Kalahari Desert, Namibia

Kalahari Desert, Namibia

This year 2024 I’ve had the honour to guide a fantastic group to Namibia. Organized by Parc Astronòmic Muntanyes de Prades, we head towards Tivoli Astrofarm, a great professional-amateur observatory where we spent 10 winter nights the first 10 days of July 2024....
The Southern Milky Way above us

The Southern Milky Way above us

Namibia has been one of my favourite astronomy destinations. In the past years I was able to spend several days and weeks there. Back in 2022 I captured a landscape image during the last hours of the night when the Milky Way was setting behind the horizon. This 2024,...
Milky Way over Prades

Milky Way over Prades

It’s summer time in the northern hemisphere. Time to enjoy the Milky Way arch from a dark sky. In the small village of Prades some 200km south of Barcelona we find a protected dark sky area, the “Muntanyes de Prades i Serra de Montsant” Starlight Tourist...
Connecting the double arch, 41ºN

Connecting the double arch, 41ºN

This panoramic image, composed of 12 individual images, shows the SAR (Stable Auroral Red arc) as well as the Milky Way as it was starting to rise above the horizon. The connection point is the Baltasana Communication Station, a strategic point of view with sights all...
Aurora Borealis from home, 41ºN

Aurora Borealis from home, 41ºN

What a great night. Aurora borealis visible with the naked eye from my home, in Prades, as low as 41ºN (south of Catalonia, north east of Spain). The wide field image shows the SAR (Stable Auroral Red arc) as well as a greenish aurora at the lower part of the image....
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