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Hi and thanks for your comments. To explain the Moon's brightness I used a polarizing filter when taking the photo. This darkens the sky quite a bit so the Moon stands out. The polarizing effect is most effective 90° from the Sun so in this case I got a lot of that polarizing effect. The mountains a...

ddale51 wrote:This photo immediately reminded me of a very similar scene I created from a photo of a nearby lake, with a "bit" of digital enhancement. Art imitates ... well other art!Twin trees in lake w comet.jpg

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Sunset with sunspots http://www.astrofotografen.se Copyright: Göran Strand http://astronet.se/img/gost/gs_20150712_sunset_0692_1500.jpg Heres a shot I took on July 12 that show sunspots 2381 and 2385 while the Sun set behind a large building. The air was very stable and I managed to get good detail...

Sun and moon halo http://www.astrofotografen.se Copyright: Göran Strand http://astronet.se/img/gost/gs_20150401_solarhalo_daynight.jpg Yesterday we had excellent halo conditions here over Östersund, Sweden. During the day I took a photo of the 22° solar halo. And later that night, 10 hours later, w...

Moon Venus Conjunction Selfie http://www.astrofotografen.se Copyright: Göran Strand http://astronet.se/img/gost/gs_20150322_faroeislands_1634_1280.jpg Last night I flew back home to Sweden from the Faroe Islands after seeing the total solar eclipse. During my flight over the Nordic Sea I had the mo...

Two Face Moon http://www.astrofotografen.se Copyright: Göran Strand http://astronet.se/img/gost/gs_20150225_moon_0608_hdr.jpg A shot of the Moon when 50% lit. Several exposures were merged together to get both the dark side and the bright side of the half moon. The two stars down to the left is HIP...

Chasing Aurora http://www.astrofotografen.se Copyright: Göran Strand http://astronet.se/img/gost/gs_20150217_aurora_5321_panv2.jpg A 360 degree panoramic image of an aurora mixed with clouds that are lit up by the city light of Östersund, Sweden. During this night I also took some real time video f...

Dreaming of Aurora http://www.astrofotografen.se Copyright: Göran Strand http://astronet.se/img/gost/gs_20150217_aurora_0400_1280v2.jpg Last night, shortly after midnight, I was just about to go to bed. My plan was to get up early to take photos of the thin crescent moon that was coming up over Öst...

Moonlight Skating
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Moon and Jupiter are closing in
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Copyright: Göran Strand The coming days Moon and planet Jupiter are getting closer and closer. This is a shot from tonight when they were 16°22' apart.

Full moon over small village
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Copyright: Göran Strand The full moon in December is about to set over the small village Rödön in Jamtland, Sweden.

The hidden city of Östersund http://www.astrofotografen.se Copyright: Göran Strand http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wEAS_r9wHmI/VMeO2padC2I/AAAAAAAAryY/ojztxDIr7q0/s1600/GS_20150126_Nightphoto_4082_Pan2.jpg Last night there were a very thick fog covering the city of Östersund. In this photo you can see th...

Moonlight Skating http://www.astrofotografen.se Copyright: Göran Strand http://astronet.se/img/gost/gs_20141207_fullmoon_9885.jpg A couple of nights ago me and two friends of mine went ice skating on a frozen lake near Östersund, Sweden. This night was really magic, no wind, lots of ice crystals in...

360° Aurora Borealis Virtual Reality Experience http://astrofotografen.se Copyright: Göran Strand http://astronet.se/astrofotografen.se/Preview.jpg On March 17 in 2013 we had a big aurora over Östersund, Sweden. I've done a virtual reality experience from my time lapse I recorded then so that you c...

Crescent Moon by the cabin http://www.astrofotografen.se Copyright: Göran Strand http://astronet.se/img/gost/gs_20141125_moonset_6628_1200.jpg Slowly the winter is coming closer to the northern hemisphere and we're one month away from the holidays. This little cabin located on the island Frösön clo...

The Father, the Son and the Moon
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Two hours of Aurora http://www.astrofotografen.se/ Copyright: Göran Strand http://astronet.se/img/gost/gs_20131002_aurora_startrails_1200.jpg This is a photo that shows everything that happened during two hours of aurora on October 2nd in 2013. It was shot at lake Storsjön near Östersund, Sweden. T...

Thanks for all you comments. It's a great photo :). In its information in the blog in Goran's website it states "It shows a double auroral oval over the city lights of Östersund and the village of Ås". The name of the village intrigued me, being such a very short name. In information that ...

Lunar Maintenance http://www.astrofotografen.se Copyright: Göran Strand The Moon is about to dock onto the lunar station Arcturus in Östersund Sweden, for some maintenance. The latest supermoon event took its toll on our only natural satellite. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kqCB0VCRNqM/VBChc9VT6HI/AAAA...

Aurora Cupcake with Milky Way topping
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Copyright: Göran Strand How about a Aurora cupcake with some Milky Way on top? It tastes really good, I'll promise!

Next stop Aurora
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Noctilucent Clouds Time Lapse Movie http://www.astrofotografen.se/ Copyright: Göran Strand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jRwYVrk0bs On the 27th of July 2014 I saw some of the most beautiful Noctilucent Clouds I've ever seen. They emerged shortly after sunset and after a while they covered the ent...

The Aurora season is finally here http://astrofotografen.se/ Copyright: Göran Strand http://astronet.se/img/gost/gs_20140820_norrsken_0155_pan_1500.jpg Last night I got to see my first Aurora for the season, two days earlier than last year but five days later than my personal record from 2011 (Augu...

Mountain Trails http://www.astrofotografen.se Copyright: Astrophotographer Göran Strand http://astronet.se/img/gost/gs_20140423_handol_1353_tr.jpg On April 23 I was out looking for the Lyrid Meteor Shower. While watching the sky I set my camera to take several long exposures to make this star trail...

The Eye in The Sky
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A strong solar halo from 24th of April 2014. It looks like a big eye that looking down from the sky on a child that are looking back at it.