Happy New Year 2023 to everyone!
Another year is over. Traditionally it’s time for new wishes for everyone. On this occasion, I used to attach some pictures of fireworks watched at particular places or even a multitude of random spots...
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Top 100 the most beautiful places from where you could observe annular or total solar eclipses in the 2021-2040 period
This article is probably a compression of the ebook, which I would like to release in the nearest future about the 500 spots, from where you could observe both annular and total solar eclipses...
The most unique astronomical events you shouldn’t miss in the 2021-2030 decade
Recently we have entered the new decade 2021-2030. This is a good time to take a look at what major astronomical events will occur throughout this time. I don’t mean typical celestial events, as...
Fireworks around the world! Happy New Year 2021 to everyone!
Another year is coming now. The year will open the 3rd decade of the XXIth century. Time flies. It looks like it’s already 5th time when I am wishing you a Happy New Year!...
The foliage fall mystery
Have you ever wondered what factors determine the leaves falling from trees in the autumn? Or maybe you noticed, that the period, when leaves fall on the ground varies every year. This article is...
Upload vector layers to Windy.com in order to check the weather for your trip
It’s been about half a year since Windy.com launched an option to upload .kml, .gpx and .geojson files into the weather map. It happened thanks to the Leaflet-kml plugin, available here. Apart from the...
Top 21 things to see during solar eclipse
At the finish of my considerations about the solar eclipse phenomena observations, done during the last total solar eclipse in the USA as well as another few partial solar eclipses, which I have been...
The movement of prominences against the lunar disk during total solar eclipse
Except for many phenomena related to the total solar eclipse, that I observed away from the Sun there is one, which is worth attention. This is a prominences movement against the lunar disk, as...
How the lunar shadow looks like during the solar eclipse?
The area covered by umbra is the most spectacular of the whole solar eclipse phenomenon, therefore I would like to pay particular attention to this. Because I was watching the totality only once, I...
Sky brightness changes during total solar eclipse
Recently I have shown the light level changes during the solar eclipse. The illumination level is strongly related to the sky brightness. Both of them change at the same time throughout the eclipse. In...
Light level measurements during total solar eclipse
The illuminance level and sky brightness are very important elements of solar eclipse phenomena because both are clearly noticeable by the observer along with his eye adaptation. When the eclipse phase is deep and...
Visual range changes during solar eclipses
A solar eclipse is a magnificent natural phenomenon, during which the direct Sun is shadowed by the moon to darken the daytime sky (Vollmer, Shaw, 2018). In this article, I would like to draw...
Horizontal visibility as the main factor of long-distance observations, part 1 – weather, astronomical and optical elements
This article is sort of a continuation of issues related to light scattering in the Earth’s atmosphere as well as haze presence. These subjects are closely associated with each other, so some stuff presented...
First time in the shadow!
Today is exactly 1 year after one of my biggest dreams came through. My body and soul were located inside the lunar shadow for the first time! I can admit, that I dreamt about...
Astrophotography with the Peakfinder.org, part 2 – solar & lunar eclipses
In the 2nd part of this short guide on the Peakfinder.org panorama generator, I would like to focus on another kind of observation, that we can enjoy. There are solar & lunar eclipses. Those...
Total solar eclipse vizualisation on Google Earth, part 2
<<< Read the 1st part of The solar eclipse visualization on Google Earth In the 1st part of this article, I showed you how to create the “umbra” in Scribble Maps and use it...
Total solar eclipse visualization on Google Earth, part 1
This article presents how to vizualise the total solar eclipse on the most renowned geographical tool, the Google Earth.