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Mercury transit in front of the sun on Nov 11th 2019 as seen from Jena, Germany through some cirrus clouds 30 min before sunset. 191111-003-Edit.jpg Full resolution: https://adobe.ly/2O4MEBJ Photographed freehand with manual focus on a Canon EOS 5DS + 100-400 + 2x Converter -> 800mm Stacking of two ...

22 Perseid meteors in 60min next to the Milkyway and Mars with a bright greenish Airglow (visible to the naked eye for a few minutes). This image is a composit of 21 single exposures (time frame: 60min starting at 0:50 EST), 35mm, f/1.4, Iso 10.000, 10sec each. Seen from Wasserkuppe mountain, Hessia...

Perseid meteors together with airglow over the mountain Wasserkuppe in Hessia, Germany
August 13th 2018 3-4 a.m. EST
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HELIGOLAND NIGHT SKY Rare view on the Galactic Center above the rock of Heligoland (North Sea, Germany on April 17th 2018) While being close to Germany's brightest lighthouse one has only 2 seconds of exposure time between the rotary lights. This panoramic image was made out of nine 35mm shots with...

Perfect Circumscribed moon halo (and 22° ring halo) These amazing halo displays were caused by diamond dust (ice crystals) that was blown over the mountains from fog / inversion nearby. 1. December 16th 2016, Fichtelberg (Germany), 3:23 (CET), moon height 53.6° https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1...

MOON + VENUS (c) Marco Rank, http://www.marcorank.de http://www.facebook.com/weatherscapes Jena, Germany December 3rd 2016 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1875370/161203_Mond_Venus/_MGL5092-1.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1875370/161203_Mond_Venus/_MGL5093-1.jpg https://dl.dropboxuserc...

SUPERMOON HALO (c) Marco Rank, http://www.marcorank.de http://www.facebook.com/weatherscapes Jena, Germany November 14th 2016 10:30 pm 22°+ 46° ring halo + Circumscribed halo + Parhelic circle + Moon dogs (paraselenae) That's a very rare halo display for the combination cirrostratus and Moon. https...

Stargate 360 degree panoramic photograph of the Milky Way and the Aurora borealis (KP5) over the Danish North Sea coast. Sept. 26th 2016. http://www.marcorank.de // http://www.facebook.com/weatherscapes Copyright: Marco Rank https://ea9p5a.dm2304.livefilestore.com/y3m0YmdkE9Nw0TjVDaFx9NM0NRkFHYj3y8...

THE LONELY PERSEID https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1875370/160731%20D%C3%A4nemark%20Hadsund/PL_MW_PERSEID_BEa_900.jpg Colors of the night sky seen from Denmark, Hadsund Sogn (August 6th 2016). Aurora (KP4), airglow and one lonely perseid meteor right beneath the milky way while shooting the pano...

ISS + Sunspot 2529 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1875370/160414%20ISS%20Transit%20Sonne/ISS_Edited900.jpg Canon 5Ds + 100-400mm @400mm + 1.4x Converter = 560mm; Photograph is a 100% Crop 1/2000, f/18, Iso100 Story behind the photograph: In the last minutes before the 2sec lasting transit i had...

Bright Jupiter on March 9th 2016 2:10 am Seen from Jena (Germany). 15mm, 20sec, f/4, Iso 12.800 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1875370/160308%20Jupiter/160308.jpg Copyright: Marco Rank, http://www.marcorank.de Image 900px (Full image ->11.5 MP): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1875370/1603...