing at the Sky</span></b></a> (Iran) by Sara Khalafinejad<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001362"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Jupiter over Hogehall</span></b></a> (Sweden) by Jimmy Nordstrom<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001361"><b><span style="color:navy;">Ft. McKavett Ruins at Night</span></b></a> (USA) by Bryan R. Tobias<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001360"><b><span style="color:navy;">ISS above Bad Mergentheim</span></b></a> (Germany) by Jens Hackmann<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001359"><b><span style="color:navy;">Observing the Night Skies</span></b></a> (Romania) by Cristina Tinta-Vass<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001358"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sariska Jungle Milky Way Trails</span></b></a> (India) by C B Devgun<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001357"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Jupiter above Olympus Mountain</span></b></a> (Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001356"><b><span style="color:navy;">Band of the Milky Way</span></b></a> (Iran) by Mahdi Zamani<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001355"><b><span style="color:navy;">Iridium Flare over Cottage</span></b></a> (Slovakia) by Tomas Maruska<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001354"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night Sky from Ft. McKavett</span></b></a> (USA) by Bryan R. Tobias</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new photos by TWAN photographers:</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html">Comet Hyakutake Passes the Earth</a> by Doug Zubenel<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091212.html">Geminid Meteor over Monument Valley</a> by Wally Pacholka<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091205.html">Himalayan Skyscape</a> by Babak Tafreshi</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >- TWAN is featuring six special galleries:</span></p><p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast">TWAN Podcast</a></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><span> </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >TWAN is a global program to produce and present a collection of stunning photographs of the world's most beautiful and historic sites against the nighttime backdrop of stars, planets and celestial events.</span><br /></p>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-70202444547223729872010-03-23T02:31:00.000-07:002010-03-23T02:56:47.318-07:00TWAN Newsletter 2009 November 15<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?Sort=Country&Value=Algeria&page=1"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 408px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t4azk4juV7g/S6iP0BhE4dI/AAAAAAAAAFY/EybCXBSt1YM/s320/TWAN-Tafreshi-Sahara.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451765472855122386" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1" target="_blank">Latest Photos and Videos</a> </span></b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website, featuring starry nights of the planet's landmarks from across the world. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ><strong><u>Europe</u></strong></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >France<br />- </span></b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002230" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Planets in Brittany</span></b></a> by Laurent Laveder<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002229" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Venus in Brittany</span></b></a> by Laurent Laveder<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002228" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Planets Meet in Harbour</span></b></a> by Laurent Laveder<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002227" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Young Astronomers</span></b></a> by Laurent Laveder<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002226" target="_blank"><span></span><b><span style="color:navy;">Brittany from Horizon to Horizon</span></b></a> by Laurent Laveder<br /><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >Sweden<br /></span></b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002233" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Nature Scene</span></b></a> by P-M Heden<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002232" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonset Milky Way</span></b></a> by P-M Heden<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002231" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Gotland Starry Night</span></b></a> by P-M Heden<br /><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >Spain</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ><br /></span></b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002217" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Caparra Startrails</span></b></a> by Juan Carlos Casado<br /><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >Hungary<br /></span></b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002215" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Winter Moonrise in Hungary</span></b></a> by Tamas Ladanyi<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002214" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way Lake</span></b></a> by Tamas Ladanyi<br /><br /></span><span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >Africa</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >Algeria<br /></span></b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >-</span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" > <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002235" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way from the End of the World</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi<br /><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >Asia</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" > and </span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >Middle East</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >Iran<br /></span></b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002236" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Desert View</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002234" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Bizzare Sky View</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002225" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Color of Fall</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002224" target="_blank"><span></span><b><span style="color:navy;">Shrine View</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002223" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Silk Road Night</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian<br /><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >China</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ><br /></span></b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002219" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Eclipsed Landscape</span></b></a> by Juan Carlos Casado<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002218" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Pingyao Circumpolar Stars</span></b></a> by Juan Carlos Casado<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002216" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way over Pagoda</span></b></a> by Juan Carlos Casado<br /><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >Australia</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" > and Pacific</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >Chile</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" > (</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >Easter Island</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >)<br /></span></b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002222" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonbow above Moais</span><span></span> </b></a>by Stephane Guisard<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002221" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moais at Dark</span></b></a> by Stephane Guisard<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002220" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonlit Night of South Pacific</span></b></a> by Stephane Guisard<br /><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1" target="_blank">Guest Gallery</a></span></b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" > is a well-received section on TWAN website to feature selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with TWAN Guest Gallery, please <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp" target="_blank">contact us</a>. There are new featured photos on the Guest Gallery:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001353" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Zodiacal Light over Chile</span></b></a> (Chile) by Yuri Beletsky<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001352" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon at Qutb Minar</span></b></a> (India) by Atish<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001351" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Old Moon at Perigee</span></b></a> (Italy) by Stefano De Rosa<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001350" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Jupiter over Bahai Gardens</span></b></a> (Israel) by Dimitry Rotstein<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001349" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Vienna Star Trails</span></b></a> (Austria) by Peter Wienerroither<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001348" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Jupiter and Shadowed Photographers</span></b></a> (Iran) by Soroush Sotoudeh<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001347" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Space Shuttle over Italy</span></b></a> (Italy) by Marco Meniero<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001346" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Steps to the Moon</span></b></a> (Portugal) by Miguel Claro<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001345" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way CARMA</span></b></a> (USA) by Tom Lowe<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001344" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starry Night over Korosh Tomb</span></b></a> (Iran) by Mostafa Kazemipour<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001343" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Setting Moon Panorama</span></b></a> (Hungary) by Monika Landy-Gyebnar<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001342" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night at Torremocha</span></b></a> (Spain) by Vicente Aupi<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001341" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Cape Crescent Moon</span></b></a> (Turkey) by Hakan Buyuktuncay<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001340" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Solar Eclipse Evolution</span></b></a> (Turkey) by Cristina Tinta-Vass<br />- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001339" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">ISS over McDonald Observatory</span></b></a> (USA) by Bryan R. Tobias</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new TWAN photos:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >- <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091022.html" target="_blank">Moon and Planets in the Morning</a> by Stefan Seip</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >- TWAN is featuring six special galleries:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1" target="_blank">Latest Images</a><br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance" target="_blank">Dark Skies Importance</a><br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions" target="_blank">Cosmic Motions</a><br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites" target="_blank">World Heritage Sites</a><br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs" target="_blank">TWAN APODs</a><br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast" target="_blank">TWAN Podcast</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" ><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;" >TWAN is a global program to produce and present a collection of stunning photographs of the world's most beautiful and historic sites against the nighttime backdrop of stars, planets and celestial events.</span><br /></p>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-34534566540947513162010-03-23T02:13:00.000-07:002010-03-23T02:31:02.557-07:00TWAN Newsletter 2009 October 19<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?Sort=Site&Value=Easter%20Island%20&page=1"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 249px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t4azk4juV7g/S6iJaPi8e4I/AAAAAAAAAFI/Agh0S4huc74/s320/TWAN-Guisard-Easter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451758432874691458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?Sort=All&Value=0&page=1" target="_blank">Latest Photos and Videos</a></span> <div class="gmail_quote"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website, featuring starry nights of the planet's landmarks from across the world.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >Americas</span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >USA</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002201&Sort=All" target="_blank">River and Milky Way</a> by Wally Pacholka</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002211&Sort=All" target="_blank">Hawaii Starryscape</a> by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002200&Sort=All" target="_blank">Milky Way and Giant Trees</a> by Wally Pacholka</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002199&Sort=All" target="_blank">Circumpolar Startrails</a> by Fred Espenak</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002196&Sort=All" target="_blank">Night Camp</a> by LeRoy Zimmerman</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002195&Sort=All" target="_blank">Open Arch</a> by LeRoy Zimmerman</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002194&Sort=All" target="_blank">Stars and Clouds in the Grand Canyon</a> by LeRoy Zimmerman</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >Canada</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002202&Sort=All" target="_blank">Aurora and Moon</a> (time-lapse video) by Yuichi Takasaka</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002203&Sort=All" target="_blank">Green Show </a><span> </span>(time-lapse video) by Yuichi Takasaka</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002206&Sort=All" target="_blank">Aurora Photographers</a> by Yuichi Takasaka</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002205&Sort=All" target="_blank">The Ghost of Yellowknife</a> by Yuichi Takasaka</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002204&Sort=All" target="_blank">Majestic </a><span> </span>by Yuichi Takasaka</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >Europe</span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >Greece</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002197&Sort=All" target="_blank">Moonrise above Agios Sotirios</a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >Croatia</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002193&Sort=All" target="_blank">A Night in Croatia</a> by Bernd Proschold</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >Hungary</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002213&Sort=All" target="_blank">Mercury Meets the Seven Sisters</a> by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >Asia and Middle East</span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >Iran</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002210&Sort=All" target="_blank">Running to the Night</a> (Time-lapse video) by Babak A. Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002209&Sort=All" target="_blank">Moonlit Meteor Shower </a>(Time-lapse video) by Babak A. Tafreshi<br /><b>Turkey</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002212&Sort=All" target="_blank">Big Dipper and City Lights</a> by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002208&Sort=All" target="_blank">Planets above Turkey</a> by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002207&Sort=All" target="_blank">Milky Way and Zodiacal Band</a> by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >Australia and Pacific</span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >Australia</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002198&Sort=All" target="_blank">Moon and Swan River Dolphin</a> by John Goldsmith<a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1" target="_blank">Guest Gallery</a> is a well-received section on TWAN website to feature selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with TWAN Guest Gallery, please <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp" target="_blank">contact us</a>. There are new featured photos on the Guest Gallery:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001338" target="_blank">Night at Historic HongCun Village</a> (China) by Alex Chan</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001336" target="_blank">The Great Solar Eclipse in China</a> (China) by Chao Zhang</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001337" target="_blank">Moon on the top of Greece</a> (Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001335" target="_blank">Looking Through The Dome</a> (USA) by Jonatas Chagas Ramos</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001334" target="_blank">Moon, Pleiades, and a Storm</a> (Italy) by Marco Busi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001333" target="_blank">Iran Messier Marathon</a> (Iran) by Arman Golestaneh</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001328" target="_blank">Historic Aqueduct of Amoreira</a> (Portugal) by Miguel Claro</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001329" target="_blank">Kalahari Windmill</a> (Namibia) by Manuel Jung</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001332" target="_blank">Star Trails on a Moonlit Night</a> (Germany) by Franz Xaver Kohlhauf</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001324" target="_blank">Home with a View</a> (Germany) by Franz Xaver Kohlhauf</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001331" target="_blank">Ancient HongCun Village at Night</a> (China) by Alex Chan</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001330" target="_blank">Conjunction with Noctilucent Clouds</a> (Romania) by Christina Tinta-Vass</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001327" target="_blank">Lunar Eclipse over Slovakia</a> (Slovakia) by Pavol Rapavy</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001326" target="_blank">Moon and Venus in Colorful Twilight</a> (Iran) by M. Saber Karimi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001325" target="_blank">The Moon and Mount Taygetus</a> (Greece) by P. Nikolakakos</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" ><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >Astronomy Picture of the Day</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" > (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured a new TWAN photo:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091012.html" target="_blank">Stars Over Easter Island </a><span> </span>by Stephane Guisard</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" ><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >TWAN is featuring six <b>special galleries</b>:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1" target="_blank">Latest Images</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance" target="_blank">Dark Skies Importance</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions" target="_blank">Cosmic Motions</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites" target="_blank">World Heritage Sites</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs" target="_blank">TWAN APODs</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast" target="_blank">TWAN Podcast</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:10pt;" >TWAN is a global program to produce and present a collection of stunning photographs of the world's most beautiful and historic sites against the nighttime backdrop of stars, planets and celestial events.<br /></span></p></div>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-1241818473535078292009-10-05T00:33:00.000-07:002009-10-05T00:46:29.029-07:00TWAN Newsletter 2009 October 4<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002178"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 145px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t4azk4juV7g/SsmkFXAbHOI/AAAAAAAAAEs/ewjD_cLJXRo/s400/latest_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389018841107602658" border="0" /></a><div class="h5" style="font-family:times new roman;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;"><p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6040" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:maroon;">TWAN Director Receives Lennart Nilsson Award</span></b></a> : Babak Tafreshi of The World at Night shares the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award with the NASA’s Cassini Imaging Director Carolyn Porco.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6039" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:maroon;">Three Million Views and Counting</span></b></a> : The World at Night website reaches 3 million views and 1 million unique visitors from 197 countries and territories since its launch in the 2008 New Year eve.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6038" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:maroon;">TWAN on PBS NewsHour</span></b></a> : NewsHour, a long-standing and respected PBS program, has given coverage to TWAN. This includes feature videos available to view online.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6037" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:maroon;">The Sky of the Earth by Serge Brunier</span></b></a> : French TWAN photographer, Serge Brunier, has released his yearlong unique effort to picture the whole night sky from both hemispheres as seen from some of the darkest and most transparent observing locations on the planet.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- The World at Night in collaboration with Dark Skies Awareness project, organize the International Year of Astronomy 2009 <b>Earth and Sky Photo Contest</b> on the importance of dark skies. It is open to anyone of any age, anywhere in the world. <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6029" target="_blank">More</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1" target="_blank">Latest Photos and Videos</a> </b><span> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website, featuring starry nights of the planet's landmarks from across the world. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Americas</span></u></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>USA</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002170" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Scorpion and Lava</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002169" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Aurora or Airglow?</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002168" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Bryce Canyon</span></b><b><span style="color:navy;"> Galactic Scene</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002167" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Autumn Sky in Starry Nights Festival</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Canada</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002178" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Aurora Over Yellowknife</span></b></a> by Yuichi Takasaka<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002177" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Amazing Aurora Display</span></b></a> (time-lapse video) by Yuichi Takasaka<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002176" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Yellowknife Aurora Dance</span></b></a> (time-lapse video) by Yuichi Takasaka<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002175" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">NLC in Motion</span></b></a> (time-lapse video) by Yuichi Takasaka</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Chile</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>- </b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002192&Sort=All" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night with Moais</span></b></a>, </span>by Stephane Guisard</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002191&Sort=All" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Easter Island Starry Night</span></b></a></span> by Stephane Guisard</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002182" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">3D Video of Paranal</span></b></a> (time-lapse video) by Stephane Guisard<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002181" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lagoon Milky Way</span></b></a> by Stephane Guisard</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Europe</span></u></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>France</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>- </b><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002174" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Venus Rise</span></b></a> (time-lapse video) by Laurent Laveder<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002173" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Horizon to Horizon</span></b></a> by Laurent Laveder<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002172" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Light from the Solar System Dust</span></b></a> by Laurent Laveder<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002171" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Zodiacal Light in Brittany</span></b></a> by Laurent Laveder</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Sweden</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002166" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Morning Show</span></b></a> by P-M Heden<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002165" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Beehive and Rosette</span></b></a> by P-M Heden<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002164" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Family Stargazing</span></b></a> by P-M Heden<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002163" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Return of Autumn</span></b></a> by P-M Heden</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Norway</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002154" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Midnight Sun from North Cape</span></b></a> by by Juan Carlos Casado</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Greece</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>- </b><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002179" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Greek Sunset</span></b></a> by Anthony Ayiomamitis</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Hungary</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002190" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Equinox Sunset</span></b></a> by Tamas Ladanyi<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002189" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon, Venus, and Cathedral</span></b></a> by Tamas Ladanyi<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002185" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lake Balaton Rays</span></b></a> by Tamas Ladanyi<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002184" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Tihany Moonrise</span></b></a> by Tamas Ladanyi<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002183" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Space Station and Shuttle Discovery</span></b></a> by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Asia and Middle East</span></u></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Iran</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002188" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Stargate</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002187" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Empire Moonrise</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002186" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky Dream</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002161" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Mars and Volcano</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002160" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Welcome to the Night Sky</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002159" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Stargazer</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002153" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Earth and Milky Way</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002152" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Cosmic Loneliness</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002151" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Poet of Astronomers</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002150" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Colorful Trails</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Turkey</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002158" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night View of an Ancient Amphitheater</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002157" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Scorpion Rise in Western Turkey</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002156" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Equinox Fisheye View</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002155" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">The City of Aphrodite</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Australia</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> and Pacific</span></u></b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Australia</b></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002180" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Earth Hour</span></b></a> by John Goldsmith<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002162" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Celestial Meeting in Northern Australia</span></b></a> by David Malin</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1" target="_blank">Guest Gallery</a></b> is a well-received section on TWAN website to feature selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with TWAN Guest Gallery, please <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp" target="_blank">contact us</a>. There are new featured photos on the Guest Gallery:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001323" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Scorpion above Babele</span></b></a> (Romania) by Cristina Tinta-Vass<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001322" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Ancient Rock Art of Iran</span></b></a> (Iran) by Amir H. Abolfath<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001321" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon, Venus, and Mars from Friuli</span></b></a> (Italy) by Marco Candotti<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001320" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Freeport Crescent Moon</span></b></a> (Portugal) by Miguel Claro<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001319" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Road Sign to the Milky Way</span></b></a> (Romania) by Cristina Tinta-Vass<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001318" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Wild Poppies</span></b></a> (Iran) by Amir H. Abolfath<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001317" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Crescent Moon over Turin</span></b></a> (Italy) by Stefano De Rosa<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001316" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Auroras in Saariselka</span></b></a> (Finland) by Bernd Margotte<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001315" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way and Bucegi Sphinx</span></b></a> (Romania) by Alex Conu<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001314" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy;">Ancient Petroglyphs of Iran</span></b></a> (Iran) by Amir H. Abolfath</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Astronomy Picture of the Day</b> (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new photos by TWAN photographers:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090926.html" target="_blank">Gigagalaxy Zoom: Milky Way</a> by Serge Brunier<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090925.html" target="_blank">Gigagalaxy Zoom: Galactic Center</a> by Stéphane Guisard<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090924.html" target="_blank">Equinox Sunset</a> by Tamas Ladanyi<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090922.html" target="_blank">Aurora Over Yellowknife</a> by Yuichi Takasaka<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090912.html" target="_blank">Summer Night in Astronomy Town</a> by Babak Tafreshi<span> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">- TWAN is featuring six special galleries:<a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1" target="_blank">Latest Images</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance" target="_blank">Dark Skies Importance</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions" target="_blank">Cosmic Motions</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites" target="_blank">World Heritage Sites</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs" target="_blank">TWAN APODs</a><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast" target="_blank">TWAN Podcast</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">TWAN is a global program of Astronomers Without Borders (<a href="http://www.astrowb.org/" target="_blank">www.astrowb.org</a>) and a Special Project of <a href="http://www.astronomy2009.org/" target="_blank">International Year of Astronomy 2009</a>, an initiative by IAU and UNESCO. </span></p></div></div></div></div></div>The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-70085258905059293822009-09-11T09:28:00.000-07:002009-09-11T09:44:32.937-07:00TWAN Newsletter 2009 September 11<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002140"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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This includes feature videos available to view online.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 18.4pt 6.7pt 0in;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:black;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6037">The Sky of the Earth</a>:</span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:black;" > TWAN photographer, Serge Brunier, has released his yearlong unique effort to picture the whole night sky from both hemispheres as seen from some of the darkest and most transparent observing locations on the planet. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 18.4pt 6.7pt 0in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- The World at Night in collaboration with Dark Skies Awareness project, organize the International Year of Astronomy 2009 <b><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6029">Earth and Sky Photo Contest</a></b> on the importance of <span style="color:black;">dark skies. The contest submission deadline is extended until the end of 2009. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 18.4pt 6.7pt 0in;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;color:black;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?Sort=All&Value=0&page=1" target="_blank"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Latest Photos and Videos</span></b></a></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website, featuring starry nights of the planet's landmarks from all over the world.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Americas</span></u></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >USA</span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002139"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night of Largest Creatures</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002138"><b><span style="color:navy;">TWAN Sailor</span></b></a> by Wally Pacholka</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Canada</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002148"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonlight on Canadian Rockies</span></b></a> (</span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >t</span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >ime-lapse video) by Yuichi Takasaka
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002134"><b><span style="color:navy;">Meteors Above Peyto Lake</span></b></a> by Yuichi Takasaka
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002133"><b><span style="color:navy;">Perseid Through Summer Triangle</span></b></a> by Yuichi Takasaka
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002132"><b><span style="color:navy;">Meteor above the Canada's Highest Town</span></b></a> by Yuichi Takasaka</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Chile</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002129"><b><span style="color:navy;">VLT in 3D</span></b></a> by Stephane Guisard</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Europe</span></u></b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >France</span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- </span></b><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002122"><b><span style="color:navy;">Summer Milky Way</span></b></a> by Laurent Laveder
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002121"><b><span style="color:navy;">Dippers above Manor House</span></b></a> by Laurent Laveder</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Sweden</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002124"><b><span style="color:navy;">Young Astronomers</span></b></a> by P-M Heden</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Hungary</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002136"><b><span style="color:navy;">Mercury, Pleiades, and Flowers</span></b></a> by Tamas Ladanyi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002131"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lake Reflections</span></b></a> by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Turkey</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002147"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way over Gallipoli</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002146"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moonset in North West Turkey</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel
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<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Asia and Middle East</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Iran</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002149"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky Runner</span></b></a> (Time-lapse video) by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002140"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starry Night of Cyrus</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002137"><b><span style="color:navy;">Summer Night in Astronomy Town</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002135"><b><span style="color:navy;">Good Morning Damavand</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002128"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night of the Persian Empire</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002127"><b><span style="color:navy;">Persepolis Planets</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002125"><b><span style="color:navy;">Venus and Bizarre Rocks</span></b></a> by Oshin D. Zakarian</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >Turkey</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002130"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon, Mercury and Saturn</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002126"><b><span style="color:navy;">Jupiter Over the Mediterranean</span></b></a> by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" > </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Indonesia</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002123"><b><span style="color:navy;">Jupiter and the Monkey Forest Temple</span></b></a> by John Goldsmith</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Korea</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002144"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Planets Align in Korea</span></b></a> by Kwon O Chul</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Japan</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002143"><b><span style="color:navy;">Star Walk</span></b></a> by Shingo Takei
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002142"><b><span style="color:navy;">Fuji Startrails</span></b></a> by Shingo Takei</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Australia and Pacific</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Australia</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002145"><b><span style="color:navy;">Comet Tail</span></b></a> by </span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >Akira Fujii</span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002141"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sinking to the Earth</span></b></a> by </span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';" >David Miller</span><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1" target="_blank"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1" target="_blank"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Guest Gallery</span></b></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > is a well-received section on TWAN website to feature selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with TWAN Guest Gallery, please </span><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >contact us</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >. There are new featured photos on the Guest Gallery:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001313"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lost in an Old KaiPing Village</span></b></a> (China) by Alex Chan
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001312"><b><span style="color:navy;">KaiPing DiaoLou at Night</span></b></a> (China) by Alex Chan
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001311"><b><span style="color:navy;">The sky above Babele Chalet</span></b></a> (Romania) by Alex Conu
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001310"><b><span style="color:navy;">Gazing at Polaris</span></b></a> (Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001309"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Mercury over Peace Park Lake</span></b></a> (Portugal) by Miguel Claro
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001308"><b><span style="color:navy;">Romanian Milky Way</span></b></a> (Romania) by Alex Conu
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001307"><b><span style="color:navy;">Star Trails and Windmill</span></b></a> (Korea) by An Hae-Do
<br />- <span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color:navy;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001306"><span style="color:navy;">Moon Above Costa da Caparica</span></a></span></b></span> (Portugal) by Miguel Claro
<br />- <span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color:navy;"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001305"><span style="color:navy;">Alabama Arch and Mt. Whitney</span></a></span></b></span> (USA) by Paul Gardner
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001304"><b><span style="color:navy;">2006 Total Solar Eclipse</span></b></a> (Turkey) by Alex Tudorica
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001303"><b><span style="color:navy;">Eureka Sky</span></b></a> (USA) by Paul Gardner
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001302"><b><span style="color:navy;">Magellanes Night</span></b></a> (Chile) by Alex Tudorica</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new TWAN photos:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090907.html">Jupiter Over the Mediterranean</a> by Tunç Tezel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >- TWAN is featuring six special galleries:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast">TWAN Podcast</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >
<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >TWAN is a global program of Astronomers Without Borders (</span><a href="http://www.astrowb.org/" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >www.astrowb.org</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >) and a Special Project of </span><a href="http://www.astronomy2009.org/" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >International Year of Astronomy 2009</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;" >, an initiative by IAU and UNESCO.
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href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6035"><b><span style="color:maroon;">The World at Night Travels Across the United States</span></b></a> : From August to November 2009, families and children in 24 United States communities experience The World at Night (TWAN) images.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news_photo.asp?newsID=6036"><b><span style="color:maroon;">Photo Report: The World at Night in Thailand</span></b></a> : The World at Night arrived in Thailand with a major exhibition in the National Science Museum.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >- The World at Night in collaboration with Dark Skies Awareness project, organize the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Earth and Sky Photo Contest on the importance of dark skies. It is open to anyone of any age, anywhere in the world. <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6029">More</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a> </span></b><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website, featuring starry nights of the planet's landmarks from around the world.
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<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span style=";font-family:";" >Americas<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >USA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002120&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Reach for the Sky</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Sequoia National Park) by Wally Pacholka<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002118&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sequoia Starry Morning</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Sequoia National Park) by Wally Pacholka</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >Canada<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002095"><b><span style="color:navy;">Meteor above Canadian Rockies</span></b></a> (Banff National Park) by Yuichi Takasaka<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002099&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Hale-Bopp and Dancing Aurora</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >by Akira Fujii/David Malin Images<span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002098&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Sky Motion above Waterton Lakes </span></b></a></span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Time-lapse video) (Waterton Lakes National Park) by Yuichi Takasaka<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002097&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Meteor Strikes the Sky</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Time-lapse video)</span><span style=";font-family:";" > (Banff National Park) by Yuichi Takasaka</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:";" >Chile<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002116&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Bizarre Sunsets</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Atacama Desert) by Stephane Guisard</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span style=";font-family:";" >Europe<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >Greece<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002091"><b><span style="color:navy;">Full Moon above St George</span></b></a> (Athens) by Anthony Ayiomamitis</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:";" >Hungary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002115&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lake View </span></b></a><span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Tolna) by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:";" >Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002113&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Flying Moon and Shooting Star</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Stockholm County) by P-M Heden<span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002112&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Summer Vacation</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Stockholm County) by P-M Heden</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:";" >England<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002104&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Stonehenge Moonset </span></b></a><span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Stonehenge) by Fred Espenak</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:";" >France<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002096&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Milky Way and Mirror Lake</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Auvergne) by Bernd Proschold</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span style=";font-family:";" >Asia and Middle East<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >Korea<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002111&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Korean Meteors </span></b></a><span style=""> </span></span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Geoje) by Kwon O Chul<span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002100&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Leonid Meteors</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Mount Sobaeksan) by Kwon O Chul</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:";" >Thailand<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002108&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Lights from the Heavens</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Ayutthaya) by Oshin Zakarian</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >Iran<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002094"><b><span style="color:navy;">Meteor above Martian Landscape</span></b></a> (Alborz Mountains) by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002093"><b><span style="color:navy;">Meteor by Moonlight</span></b></a> (Alborz Mountains) by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002090"><b><span style="color:navy;">Red Rock Moonset</span></b></a> (Alborz Mountains) by Oshin D. Zakarian<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002109&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Skygazers</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Mount Damavand) by Oshin Zakarian</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >Turkey<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002092"><b><span style="color:navy;">Assos All-Sky View</span></b></a> (Assos) by Tunc Tezel<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002114&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Conjunction above Hot Springs</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Pamukkale) by Tunc Tezel<span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002110&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Mercury, Saturn, and Light House</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Knidos) by Tunc Tezel
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<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span style=";font-family:";" >Africa<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" >Algeria<u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002119&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Night of Desert People </span></b></a></span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Tassilli National Park) by Babak Tafreshi</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002117&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Magnificent Sahara Milky Way</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Tassilli National Park) by Babak Tafreshi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:";" >Egypt<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002107&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Egypt Desert Night</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >by P.K. Chen</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u><span style=";font-family:";" >Australia<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002106&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Fireworks</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >by David Miller/David Malin Images<span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002105&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Partial Eclipse at Moonrise</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >by David Miller/David Malin Images<span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002103&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">Aurora in Australia</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >by David Miller/David Malin Images<span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002102&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">McNaught Visits Australia</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >by Akira Fujii/David Malin Images<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002101&Sort=All"><b><span style="color:navy;">The Southern Pole</span></b></a> </span><span style=";font-family:";" >(Western Australia) by David Miller/David Malin Images</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></span></b><span style=";font-family:";" > is a well-received section on TWAN website to feature selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with TWAN Guest Gallery, please <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a>. There are new featured photos on the Guest Gallery:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001301"><b><span style="color:navy;">El Capitan in Moonlight</span></b></a> (USA) by Paul Gardner<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001300"><b><span style="color:navy;">Scenic Pre-dawn Moon and Venus</span></b></a> (Iran) by Amir H. Abolfath<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >- </span><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001299"><b><span style="color:navy;">Nighttime Spring Flowers in Iran</span></b></a></span><span style=";font-family:";" > (Iran) by Amir H. Abolfath<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001295"><b><span style="color:navy;">Owens Valley Radio Night Sky</span></b></a> (USA) by Tony Rowell
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001294"><b><span style="color:navy;">Bouldering under the Milky Way</span></b></a> (USA) by Tony Rowell
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001298"><b><span style="color:navy;">Zodiac Light and Messier Marathon</span></b></a> (Iran) by Arman Golestaneh
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001297"><b><span style="color:navy;">Pointing at the Milky Way</span></b></a> (Macedonia) by Martin Stojanovski<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001293"><b><span style="color:navy;">Starry Night in Central Portugal</span></b></a> (Portugal) by Goncalo Lemos
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001292"><b><span style="color:navy;">Moon and Planets above New Delhi</span></b></a> (India) by Ajay Talwar
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001296"><b><span style="color:navy;">Crescent moon over Naghsh-e Jahan_Square</span></b></a> (Iran) by Mohamad Soltanolkotabi
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001291"><b><span style="color:navy;">Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon over Starometska</span></b></a> (Czech) by Robert Slobins
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001290"><b><span style="color:navy;">Holiday Moon and Venus in Prague</span></b></a> (Czech) by Robert Slobins</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=";font-family:";" >Astronomy Picture of the Day</span></b><span style=";font-family:";" > (APOD), a NASA’s world-known website, has featured new TWAN photos:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090818.html">The Milky Way Over the Badlands</a> by Wally Pacholka
<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090815.html">Meteor by Moonlight</a> by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br />- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090810.html">Moonbow and Rainbows Over Patagonia</a> by Stephane Guisard</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >- TWAN is featuring six special galleries:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast">TWAN Podcast</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:";" >TWAN is a global program of Astronomers Without Borders (<a href="http://www.astrowb.org/">www.astrowb.org</a>) and a Special Project of <a href="http://www.astronomy2009.org/">International Year of Astronomy 2009</a>, an initiative by IAU and UNESCO. <o:p></o:p></span></p> The World At Nighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584860750741026948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-39043825794471970712009-08-03T07:35:00.000-07:002009-08-03T23:35:46.860-07:00Moon/Venus Rising; Beautiful and Treacherous<a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002078"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 90px;" src="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos/thumbs/3002078.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />This <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002078">moon/Venus conjunction video</a> required hours of daytime location scouting in the rugged 4WD badlands of Grand Valley, Colorado's desert area.<br /><br />Once I found where I wanted to return to for the dawn event I marked the exact spot with some rocks that I found on site. Safely returning to that exact location under the complete cover of darkness turned out to be more treacherous than I had imagined. I almost rolled my truck off one of the many small desert hills in the area!<br /><br />I ended up somewhat lost in a maze of narrow headlight-lit vehicle tracks, which led to a compromise location for the shot and a late start on the time-lapse sequence. In my original planning the moon was <span style="font-style: italic;">supposed</span> to rise right from inside that pocket-shaped saddle of the Bookcliff Mountains silhouette in the composition of the scene. Watch the video to see just how far off I was from my plan:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002078">http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002078</a>Thad V'Soskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15862250411024283420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584703232103905147.post-8350873643049482922009-08-03T07:22:00.001-07:002009-08-03T07:27:04.125-07:00TWAN Newsletter - 2009 August 3<link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CADMINI%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Batang; panose-1:2 3 6 0 0 1 1 1 1 1; mso-font-alt:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-font-charset:129; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:0 151388160 16 0 524288 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} @font-face {font-family:"\@Batang"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:129; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:0 151388160 16 0 524288 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; text-justify:inter-ideograph; mso-pagination:none; text-autospace:none; word-break:break-all; font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Batang; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-fareast-language:KO;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-unhide:no; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:Batang;} @page Section1 {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; margin:99.25pt 85.05pt 85.05pt 85.05pt; mso-header-margin:42.55pt; mso-footer-margin:49.6pt; mso-paper-source:0; layout-grid:18.0pt;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --></style><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">The World at Night in collaboration with Dark Skies Awareness project, organize the International Year of Astronomy 2009 Earth and Sky Photo Contest on the importance of dark skies. It is open to anyone of any age, anywhere in the world. <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6029">More</a> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Photos and Videos</a> </span></b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">There are new stunning photos and time-lapse videos on TWAN website, featuring starry nights of the planet's landmarks from all over the world. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Americas</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">USA</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002088"><b><span style="color: navy;">Zion Scorpion</span></b></a> (Zion National Park) by Wally Pacholka
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002086"><b><span style="color: navy;">Utah Milky Way</span></b></a> (Zion National Park) by Wally Pacholka
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002079"><b><span style="color: navy;">Late Spring Star Party</span></b></a> (Colorado National Monument) video by Thad V`Soske
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002078"><b><span style="color: navy;">Moon and Venus Conjunction</span></b></a> (Grand Valley) video by Thad V`Soske</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Canada</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002062"><b><span style="color: navy;">An Evening With Prince of Wales</span></b></a> (Waterton Lakes National Park) by Yuichi Takasaka
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002061"><b><span style="color: navy;">Waterton Stars</span></b></a> (Waterton Lakes National Park) by Yuichi Takasaka</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Bolivia</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002070"><b><span style="color: navy;">Startrails over Bolivia</span></b></a> (Lake Titicaca) by Fred Espenak</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Europe</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">France</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002080"><b><span style="color: navy;">Moon Games</span></b></a> (Brittany) by Laurent Laveder
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002082"><b><span style="color: navy;">Light House Milky Way</span></b></a> (Brittany) by Laurent Laveder
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002081"><b><span style="color: navy;">Brittany Morning Surprise</span></b></a> (Brittany) by Laurent Laveder</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Hungary</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002085"><b><span style="color: navy;">Lake Balaton Moonrise</span></b></a> (Lake Balaton) by Tamas Ladanyi
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002084"><b><span style="color: navy;">The Space Station above Hungary</span></b></a> (Veszprem) by Tamas Ladanyi
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002083"><b><span style="color: navy;">Point at Jupiter</span></b></a> (Veszprem) by Tamas Ladanyi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Africa</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Algeria</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002089"><b><span style="color: navy;">Moonrise in Algiers</span></b></a> (Algiers) by Babak A. Tafreshi
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002060"><b><span style="color: navy;">The Centaur of Sahara</span></b></a> (Tassili National park) by Babak A. Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Asia and Middle East</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">China</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002077"><b><span style="color: navy;">To See or Not to See</span></b></a> (Shanghai) by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Korea</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002074"><b><span style="color: navy;">Hale-Bopp and Milky Way</span></b></a> (Geojedo Island) by Kwon O Chul
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002073"><b><span style="color: navy;">Shooting Stars</span></b></a> (Mount Sobaeksan) by Kwon O Chul
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002072"><b><span style="color: navy;">Moon Romance</span></b></a> (Mount Sobaeksan) by Kwon O Chul
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002071"><b><span style="color: navy;">Trails of the Far East</span></b></a> (Mount Hambaeksan) by Kwon O Chul</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Japan</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002065"><b><span style="color: navy;">Pond Moonlight</span></b></a> (Nagano) by Shingo Takei
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002064"><b><span style="color: navy;">Starry Road</span></b></a> (Gifu Prefecture) by Shingo Takei
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002063"><b><span style="color: navy;">Celestial Pole</span></b></a> (Nagano) by Shingo Takei</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Iran</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002059"><b><span style="color: navy;">Nature under the Moonlight</span></b></a> (Alamut Valley) by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002058"><b><span style="color: navy;">Imamzadeh Trails</span></b></a> (Alamut Valley) by Oshin D. Zakarian
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002057"><b><span style="color: navy;">Moon and Venus</span></b></a> (Alamut Valley) by Oshin D. Zakarian</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Turkey</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002076"><b><span style="color: navy;">Moon and Three Planets</span></b></a> (Denizli) by Tunc Tezel
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002075"><b><span style="color: navy;">Cassiopeia to Big Dipper</span></b></a> (Lake Salda) by Tunc Tezel</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Australia and Pacific</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Australia</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002069"><b><span style="color: navy;">Cosmic Visitor</span></b></a> (Western Australia) Represented by David Malin
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002068"><b><span style="color: navy;">Red</span></b></a> (Western Australia) Represented by David Malin
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002067"><b><span style="color: navy;">Full Moon in the Morning Twilight</span></b></a> (Tennant Creek) Represented by David Malin
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002066"><b><span style="color: navy;">Conjunction in the Zodiacal Light</span></b></a> Represented by David Malin</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Pacific Ocean</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002087"><b><span style="color: navy;">Eclipse of the Century</span></b></a> by Babak A. Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_gallery.asp?page=1">Guest Gallery</a></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> is a well-received section on TWAN website to feature selected outstanding Earth and sky photos by non-TWAN creative photographers from around the globe. If you have such remarkable photos to share with TWAN Guest Gallery, please <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_help.asp">contact us</a>. There are new featured photos on the Guest Gallery:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001289"><b><span style="color: navy;">Orion and Sirius above Desert Trees</span></b></a> (Iran) by Ahmad Karimi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001288"><b><span style="color: navy;">Stars above Borobudur Templ</span></b></a>e (Indonesia) by Emanuel Sungging Mumpuni</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001287"><b><span style="color: navy;">Great Comet McNaught</span></b></a> (New Zealand) by Fraser Gunn</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001286"><b><span style="color: navy;">Capitol Moonrise</span></b></a> (USA) by John Rummel </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001285"><b><span style="color: navy;">Planetary Alignment over Madison</span></b></a> (USA) by John Rummel </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001284"><b><span style="color: navy;">Moonrise over Austin Skyline</span></b></a> (USA) by Sam Cole</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001283"><b><span style="color: navy;">Winter Evening Venus </span></b></a><span> </span>(Germany) by Juergen Huefner </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001282"><b><span style="color: navy;">Ancient Stones</span></b></a> (Germany) by Juergen Huefner</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001281"><b><span style="color: navy;">Seychelles Islands in Moonlight</span></b></a> (</span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Seychelles) by </span><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Juergen Huefner</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98); font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001280"><b><span style="color: navy;">Full Moon over Greece </span></b></a> (Greece) by Chris Kotsiopoulos</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001279"><b><span style="color: navy;">Jumbo Hut Moonlight</span></b></a> (Canada) by Darren Foltinek
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001278"><b><span style="color: navy;">Venus, Jupiter, Moon Conjunction over Calgary</span></b></a> (Canada) by Darren Foltinek
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001277"><b><span style="color: navy;">Aurora and Milky Way Panorama</span></b></a> (Canada) by Darren Foltinek
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001276"><b><span style="color: navy;">Orion over Sorcerer Lodge</span></b></a> (Canada) by Darren Foltinek
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001275"><b><span style="color: navy;">Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon</span></b></a> (Thailand) by Suparerk Karuehanon
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001274"><b><span style="color: navy;">Southern Sky at Alains Astrofarm</span></b></a> (Chile) by Dr. Sighard Schrabler
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001273"><b><span style="color: navy;">Moon, Milad Tower, and Fireworks</span></b></a> (Iran) by Nami Namvar Yekta
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001272"><b><span style="color: navy;">Conjunction over Yakhdon e Moayedi</span></b></a> (Iran) by Mania Rahban
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001271"><b><span style="color: navy;">West Kennet Longbarrow</span></b></a> (UK) by Pete Glastonbury
<br />- <a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/guests_photos.asp?ID=5001270"><b><span style="color: navy;">Venus, Jupiter, and Crescent Moon</span></b></a> (Iran) by Mohamad Soltanolkotabi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Astronomy Picture of the Day</b><span style="color: rgb(37, 59, 98);"> (<a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/" target="_blank">APOD</a>), </span>a NASA's world-known website, has featured two new TWAN photos:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090730.html">6 Minutes 42 Seconds </a></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span> </span>by Babak Tafreshi</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090729.html">The Milky Way Over Devils Tower </a><span> </span>by Wally Pacholka</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090711.html">Noctilucent Cloud Storm Panorama </a><span> </span>by P-M Heden</span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">- TWAN is featuring six special galleries:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries_latest.asp?Sort=All&page=1">Latest Images</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Dark%20Skies%20Importance">Dark Skies Importance</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Cosmic+Motions">Cosmic Motions</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=World+Heritage+Sites">World Heritage Sites</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=TWAN+APODs">TWAN APODs</a>
<br /><a href="http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/galleries.asp?page=1&Sort=Gallery&Value=Podcast">TWAN Podcast</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">TWAN is a global program of Astronomers Without Borders (<a href="http://www.astrowb.org/">www.astrowb.org</a>) and a Special Project of <a href="http://www.astronomy2009.org/">International Year of Astronomy 2009</a>, an initiative by IAU and UNESCO. </span>
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