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CATEGORY: Panoramic Shot SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: Panoramic photograph taken on the Stokksnes Peninsula, southeastern Iceland. The Northern Lights form a perfect arc over Mount Vestrahorn and the beautiful black sand beach that meets the Atlantic Ocean in this region. The Northern Lights, ...

CATEGORY: Panoramic Shot INSTAGRAM: @victorlimaphoto STORY: This image made in Piedras Rojas represents very well everything that Atacama means to me. Breathtaking landscapes and the best sky in the world for astrophotography. The Milky Way arch crosses the Piedras Rojas lake, the Magellanic Clouds ...

CATEGORY: Single Shot SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: In this image we can see the incredible transition between twilight and astronomical night in Piedras Rojas, in the Atacama Desert in Chile. With Piedras Rojas above 4000 meters of altitude, the intensity and colors of the luminosity remaining...

CATEGORY: Stacked SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: Piedras Rojas is one of the most beautiful and visited places in the Atacama Desert. Above 4000 meters of altitude and far from any source of light pollution, in this place it is also possible to observe and photograph the night sky as in few plac...

CATEGORY: Single Shot SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: The Monjes de La Pacaña are huge monoliths found in the Salar de Tara region of the Atacama Desert in Chile. With varied formats and appearing completely out of nowhere in the middle of the desert, these monoliths stand out in the landscape an...

CATEGORY: Panoramic Shot SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: I have just returned from my second photo tour of the year in the Atacama Desert. This image made in Piedras Rojas represents very well everything that Atacama means to me. Breathtaking landscapes and the best sky in the world for astrophot...

CATEGORY: Panoramic Single Shot SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: The Iguaçu National Park is one of the most incredible places on the planet. The Iguaçu Falls add the largest set of waterfalls on the planet and were considered one of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World, in addition to being a Natur...

CATEGORY: Panoramic Single Shot SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: Image taken on the last night of my Photo Tour in the Atacama Desert in a swampy area that appears in the middle of the desert, thus attracting a diversity of animals that live in this region. Centralized in the image is Cerro Colora...

CATEGORY: Single Shot SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: In this image taken on the road that leads to the El Tatio Geysers, in the Atacama Desert in Chile, we can see part of the southern arm of the Milky Way, where we can more easily find the Running Chicken, Eta Carinae and Gum nebulae. Just belo...

CATEGORY: Stacked SOCIAL IG: www.instagram.com/victorlimaphoto STORY: The Milky Way's core hovers over Piedras Rojas, Atacama Desert in Chile. Piedras Rojas is located about 150 km from San Pedro de Atacama and above 4300 meters of altitude. Far from any source of light pollution and accessible by t...

CATEGORY: Panoramic Shot SOCIAL IG: www.instagram.com/victorlimaphoto STORY: Panoramic photography taken in the Rainbow Valley on the first night of my photo tour in the Atacama Desert. About 60km away from San Pedro de Atacama, a village that is the base for exploration in the region, the Rainbow V...

CATEGORY: Panoramic Shot SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: Image taken on the last night of my Photo Tour in the Atacama Desert, in the Vado Putana region, a swampy area that appears in the middle of the desert, thus attracting a diversity of animals that live in this region. Centralized in the ima...

Panoramic photograph showing the show of colors in the skies of Iceland at dawn on 03/31/22. The aurora borealis forecast websites and apps indicated KP 7 index since the beginning of the night of 03/30/22, which in fact did not occur. In the beginning of the night the aurora borealis was very weak ...

CATEGORY: PANORAMA SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: Devil's Throat - Iguazu Falls - Brazil Registering the Milky Way Arch over the Devil's Throat, at Iguazu Falls/Brazil, was an incredible experience. In addition to the great adventure of walking through the Iguaçu National Park at night, home of ...

After an early night with rain, the Great Magellanic Cloud appears shining in the skies of the Iguaçu Falls. The Magellanic Clouds are some of the objects of the night sky seen exclusively in the southern hemisphere. Being in places with low degree of light pollution, looking towards the south celes...

Category: Stacked Social IG: @victorlimaphoto Story: Perfect night at Fortaleza Canyon in Cambará do Sul, Brazil. Located within the Serra Geral National Park, Fortaleza Canyon is one of the largest in Latin America. After two rainy nights and a lot of fog, my students and I decided to go up to the ...

CATEGORY: SINGLE/PANORAMA SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: Santa Maria Jump - Iguazu Falls Photographing Iguazu Falls at night has always been one of my priority projects. For that, it was necessary to obtain a special authorization from the environmental agency responsible for national parks in B...

Panoramic photograph taken in the Fortaleza Canyon, Cambará do Sul/Brazil. To make this panorama, two Panoramic images were used, one of the sky taken in my first Workshop on site in 2019 and the second in the last Workshop, in Aug/21. In 2019 the sky was perfect but the Fortaleza Canyon was very fo...

CATEGORY: STACKED SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: Star Trail over Salto Santa Maria, one of the main waterfalls of the Iguaçu Falls complex in Brazil. Photographing Iguazu Falls at night has always been one of my priority projects. For that, it was necessary to obtain a special authorization from...

CATEGORY: SINGLE SHOT STORY: After an early night with rain, the Great Magellanic Cloud appears shining in the skies of the Iguaçu Falls. The Magellanic Clouds are some of the objects of the night sky seen exclusively in the southern hemisphere. Being in places with low degree of light pollution, lo...

CATEGORY: SINGLE SHOT SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: The Milky Way Core appears over the Santa Maria jump, one of the main waterfalls of the Iguassu Falls complex. Iguassu Falls are the largest set of waterfalls in the world, with more than 275 different waterfalls and an average flow of about 1...

CATEGORY: STACKED SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: Star Trail over Salto Santa Maria, one of the main waterfalls of the Iguaçu Falls complex in Brazil. Photographing Iguazu Falls at night has always been one of my priority projects. For that, it was necessary to obtain a special authorization from...

CATEGORY: SINGLE SHOT SOCIAL IG: @victorlimaphoto STORY: Santa Maria Jump - Iguazu Falls Photographing Iguazu Falls at night has always been one of my priority projects. For that, it was necessary to obtain a special authorization from the environmental agency responsible for national parks in Brazi...

Water World - Iguazu Falls The Milky Way cloud crosses the Iguazu Falls skies over the Santa Maria jump. In this panoramic shot we can easily identify some deep sky objects characteristic of the southern hemisphere, such as the Eta Carinae nebulae, Running Chicken Nebula, Coalsack Nebula, as well a...

Water World After a long time planning, in mid-March/21 I finally managed to realize my dream of photographing Iguazu Falls at night. I knew that the challenge would be great, after all, you need a special authorization from the National Park to shoot at night. One reason for this is that the park i...