Starship Asterisk*

Milky Way and Zodiacal Light from Uyuni, Bolivia
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Milky Way (left) and Zodiacal Light (right) from Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia). Venus can be seen at the right, inside the zodiacal light.
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Bolid from eta aquarids meteor shower crossing the sky from left to right, apparently above the center of the Milky Way while displaying an impressive range of colors due to air ionization. Photographed today at 4:30 AM local time in Formentera island. (c) Manel Soria - http://www.frikosal.net http:...

Northern lights, Panstarrs comet and Andromeda galaxy above
Jökúllsárlón glacier, Iceland
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North America nebula above chapel ruins in Montsec, Spain
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The Zodiacal Light over the Montsec (Catalonia, Spain), probably the next Unesco StarLight Reserve

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The elusive Zodiacal Light over the Montsec mountains Copyright: Manel Soria http://www.frikosal.net http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9439/zlmontsec20110204720272.jpg Very few people in Europe has seen the elusive and sublime Zodiacal Light, as it requires pristine skies to be watched. Unfortunat...

Pointing to the center of the Milky Way (c) Manel Soria http://www.facebook.com/frikosal

The paradox of the sublunar clouds (homage to Rene Magritte)
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http://s13.postimage.org/d4wrl457r/20110929_SET_9954.jpg Since Galileo observed sunspots using a telescope, the sun can not be considered a "perfect" heavenly body in the platonic sense of the term. Galileo was the first person to imagine that the same physical laws govern phenomena here ...

The child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, above Montserrat mountain, near Barcelona http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/7378/20080120ds21962.jpg (c) Manel Soria http://www.facebook.com/frikosal Many times, in the The Odyssey by Homer, "the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn" is mentioned....

Milky Way above a cemetery in Spain
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Andromeda galaxy and satellite
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Summertime (in the Northern Hemisphere) approaches ! It is the best season to enjoy the night sky and our wonderful galaxy ! Panoramic image of the Milky Way above La Palma island (Spain): http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/3250/2012032420120324set4986.jpg © Manel Soria Milky Way above the moais in ...