![]() On occasion where a composite of various exposures is done due to technical limits or for its educational power, it is explained in the caption. Many of them are single exposure captures or a photo-series stitched to a digital panorama. There is no added moon or manipulated sky. The World at Night group follows the rules of documentary photography, where there is no digital blend of images taken at different places or through different lenses. The reader can also rely on originality and authenticity of these images. majority of the images are fresh captures from the last few years but there are also rare images of most spectacular celestial phenomena in the past three decades, captured on film. I intended to provide a book with the most diverse and tenderly-selected collection, and educational and inspirational stories, that take the reader to six continents, forty countries, some of the world's iconic heritage, and some of the most remote corners of the planet. Through the years we have spent thousands of nights under stars recording scenes which are often missed by the rest of the world. ![]() There is a lot to learn on astronomy, stargazing, photography and nature conservation in the essays and photo stories.įrom a photography standard, this book provides a world-class unique collective work by TWAN teams in 20 countries. it's not just a regular coffee-table with only beautiful images. I have dedicated a complete chapter to our challenge with light pollution. It's also very timely to the general public of light pollution as it goes to a new more disturbing stage with increasing white-blue LEDs. The interest in experiencing unspoiled night sky is increasing in the world as most of us have lost the natural night due to artificial skyglow. On Earth, is one of the 10,000 waterfalls listed in Iceland." (Image credit: Babak Tafreshi, The World at Night) This is the direction of the Earth rotation axis. ![]() "The camera on a fixed tripod records this as star trails around the north celestial pole (top), marked by the North Star or Polaris. "This single exposure of 20 minutes was enough to show our constantly rotating planet," he wrote in an image description on his website. Astrophotographer Babak Tafreshi took this image on a clear March night in Iceland. ![]()
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