Beautiful and Rare High-Altitude Clouds Captured Shimmering over Mars
The Mars Perseverance Rover has captured images of rare, high-altitude noctilucent clouds shimmering over the Red Planet.
Photographer Marks Winter Solstice With Stunning Solar Halo
A photographer captured this beautiful solar halo to mark the winter solstice; the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
Rare Photo Captures Noctilucent Clouds and Aurora Borealis Together
Astrophotographer Göran Strand captured not one, but two rare celestial phenomenons in the same image yesterday.
Photographer Captures Stunning Shots of Northern Lights in Real-Time
Wow. Just wow. Last night’s northern lights over Sweden were some of the most beautiful auroras I’ve seen. Such activity and fast-moving corona are not that common, so I’m glad I stayed up all night waiting.
How to Shoot ‘Space Nebula’ Smoke Photos at Home
During long periods of cloudy weather, it can be really frustrating as an astrophotographer to wait for the sky to clear up. Over the years, I’ve learned how to handle these long downtimes.
The Nikon Z9 is So Fast It Can Capture a Speeding Bullet
Nikon touts its new Z9 mirrorless camera as being able to capture motion faster than the human eye can see. One photographer just discovered that the camera is so fast that its burst mode can be used to capture speeding bullets.
Testing the Nikon Z9 at High ISO Against the Z6 II and D850
I just did a ISO comparison with the Nikon Z9 compared to the Nikon Z6 II and Nikon D850. I’ve been using my old D850 a lot for astrophotography and have been very pleased with its ISO performance.
This 2021 Solar Eclipse Timelapse Was Made from 50,000 Photos
In the morning hours of June 10th, a "ring of fire" solar eclipse greeted sky observers in the northeast United States, northern Canada, Europe, northern Asia, Russia and Greenland. While most photographers captured single photos of the eclipse, Göran Strand decided to show the entirety of the rare eclipse from his backyard in Östersund, Sweden.
An Airplane Flyby of a Crescent Moonrise
On July 27th, I was out taking photos and filming the moonrise behind a tower called Arctura here in Östersund, Sweden.
Planning and Shooting a Full Moon Behind an 800-Year-Old Church
Last month, during the full moon of November, I planned and shot a photo of the full moon rising behind the 800-year-old Frösö church in Sweden.
This Photo Contains the Moon, Jupiter, and Jupiter’s Moons
On April 10th, 2017, there was a special meeting in the night sky: the Moon was seen close to Jupiter and Jupiter's four largest moons, known as the Galilean moons. Photographer Göran Strand went out and captured the beautiful photo above of the entire group in a single frame.
Wedding Photos Under the Milky Way and Northern Lights
About a year ago, I was asked if I would like to do a wedding photography at night. The bride Erika had seen a photo of a moon halo I took earlier that year. In that photo, I had two friends that I ran into that night. They were out chasing the northern lights and I asked if I could take a photo of them together with the moon halo.
Finding and Photographing a Lunar ‘Fog Bow’: What to Look For
A month ago I had never seen a lunar fog bow; now I have seen three. I got to see my first lunar fog bow on December 17th, and last night I got to see two more of these elusive phenomena. We had lots of fog around the city of Östersund and since it was the night of the full moon, I drove around chasing locations where I could see this beautiful phenomenon.
Capturing a Rare Lunar ‘Fog Bow’ Under the Northern Lights
Over the years I've seen lots of different phenomena in the sky, but one that has been on my bucket list for quite some time is the very rare lunar fog bow. I've seen photos of it, but I've never managed to capture it in real life... until now.
Photograph Earth’s Shadow in the Sky at Sunrise and Sunset
I never get tired of seeing our closest star set below the horizon, and seeing how the landscape changes as the warm light gets fainter by the minute. Every sunset has its personality depending each location, weather and season. One beautiful thing about a sunset is what happens right after the Sun has set. If turn around, you can slowly see the Earth shadow rising from the horizon.
This Photo Shows a Halo Created by Both the Sun and the Moon
This unique and beautiful image shows sun and moon haloes side by side. There was perfect halo conditions in the sky yesterday in Östersund, Sweden, so Swedish astrophotographer Göran Strand went out and shot a photo of the 22° solar halo.
10 hours later, after day had turned to night, Strand returned to the exact same location and photographed the moon with its 22° lunar halo. The image above is a photo that blends the day and night images together with the halos perfectly matching.
Shooting Self-Portraits Under the Northern Lights
If you've always dreamed of taking pictures of the northern lights, the video above will give you a small taste of what it's like. Swedish astrophotographer Göran Strand captured the behind-the-scenes footage recently when he drove out into the wilderness in the dead of night to chase auroras.
Silhouettes of Swordsmen Framed by the Setting Sun
Using super-telephoto lenses to frame people against the rising moon has become quite popular as of late. Just last year we shared examples featuring people at a lookout, a high-line walker, and a mountain biker.
Photographer Göran Strand recently decided to take the idea a bit further by framing his subjects against the sun.
This is What the Sunset Would Look Like if Your Eyes Could See Like a Hydrogen Alpha Telescope
Astrophotographer extraordinaire Göran Strand created this neat composite image to explore an interesting 'what if?' scenario: What if your eyes could see the sun the way a Hydrogen Alpha Telescope does? What would a sunset look like then?
Amateur Astronomers Recreate Voyager 1 Time-Lapse of Jupiter 35 Years Later
In 1979, as Voyager 1 made its final approach towards Jupiter, it snapped a series of beautiful black-and-white images of the massive planet that, when converted into a time-lapse, showed the movement of Jupiter's cloud bands for the very first time.
It's iconic footage, astronomically speaking, which is why 7 Swedish amateur astronomers and astrophotographers set out to recreate it using their own ground-based telescopes.
Time-Lapse Captured with Solar Telescope Shows a Sunset in Magnificent Detail
Swedish astrophotographer Göran Strand uploaded a time-lapse to YouTube today that is anything but your run-of-the-mill sunset lapse. For one, he's waited almost a full year to shoot this footage. For another, it was shot using a solar telescope, and so magnificently captures the sun in striking detail as it dips below the silhouette of the foreground landscape.
Immersive 360° Panorama Timelapse Lets You Experience the Aurora Borealis
If you've always wanted to feast your eyes on the aurora borealis but haven't had the time or the money to travel to areas of the world where the light display occurs, photographer Göran Strand has a treat for you. He has created an immersive 360-degree panorama using time-lapse photographs shot during a particularly active aurora. The video lets you pan around in the scene, offering a small taste of what experiencing the northern lights feels like.
Time-Lapse Captures Breathtaking Aurora Borealis Caused by a Massive Solar Flare
On March 16th, a massive solar flare at sunspot AR1692 -- a spot roughly the size of our quaint little planet -- sent a huge burst of solar wind headed our way. On March 17th, when it came into contact with the Earth's magnetic field, several hours of breathtaking aurora borealis resulted.
Little Planet with the Aurora Borealis
Swedish photographer Göran Strand created this amazing "little planet" photo (AKA a stereographic projection) that shows the Aurora Borealis overhead. He titled it "Planet Aurora".