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https://www.photohound.co/images/1045924t.jpg Dryslwyn Castle , United Kingdom © Mathew Browne via PhotoHound Another beautiful, fleeting display of the northern lights in south Wales this evening. Photographed at Dryslwyn Castle, Carmarthenshire. I was capturing this scene alongside my business pa...

https://www.photohound.co/images/1045061t.jpg Llanddarog Village , United Kingdom © Mathew Browne via PhotoHound Sunrise at Paxton's Tower, Carmarthenshire In the summer months, if you get your timing and angles right, it's possible to photograph the sun rising right behind Paxton's Tower from the ...

"Remember remember the 5th of November" On Bonfire Night, Mother Nature provided her own fireworks in the form of another spectacular display of the northern lights that were reportedly seen as far south as Greece and Turkey! To the naked eye, a faint glow could be seen for several hours. ...

Last night's absolutely spectacular display of the aurora borealis was visible throughout the mainland UK where skies were clear. It was the result of a G2 geomagnetic storm. This photo was taken just before midnight at Paxton's Tower, Carmarthenshire, Wales. This is my favourite local photo haunt, ...

Strawberry Moon Rising by Mathew Browne, on Flickr

Tonight's Strawberry Moon rising behind Paxton's Tower in south Wales.

Photographed 2 miles away in Llanegwad village, with a 600mm lens.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52936078753_3aa6c30897_c.jpg HDR Crescent Moon by Mathew Browne , on Flickr Probably the most challenging image I've ever created, depicting the crescent moon moving through space. Captured at 600mm on a mirrorless full frame camera. Photographed from my garden h...

A highly rare appearance of the northern lights this far south! Another late night at my favourite local photo spot and finally the northern lights made a brief appearance too. I couldn't see much with the naked eye, but on the back of the camera, gentle pink rays began to form, just strong enough t...

The Milky Way at Ynys Llanddwyn, United Kingdom © Mathew Browne via PhotoHound
Stack of 6 x ISO 3200/20s for the sky and 1 x ISO 400/300s for the foreground

https://www.photohound.co/images/1031024t.jpg Disney's Art of Animation Resort , United States © Mathew Browne via PhotoHound At dawn on August 4th, an Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center. I'd never seen a rocket launch, nor photographed one, and wasn't entirely sure what I'd see f...

Tenby North Beach, United Kingdom © Mathew Browne via PhotoHound

Moonrise behind the Prince Albert statue in Tenby. ⠀

Photographed from Tenby's North Beach, 0.5 miles away using a 600mm telephoto lens.

I was lucky enough to have clear dawn skies to photograph the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter above the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia

Sofia - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Bulgaria © Mathew Browne via PhotoHound

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51984794580_57f0a6c11e_c.jpg Green Flash by Mathew Browne , on Flickr I've managed to capture the elusive "green flash" on camera only a handful of times. When the conditions are just right at the moment of sunset or sunrise, the upper rim of the Sun's ...

Castell Coch - Exterior, United Kingdom © Mathew Browne via PhotoHound

The International Space Station glides over the fairytale castle Castell Coch in Wales.

Burry Port Harbour , United Kingdom © Mathew Browne via PhotoHound

A composite of several frames as the harvest moon rose behind Burry Port lighthouse in Wales.

Tenby Silhouette by Mathew Browne, on Flickr

Moonrise behind the Prince Albert statue in Tenby. ⠀
I photographed from North Beach, half a mile away using a 600mm telephoto lens.

Pentre Ifan Fireball by Mathew Browne, on Flickr

I went out to photograph the Perseid meteor shower at ancient Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber in Pembrokeshire, and caught this HUGE fireball at 2am which lit everything green

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51354619706_69178f1221_c.jpg Abereiddy Tower and the ISS by Mathew Browne , via Flickr / PhotoHound The International Space Station shining a path through the twilight above the Pembrokeshire coast. This photo was captured through a window of the Grade II listed ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51338687228_9a7bc76486_c.jpg ISS and Llangorse Lake by Mathew Browne via PhotoHound I love it when a plan comes together! ⠀ ⠀ Llangorse Lake in the Brecon Beacons provided a perfect, serene place and time to capture the International Space Station passing overhea...

Elan Valley Milky Way By: Mathew Browne | https://www.instagram.com/mathewbrowne/ Location: Elan Valley, Wales Processing details: 9 images stacked and blended together using Starry Landscape Stacker. Shot using Sigma 14mm f/1.8; exposure 20 sec; ISO 2000 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51275394...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50100279032_f1b59f1b00_c.jpg Comet Neowise Over Stonehenge by Mathew Browne , on Flickr Just a few hours ago I saw this incredible sight - Stonehenge with the comet Neowise above and noctilucent clouds rippling behind. Worth the 5 hour roundtrip to capture this o...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48305111337_a31dbb6816_c.jpg Paxton's Tower Lunar Eclipse by Mathew Browne , on Flickr I caught the partial lunar eclipse above Paxton's Tower in Wales, a neo-Gothic folly. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48073237007_0b026ec3a0_c.jpg Milky Way Above ...

Saturday night's clear sky forecast coinciding with a new moon meant that it was a perfect night for astrophotography. I headed to the south Pembrokeshire coast of Wales where I bagged quite a few Milky Way images including this one over Elegug Stacks.

Milky Way over Llyn Y Fan Fach The Milky Way arches above Llyn Y Fan Fach in the Brecon Beacons. Looking forward to shooting more night sky photos like these in 2019. http://www.mathewbrowne.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DSC_9263_5504-x-8256_stack-Mean-Edit-Edit-Edit_8284-x-4733_webmedium.jpg La...

Composite of Perseid meteors over Llwyn Onn reservoir, Wales http://www.mathewbrowne.co.uk Who saw some meteors this weekend? We were lucky enough to have very clear skies over the Brecon Beacons, and I captured over 30 meteors on camera. This photo is a composite of several of the largest meteors t...

Satellite Flare Over Stack Rocks, Pembrokeshire http://www.mathewbrowne.co.uk The Perseid meteor shower hits its peak this weekend. Earlier this week I visited the Pembrokeshire coast to hopefully capture some on camera. I was very pleased to find this photo among the collection, although an astron...