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Structure of clouds at the edge of space Credits: Adrien Mauduit As the PoSSUM noctilucent cloud airborne campaign (NASA-funded) unfolds in High Level, Alberta, Canada, the PoSSUM team gets valuable scientific data using PMC-turbo cameras. As part of the science communication and outreach effort, I...

Noctilucent clouds and lightning show Credits: Adrien Mauduit High Level's latitude gives the Project Possum team (Citizen science research program) and myself an excellent vantage point to capture not only the elusive noctilucent clouds, but also other great natural phenomena like the aurorae or t...

Dawn NLC and aurora Credits: Adrien Mauduit First day of my mission at Project PoSSUM in High Level Alberta: I haven't been disappointed! We drove 8 hours to the remote town of High Level in the northern part of Alberta, Canada. We barely settled down, as we had our first mission briefing prior to ...

Noctilucent clouds under Cassiopea Credits: Adrien Mauduit Explamnation: As the night draws to an end for me and after staying up all night to get pictures, film, time-lapse and participate in one of Project Possum's airborne mission webinars, I was able to capture the season's first bright display...

Strawberry mini moon over Danish countryside Credits: Adrien Mauduit Website: http://www.adphotography-online.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdrienMauduitPhotography/ Explanation: The strawberry moon, also called the June Harvest moon, is a full moon (here only 99% Waning Gibbous, due to ba...

NightSky Ice Ocean - Closer to the noctilucent clouds Credits: Adrien Mauduit https://vimeo.com/220607461 People and scientists have been eager to study NLC’s for a long time, without really being able to do so (or having the ressources/reasons to). That’s why they are conducting this type of progr...

The fascinating tomography of noctilucent clouds Credits: Adrien Mauduit https://www.adphotography-online.com Explanation: Noctilucent cloud season is over us again in Denmark. These night-shining clouds can now be witnessed at high latitudes after sunset and before sunrise. They give extraordinary...

The fascinating tomography of noctilucent clouds Credits: Adrien Mauduit https://www.adphotography-online.com Explanation: Noctilucent cloud season is over us again in Denmark. These night-shining clouds can now be witnessed at high latitudes after sunset and before sunrise. They give extraordinary...

2017 Noctilucent clouds chasing season teaser Credits: Adrien Mauduit https://vimeo.com/216026508 As the Earth continues its path on its elliptical orbit around the sun, high latitudes and higher mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere are entering the midnight sun season. If you go too far up nor...

First noctilucent clouds of the season Credits: Adrien Mauduit Even though there is still some doubts about the first display on March 21st, this one is real very recognizable. Type I and II NLC (noctilucent clouds) were visible last night from Denmark (Ordrup strand) from midnight to about 2 am. I...

Battle for the light Credits: Adrien Mauduit At 1:30 am, there is no night in Denmark, just an astronomical dawn washing out our galaxy a little bit more every day. The bright night are over us, but there is still a little window to peek at the majestic milky way and its core rising towards the sou...

Capella rising Credits: Adrien Mauduit Capella, actually composed of four stars, situated in the Auriga constellation is the 3rd brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, and the 11th in the whole night sky. As the picture suggests, it rises just above the northern horizon at this time o...

Galaxies Credits Adrien Mauduit https://vimeo.com/215085008 With the first opus of the short film series ‘Galaxies’, I wanted to experiment and take the astro-timelapse technique to the next level. There are a lot of sumptuous short films and very technical time-lapses featuring the milky way, but ...

Windy aurora blast Credits: Adrien Mauduit Here is a panorama shot from two nights ago on Høve strand in Denmark around midnight, when the wind gusts were at their strongest! It was really hard getting any gear installed, yet harder to take stills without any vibration. I was lucky to have a very h...

Under Denmark's cliffs Credits: Adrien Mauduit As I am back in cold Denmark, I decided to wake up at 1:30 am (Yes I'm crazy) to get a picture of the milky way and some potential aurora announced (you can see a faint red glow on the left hand side of the picture) before the 66% full moon rose. I too...

Before April snow Credits: Adrien Mauduit I was on Ordrupnæs (Denmark) two nights ago trying to catch a glimpse of the forecast solar storm. Unfortunately it is arriving just now, and our North-American friends are taking full advantage of it #teamtanner. As I was taking this panorama above the cli...

Last farewell to Danish aurora and milky way Credits: Adrien Mauduit As probably one of the last visible aurora display before the bright summer nights take over, we still have about four hours of darkness to enjoy nature's phenomena, but it is closing in on us at an awful speed! April 23rd's rathe...

Galaxies Credits: Adrien Mauduit https://vimeo.com/215085008 You are lying on a blanket on a clear summer night and gazing at the dark starry sky. You are trying to spot the big dipper, Andromeda, or maybe Orion. However you are noticing strange bright patches aligned in a band across the night sky...

Danish night sky phenomena in March

Credits: Adrien Mauduit

Milky way, aurora borealis, Zodiacal lights (faint because of the aurora), nebulae... And me, alone on the beach enjoying the Danish night sky!

Solar storm under the Danish milky way Credits: Adrien Mauduit The on-going solar storm was bright and powerful enough to be seen from Denmark, where it put on a magical show before the clouds rolled in on March 27th 2017. The picture is taken on Høve strand in Denmark over the calm shores of the B...

Milky way core reflecting onto the still Baltic Credits: Adrien Mauduit It is really to get a clean shot of the milky way in Denmark, as the main island is constantly battered by sea mist, salty winds and haze. Two nights ago was the perfect night to get the perfect rare shot at the rising milky wa...

Earth, water and Sky

Credits: Adrien Mauduit

Rising milky way core over the still Baltic, reflecting the firmament, with a hint of aurora towards the North.
Ordrupnæs, Denmark. March 24th 2017

Powerfull aurora borealis display in Denmark Credits: Adrien Mauduit We have been waiting over 4 months to see a display like that! And the wait is finally over, it's not so easy to be at the bottom of the hill in the sun's cycle. The NOAA promised a G1 storm watch for last night, and we got a good...

Moon and Jupiter and its moons

Credits: Adrien Mauduit

Night sky phenomena of the Spring (March) in Denmark in 4K time-lapse

Aurora borealis, zodiacal lights, milky way core, nebulae and more!

Credits: Adrien Mauduit