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73-panel mosaic of the milky way over La Palma island's southern volcanoes Credits: Adrien Mauduit Here’s my latest submission to APOD. It’s the result of a one-year project trying to get an ultra-detailed panorama of the milky including its original/native foreground. The challenge here was not on...

Under the sky of Tenerife Credits: Adrien Mauduit https://vimeo.com/267095226 This short’s timeline is built around one fictional day on the beautiful island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It starts with the beautiful sunrises above the sea of clouds. Then embark on a journey around the island,...

The Observatory Hill Credits: Adrien Mauduit The Tenerife Observatory is showing its ESA telescopes aligned on a lava hill and under the stars. The beautiful milky way core is just rising there at around 2:30 when this picture was taken (April 13th 2018). Tenerife is home to some of the best qualit...

A billion sunsets above the clouds Adrien Mauduit Derived from my movie 'Fall skies of La Palma', you can probably remember this epic scene where the core of the milky way- containing billions of stars, was setting above a sea of boiling clouds. Since I shot a time-lapse, I had a series of the same...

Winter night sky gems Credits: Adrien Mauduit We are about midway through the Orion season and it's crazy to see Orion already risen in the sky when night falls. We really have to take advantage of all these red-emission nebulae while it lasts. Not too long ago, I hiked up the ski slopes of the Mon...

The green eye Credits: Adrien Mauduit www.adphotography-online.com Some could see a huge green saucer, others could easily see an enormous green whip from the north or even a green Atlas. What I saw on February 17th was a giant green eye lighting up the Skaland bay on Senja island, Norway. I was ju...

Kaleidoscope skies Credits: Adrien Mauduit Sometimes you should just quit whatever you are doing, take a break, sit back, look up, and just enjoy the nature that's around you. On March 16 2018 at the Aurora Borealis Observatory in Senja, a huge aurora burst gave birth to a bright and widespread cor...

The green eye Credits: Adrien Mauduit www.adphotography-online.com Some could see a huge green saucer, others could easily see an enormous green whip from the north or even a green Atlas. What I saw on February 17th was a giant green eye lighting up the Skaland bay on Senja island, Norway. I was ju...

February 15-16 solar storm over Senja, Norway Credits: Adrien Mauduit www.adphotography-online.com https://www.facebook.com/AdrienMauduitPhotography/ On the nights of the 15th and 16th of February 2018, an unbelievable solar activity sparked massive auroras and coronas over Senja island in Norway. ...

Winter night sky gems Credits: Adrien Mauduit We are about midway through the Orion season and it's crazy to see Orion already risen in the sky when night falls. We really have to take advantage of all these red-emission nebulae while it lasts. Not too long ago, I hiked up the ski slopes of the Mon...

Winter gazing Credits: Adrien Mauduit Alone, sitting in the snow and contemplating the dazzling winter night sky. Once again, you'd be a fool to think it's deprived of interesting things to see, even with the naked eye. I love that the region from Sirius to Perseus contains so much red glow, coming...

Winter galaxies over the moonlit Jura Credits: Adrien Mauduit As the moon was 30 minutes from setting on the western horizon, I took advantage of its low light brightening the snowy surroundings to take a picture of the winter milky way and the Andromeda Galaxy over the Jura mountain chain. The Jur...

The way to the Alps Credits: Adrien Mauduit After an epic Xmas time with my family and friends, I wanted to share a very wintery picture taken three nights ago as I climbed the Station Monts Jura. I've always wanted that shot showing the beauties of the winter milky way rising above the Alps with t...

Galaxies Vol. II: Wonders of the winter night skies Credits: Adrien Mauduit https://vimeo.com/247824081 As the days shorten and the darkness progressively eats away the light, an amazing transformation happens in the northern hemisphere skies. A lot of astronomers and stargazers prefer summertime t...

A billion sunsets above the clouds Adrien Mauduit Derived from my movie 'Fall skies of La Palma', you can probably remember this epic scene where the core of the milky way- containing billions of stars, was setting above a sea of boiling clouds. Since I shot a time-lapse, I had a series of the same...

Orion: the Hunter Credits: Adrien Mauduit https://vimeo.com/246175105 A strange rectangle formed by bright stars in the winter sky, with three aligned central stars, that’s no ordinary shape for a constellation! You’ve probably seen it on a winter night sortie. If you are in the northern Hemisphere...

Rise Credits: Adrien Mauduit https://vimeo.com/238897243 Following the mornings of October 17, 18 and 19th 2017, the crescent moon rose in a very unique manner. The 3% moon crescent got close (conjunction) to Mars, Venus and Zaniah on Oct. 18th in the Earth shine. I shot the scenes from Gex in the ...

Orion Rising Credits: Adrien Mauduit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sREtfgxcBs&t=4s After spending a full night under the stars in the Swiss Alps at the Emosson Dam on October 26th, I came home with a lot of sequence that will be featured in my next big release 'Galaxies Vol II' coming next s...

Fall skies of La Palma Credits: Adrien Mauduit https://vimeo.com/244510227 Four and a half hours a day… That’s how long I have slept each day for ten days. Why would I bother being deprived of vital sleep though? Because my mission and goal was to show the night sky in a different way. The second o...

Facets of the stars Copyrights: Adrien Mauduit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDwuQgETvOo&t=3s What is this twinkling colored dot of light? If I told you it is extremely far away and can only be seen at night? You guessed it, those are stars, bright ones. These are actually some of the brighte...

Red sprites, lightning, zodiacal lights, milky way and orange airglow on La Palma Credits: Adrien Mauduit In the night of November 21st-22nd (last night), I was out shooting a time-lapse of the milky way On La Palma in the Canary Islands when some clouds rolled in along with thunderstorm that devel...

Northern Taurids, Pleiades and California nebula Copyrights: Adrien Mauduit On the night of November 22nd 2017, I decided to take a time-lapse of the pleiades and the california nebula to show the color difference of the two completely different objects, the one star cluster reflecting its light on...

Fall milky way, zodiacal lights & Saturn over El Roque, La Palma Credits: Adrien Mauduit There is one good and obvious reason why the Observatory has been built at the very top of this dormant volcano: it is situated at 2400m of altitude and benefits from year-round dark and pure skies. Althoug...

OBSERVING THE HUNTER Copyrights: Adrien Mauduit What would Orion look like if our solar system was 500 light years closer to its nebulae? We would probably have a view like this in the night sky. Not being able to capture one of the telescopes of La Palma Observatory in a single frame at the same f...

Fall milky way, zodiacal lights & Saturn over El Roque, La Palma Credits: Adrien Mauduit There is one good and obvious reason why the Observatory has been built at the very top of this dormant volcano: it is situated at 2400m of altitude and benefits from year-round dark and pure skies. Althoug...