Night Sky

Robert Harvey BA ARPS EFIAP CENV CSCI MCIWEM is a Chartered Natural Scientist and an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society. He chases elusive astronomical phenomena around the world and leads landscape astrophotography tours and courses in Britain and overseas.

‘Not just about stars and planets and distant galaxies and the infinitude of space, Night Sky is also about the earthly landscapes from which such visions can be seen. You’ll do well to find many more arresting images than these.’

• IntroductionEurope Supermoon rising over Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, England Aurora Borealis over Aldeyjarfoss Waterfall, Iceland Watching the Northern Lights, Jokulsarlon, Iceland Moon, Venus, Pleiades and Hyades over Kiruna, Sweden Aurora Borealis over Kirkjufell Mountain, Iceland Snow Moon, Lofoten Islands, Norway Aurora Borealis over Sommarøy Bridge, Norway Dance of the Northern Lights, Lofoten Islands, Norway Intense aurora, Lofoten Islands, Norway Road to the Northern Lights, Norway Venus and reflection over Kald Fjord, Kvaloya, Norway Milky Way above mountains, Norway Venus and crescent moon, Lapland, Finland Milky Way over Tatra mountains, Poland Milky Way, over the Carpathians, Ukraine Milky way over Lake Elton, Russia Star trails above Enisala Fortress, Dobrogea, Romania Perseid Meteors above the Beglik dam, Bulgaria Fairy chimneys at night with stars in the sky, Cappadocia, Turkey Milky Way, Mount Olympus, Greece Braies Lake, South Tyrol, Italy Orion over Colma di Sormano, Como, Italy Milky Way over Sibillini Mountains National Park, Le Marche, Italy Milky Way on summer night, Dolomites, Italy Milky way over the desert of Bardenas, Spain Night Sky over the Matterhorn, The Alps, Switzerland Orion over Ves chapel, Vosges, France Stars over Eiffel Tower, Paris, France Starry sky over Mont Blanc Range, Lac de Chesery, France/Italy/Switzerland Cassiopeia and Milky Way reflected in Garreg-ddu reservoir, Elan Valley, Wales Eclipsed Moon and Mars, Munich, Germany Geminid Meteor over Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England International Space Station over Severn Bridge, England/Wales Venus, Mars and Jupiter in conjunction, Isle of Portland, England Ursa Major over Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England Milky Way over St Michaels Mount, Cornwall, England Moon and Venus, St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall, England Super Blue Moon Rise, Wiltshire, England Orion and Pleiades over Martinsell Hill, Wiltshire, England The Great Bear over Avebury, Wiltshire, England Regulus, Castor, Pollux and Procyon, Isle of Skye, Scotland Moonrise on Lundy, Devon, England Fireball over Clatteringshaws Loch, Dumfries and Galloway, ScotlandNorth America Milky Way over Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Canada Aurora Borealis, Greenland Milky Way over Kathleen Lake & the St Elias Mountains, Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada Milky Way, Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada Northern Lights over North Saskatchewan Landing school, Kyle, Canada The Milky Way over the Oxtongue Rapids, Muskoka, Canada Supermoon rising over Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 13 November 2016 Hale-Bopp Comet and Northern Lights, Alaska Stars above East Twin peak, Alaska Aurora Borealis, Fort Greely, Alaska Milky Way over Crater Lake, Oregon, USA Total solar eclipse, Ritter, Oregon, USA Baily’s beads, total solar eclipse, Ritter, Oregon People watching and photographing total solar eclipse, Madras, Oregon, USA Hale Bopp comet and Mauna Kea observatories, Hawaii Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California, USA Milky Way over Red Rock Canyon, California, USA Milky Way and Saturn, Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA Star Trails, Mono Lake, California, USA Moon ring, Arches National Park, Utah, USA Orion, Sirius and Jupiter over June Lake, California, USA Night Sky over Golden Gate Bridge, California, USA Milky Way over Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA Geminid meteor shower over the Very Large Array radio telescope, Magdalena, New Mexico, USA Annular Eclipse over New Mexico, USA, 20 May, 2012 Crescent moon and Venus over downtown St. Louis, Missouri, USA View from Clingman’s Dome at night, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA Milky Way over Hunting Island, South Carolina, USA Milky Way over New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA Milky Way over Cape Romano dome house, Florida, USA A panoramic view of the Milky Way Galaxy over Stage Harbor Lighthouse at Hardings Beach in Chatham, Massachusetts, USASouth America Star Trails, Atacama, Chile Llano del Hato National Astronomical Observatory, Merida state, Venezuela Ologa, Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela Tungurahua Volcano, Colombian Andes, Ecuador Chimborazo, Ecuador Milky Way over Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru Ishinca base camp, Cordillera Blanca, Peru Milky Way over Mount Auzangate, Cordilliera Vilcanota, Peru Flyby of the International Space Station (ISS), Pedra Azul and Venda Nova do Imigrante, Espirito Santo State, Brazil Leblon Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Milky Way core rising behind Pedra Azul, Espirito Santo state, Brazil Milky Way over Jalapao State Park, Brazil Golden Tree, Cerrado Biome, Brazil Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds over Uyuni the salt flats, Bolivia Zodiacal light over Uyuni Salt farm, Bolivia Lake and Cuernos mountains, Torres del Paine, Chile Ice penitentes on a high-altitude plateau in the Andes mountains, Chile Centaurus above the European Southern Observatory’s telescope at La Silla Observatory, Chile European Southern Observatory, Chile Star trails above Very Large Telescope at Paranal Observatory, Chile Star trails over ALMA radio astronomy antennas, Chile Meteor and crescent moon over Pan de Azucar National Park, Chile Moai at moonrise, Easter Island, Chile Moonrise over Lauca National Park, Chile Milky Way over Cerro Armazones, Chile Aurora australis, Valley of the Moon, Chile Moon over Punta del Diablo, Uruguay Moonrise over the Beagle Channel, Ushuaia, Argentina Moon and Venus over Buenos Aires, Argentina Fitz Roy Massif and Glacial Lake, Patagonian Cordillera, Chile Comet McNaught over Patagonia, Argentina Four planets over the Atlantic, Buenos Aires, Argentina Lunar halo, Punta Piedras, Argentina Milky Way over Iguazu Falls at night, Argentina Scorpius over Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Milky Way and southern twilight, Pebble Island, Falkland IslandsAustralasia Milky Way framed by a Cave, Wellington, New Zealand Partial solar eclipse through bushfire smoke over Broken Bay, Sydney, Australia Venus and Jupiter in conjunction over Uluru, Australia Milky Way over Shipwreck Coast, Victoria, Australia The Pinnacles at night, Nambung National Park, Western Australia Milky Way over Uluru, Australia Comet Lovejoy over the Southern Ocean, Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia Comet McNaught over the outback, Mildura, Victoria, Australia Night Sky above Fog, Wellington, New Zealand Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds over Wainuiomata coast, New Zealand Milky Way and Jupiter, Whangapoua Beach, New Zealand Total solar eclipse, Northern Cook Islands Moonset, Brooklyn Wind Turbine, Wellington, New Zealand Milky way over Castle Rock, Castlepoint, Wairarapa, New Zealand Moonrise over Lake Tasman, Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand Milky Way and Canopus, Cape Palliser, New Zealand Aurora Australis, Wellington, New Zealand Milky Way, Cable Bay, New Zealand Aurora Australis, Queenstown, New Zealand Milky Way, Tasman Valley, Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand Milky Way, Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo, New ZealandAsia, Middle East, Far East Orion, Sirius and Canopus over the Bay of Bengal from Ngapali, Myanmar Night sky over Gunung Bromo, Java, Indonesia Orion from Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Stars over Tioman Island, Malaysia The Milky Way above Lam Isu Reservoir, Kanchanaburi, Thailand Milky Way over Koh Hai Island, Thailand Orion, Sirius and Canopus over the Bay of Bengal from Ngapali, Myanmar Geminid meteor shower, Yunnan province, China Orion and Sirius rise above the Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, China Crescent Moon, Venus and Saturn, Patan, Nepal Orion rises above Himalayas, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, Lake Namtso, Tibet, China Milky Way over Namgyal Tsemo Gompa Buddhist monastery in Leh, Ladakh, India Milky Way over Leh city in Leh Ladakh, India Milky Way over Chandratal Lake, Himachal Pradesh, India Sirius in Canis Major and Orion above Alborz Mountains, Iran Leaked rocket fuel over Alborz Mountains, Iran Milky Way over Garmeh Oasis, Dasht-e Kavir, Iran Observing Leo, Um Frouth rock arch, Wadi Rum, Jordan Milky Way, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn over Wadi Rum, JordanAfrica Milky Way over the Avenue of Baobabs, Madagascar Night Sky over Erg Chebbi, Morocco Stars of constellation Centaurus, Tassili National Park, Algeria Milky Way over Erg Chebbi, Morocco Pyramids at night, Giza, Egypt Milky Way and Large Magellanic Cloud over Mount Kilimanjaro, viewed from Amboseli, Kenya Masai Tribesman under Milky Way, Kenya Milky Way over Acacia Tree, Masai Mara, Kenya Large Magellanic Cloud over Masai Mara, Kenya Night sky over Mount Kilimanjaro, viewed from Amboseli National Park, Kenya Quiver Trees and Three Galaxies, Keetmanshoop, Namibia Milky Way over Dead Vlei, Soussvlei, Namibia Star trails, Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei, Namibia Baobab trees and Milky Way, Makgadikgadi National Park, Botswana Milky Way over the Southern African Large Telescope, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Comet McNaught Cape Town South Africa Night sky over Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South AfricaAppendices A solar eclipse A Lunar month Star ChartsIndex