Starship Asterisk*

Partial Lunar eclipse and clouds from Réunion Island
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Leonid & Moonrise - Plaine des Sables / Réunion Island

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Animated Slideshow : Réunion Céleste
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Eye of the universe
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Starry Night from Réunion
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Milky Way, satellites and canoe http://www.lucperrot.fr/ Copyright: Luc Perrot http://www.lucperrot.fr/sa/Nosy_Komba_Perrot.jpg Here is a photo taken in Nosy Komba, a small island in the north of Madagascar. This country is one of the poorest in the world and especially on this island, the life tak...

Lunar Eclipse from Réunion Island (again)
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Lunar Eclipse from Réunion Island
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Brocken Spectre, Glory & Fogbow above Mafate / Réunion Island http://www.lucperrot.fr/ Copyright: Luc Perrot http://www.lucperrot.fr/sa/Fogbow_and_Brocken_spectre.jpg http://www.lucperrot.fr/sa/Brocken_spectre_and_Glory.jpg You can also view these weather events with this time lapse made above ...

Celestial spectacle in Reunion Island http://www.lucperrot.fr/ Copyright: Luc Perrot http://www.lucperrot.fr/sa/conjunction-saint-denis-1.jpg http://www.lucperrot.fr/sa/conjunction-saint-denis-2.jpg On Sunday, May 1st, 2011, 5:56 am: while the city of Saint-Denis still sleeping and while some fishe...

Starry night in the south hemisphere (Saint-Philippe - Reunion Island)
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The crazy meteor on the star road http://www.lucperrot.fr Copyright: Luc Perrot http://www.lucperrot.fr/sa/The-crazy-meteor-on-the-star-road.jpg This crazy meteor is nothing else than a runner, appears from nowhere in the middle of the night while I realized a startrail on the volcano road. I had i...

The Milky Wa, Venus and the Zodiacal light
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Copyright: Luc Perrot Location : Réunion Island - Volcano Road
Date: March 3, 2011 At 4:50 am local time

it almost looks as if you were setting off a super-fantastic cosmic fireworks display

I was looking for a good title for this photo. "Cosmic Fireworks" seems to be a great idea. Thanks a lot Ann!

Me and the Milky Way http://www.lucperrot.fr/ Copyright: Luc Perrot http://www.lucperrot.fr/sa/me-and-the-milky-way.jpg For this self-portrait, I had the idea to placing me right at the base of the Milky Way. The South Cross is located just above my head. In the top right of the image, we see the L...

Jupiter over the Cirque of Salazie (Réunion Island) http://www.lucperrot.fr Copyright: Luc Perrot http://www.lucperrot.fr/sa/jupiter_over_cirque_of_salazie.jpg This photo is taken from the Col des Bœufs (1900m altitude) and show the Cirque of Salazie (one of three cirques of Reunion Island) under a...

Eruption of Piton de la Fournaise under the starry night sky http://www.lucperrot.fr/ Copyright: Luc Perrot http://www.lucperrot.fr/sa/eruption_perrot.jpg The volcano Piton de la Fournaise, located in the Reunion Island, erupted on October 14. I walked 4 hours in the dark night for realize this pic...

Rendez-vous with Vénus http://www.lucperrot.fr/sa/rendez-vous_with_venus_perrot.jpg Date: 16/09/2010 Location: Cirque of Salazie/ Reunion Island – Altitude : 1600m Technique: 9 photos stitch together It is so good to rise, to get closer to the stars, to have the sensation to give up for a moment, h...

Ann wrote:That's a wonderful image, Luc Perrot! And thank you for describing all the work that went into taking it!

Ann

Thank you Ann !

Luc

Could anybody translate this text please :roll: "Il existe des nuits où les conditions d’observation du ciel sont parfaites, parfaitement calmes, sans nuage, sans vent, sans lune et sans pollution lumineuse. Le sud-est de la Réunion est une région très peu peuplée à cause de la proximité d’un d...

The publication of my photo " Galactic eye " as APOD of June 29th, 2010 was a real surprise and an immense joy. I would like to thank you for your trust and for having the whole world discover Reunion Island. Yesterday was an incredible day. Still thank you and why not keep in touch for mo...