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Photography of a Lunar Eclipse
The longest total lunar eclipse of the century from the central part of Iran
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Amir H. Abolfath
Dark Sky in a Total Lunar Eclipse
The longest total lunar eclipse of the century from the central part of Iran
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Amir H. Abolfath
Space Station and Mount Damavand
This single exposure image shows how the International Space Station crossed the sky in a few minutes.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A Greek Ship in the Persian Gulf
Star trails above the Greek Ship, a cargo ship that since 1966 is beached on the coast of Kish island.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Nature Bridge in a Metropolitan
Star Trails above the Nature Bridge in Tehran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
From a planetarium in Tehran, the brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, pair in a close conjunction.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A photo sequence from Shiraz formed this time-exposure image of star trails above the city's historic gate.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The Moon, Venus, and Jupiter form a triple conjunction in the evening sky of Tehran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-exposure image of star trails above a small waterfall in the Alborz Mountains of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-exposure image of the rotating sky, during 12 hours near the longest night of the year.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-exposure image of the rotating sky with star reflections trailing on a lake.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The Geminid meteor shower near mid-December is one of the best annual sky shows.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-exposure image of the rotating sky in a moonlit night above sunflowers.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-exposure image of the rotating sky above a village road in the Alborz Mountains.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-exposure image of the rotating sky above rock formations in the Alborz Mountains.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-exposure image of the rotating sky above the salt lake in Dasht-e Kavir, Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Silent for Many Thousands of Years
This time-exposure image has captured the motion of stars in a moonlit winter night of Mount Damavand volcano.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-exposure image of star trails above Haraz road in the Alborz Mountains near Tehran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-exposure image of star trails over Margoon Waterfall in the Fars province of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Rotating Sky Above Salt Hexagons
Time-exposure image of the rotating sky above hexagons on the salt lake in Dasht-e Kavir, Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter in the morning sky. The two are the brightest planets in the Earth sky.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A long-exposure image of star trails over the winter resort of Shemshak near Tehran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The Milky Way in a summer night of a village, captured with a fisheye lens.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars pinwheel above the winter resort of Shemshak, near Tehran in this long-exposure view of the night sky.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A starry night from a behind a small waterfall in the Alborz Mountains of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A fisheye view of the night sky over a small gorge in the Alborz Mountains of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A small delicate waterfall in the Alborz Mountains of Iran appears in a fisheye image.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A small delicate waterfall in the Alborz Mountains of Iran appears in a starry night.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A small delicate waterfall in the Alborz Mountains of Iran appears in a starry night.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The Moon and the Milky Way appear in a fisheye view, overlooking Haraz valley in the Alborz Mountains of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Mars, Antares, Moon, and Saturn are the brightest in this serene sky.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The motion of the sky is photographed in form of star trails over a gorge in the Alborz Mountains of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The motion of the sky is photographed in a long-exposure fisheye image from Veresk in the Alborz Mountains of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Sunflowers appear under moonlight in a fisheye image (all-sky view) from the Alborz Mountains near Tehran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The motion of the sky (star trails) in a long-exposure fisheye image.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Star trails (motion of the sky in long exposure) above the World Heritage Site of Isfahan old town.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The motion of the sky is photographed in a long-exposure image over the tomb of Saadi, a famed Persian poet.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The rotation of the sky in a long-exposure image, photographed from the tomb of famed Persian poem, Hafez.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Bright moonlight from a Full Moon illuminates the night and casts shadows in this skyscape from Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Planets over Great Salt Desert
Planets Venus and Jupiter appear in a moonlit night of the martian-looking landscape of Iran's Great Salt Desert or Dasht-e Kavir.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Fireworks over sand dunes of Dasht-e Kavir; a vast desert in Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A time-exposure image has captured the motion of stars (due to the Earth rotation) in a moonlit winter night of Mount Damavand, Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A time-exposure image has captured about one hour of the Earth rotation in form of star trails around the north celestial pole,
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Amir H. Abolfath
A time-exposure image has captured over one hour of the Earth rotation in form of the star trails around the north celestial pole.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In this morning view the Moon and Venus are visible next to the rising Milky Way that extends above mountain fortress of Alamut.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The Milky Way appears over Alamut Valley in the Alborz Mountains of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Above the lights of a nearby town the Milky Way faintly appears in the constellations Scorpius and Sagittarius.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In a moonlit winter night of central Iran Orion and Taurus are photographed above ruins of a historic caravansary near Natanz.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Prominent winter stars are photographed in above a mountainous road in this moonlit winter night.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Star trails streak over a mountainous road in this moonlit winter night.
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Amir H. Abolfath
This panoramic scene of Iran's Alborz Mountains in winter is illuminated by the gibbous.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars circle around the north celestial pole in a moonlit winter night of Mount Damavand, the highest volcano in Asia, rising to an altitude of 5610 meters.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Starry sky and dreaming view of the Milky Way is still preserved in the countrysides far from the large cities.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The night of the annual Geminid meteor shower begins with this early evening meteor near the bright star Vega.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The total Lunar eclipse of 10 December 2011 as seen in the evening twilight over Zagros Mountains of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The total Lunar eclipse of 10 December 2011 as seen in the evening twilight over Zagros Mountains of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In this clear night of autumn stars trail above the mountain fortress of Alamut (2160 m) in Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In this clear night of autumn during the peak of the Orionid meteor shower this meteor is captured over the Alamut Castle in Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The Green Flash Over the Setting Sun
The momentary green flash above the rising or setting sun has been documented as a phenomenon caused by the atmospheric bending.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Deep Sky View of a Lunar Eclipse
On 15 June 2011 the totally eclipsed Moon was very dark, with the Moon itself positioned on the sky toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Startrails above a Masterpiece
Stars of constellation Orion trail over the historic mosque of Sheikh Lotf Allah in Isfahan, Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In this moonlit night of April clouds and stars trail above the western horizon of Lut Desert in Kerman province of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The evening twilight fades in to darkness and stars set in the western horizon above amateur astronomers in the Messier Marathon observing competition.
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Amir H. Abolfath
TWAN photographer captures the starry sky of Alamut Valley in Alborz Mountains.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In this evening twilight of Alborz Mountains two planets are in conjunction while the air is filled with enchanting scent of spring blossoms.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars trail above remains of an old bridge in Izadkhast; an ancient city in Fars province of southern Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
During 2 hours the Earth rotation has caused stars to trail around the north celestial pole with Polaris, the North Star, located very close to the center.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars rise above the eastern horizon above a large group of amateur astronomers who explore the night sky with their telescope.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A meteor streaks the sky of Zagros Mountains in Iran near the prominent figure of the Big Dipper's seven stars.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars of constellations Auriga and Taurus trail to the western horizon above Alborz Mountains, as seen from the 3500 m high Dizin peak.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars of Perseus and the Pleiades star cluster rise above remains of Izadkhast, an ancient city in Fars province of southern Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Winter stars and the Milky Way are photographed in desert starry sky near Damghan, a historic city of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Small but beautiful constellation of Corona Borealis (Northern Crown) is images above a moonlit natural structure in the Alborz Mountains.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The young crescent Moon appears in a colorful evening sky of Kashan, Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Another night passes in the valley of Teimareh in central Iran. The rotation of the Earth causes star trails in this long exposure image.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In a freezing winter night of Zagros Mountains in central Iran, bright star Sirius and constellation Orion shine above the moonlit landscape.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Amateur astronomers in Iran during the annual Messier Marathon observing competition.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars trail above a caravansary in Izadkhast, an ancient city in Fars province of southern Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The Milky Way in the constellations Scorpius and Sagittarius is captured above a caravansary in Izadkhast, an ancient city in southern Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars circle around the North Celestial Pole (near star Polaris) as captured in this digital image from the historic Caravansary of Qusheh near the city of Damghan, Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Trailing Stars above Ancient City
With the rotation of the Earth, stars over the southern horizon trail in the sky, including the constellation Canis Major and bright star Sirius.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Sirius and Historic Caravansary
In a winter moonlit night of central Iran, Sirius in the constellation Canis Major, shine through the ruins of a historic caravansary near Natanz.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Sky in Motion above Ancient Fire Temple
Time-lapse video: In a moonlit night of mountains near Kashan in central Iran, stars and clouds move above the ancient fire temple of Niasar.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In a clear moonlit night stars trail above the ancient fire temple of Niasar in Iran, during 2 hours of total exposure with a digital camera.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Sky Motion Above a Mountain Road
A sequence of few hundred images, made continuously by a digital SLR camera, resulted in this startrail image above a mountain road in Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars of the Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (the Big and Little Bears) stand above this moonlit desert landscape.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The Moon and Jupiter trail above lights of the metropolitan Tehran as seen from the top of Milad Communication tower (the tallest tower in the country).
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Amir H. Abolfath
A meteor streak over the southern horizon while stars of constellation canis Major including Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, shine above ruins near the histroic city of Damghan.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The annual Geminid meteor shower, which peaks on December 13/14, is one of the most beautiful meteor displays.
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Amir H. Abolfath
As the morning twilight approaches the elongated zodiacal light appears above Anarak desert in central Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In this long exposure image stars trail above the roof of an old-style bath in a traditional village of Alborz Mountains, Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A bright fireball flashed through clear skies over Mountains in central Iran, near the peak of the annual Geminid Meteor Shower.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The wide-angle view is made by total of one hour exposure. Because of the Earth rotation stars rotate with the celestial sphere.
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Amir H. Abolfath
This all-sky view, made by stitching several wide angle photos, display the winter sky in the northern hemisphere from a village in the Zagros Mountains.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Home to billions of stars, our galactic island, the Milky Way, shines above a woman, meditating in the silent of night.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Winter stars trail to the western horizon during 2 hours of total exposure from an old cars cemetery in Semnan desert of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars trails above a flowered tree in Alborz Mountains of Iran. In this wide angle view Polaris is at left where the circumpolar trails are centered.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars set behind Mount Damavand in Iran while the Moon illuminates the slopes of Alborz Mountains.
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Amir H. Abolfath
This single exposure image, made by a camera on a tracking mount, displays a classic view of the Orion Nebula (M42).
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Amir H. Abolfath
Big Dipper above the Gate of All Nations
Stars of the Big Dipper are photographed above the ruins of Persepolis, a 2500-year old World Heritage Site of ancient Persia.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In the light polluted sky of Isfahan, a major city and tourist destination in the center of Iran, brightest stars trail above a historic bridge.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars trail around the north celestial pole (with Polaris or the North Star near the center) as photographed from inside Roodafshan cave in Alborz Mountains of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars Trail above Desert Landscape
In a moonlit night of Iran stars trail above the southern horizon of this dramatic desert landscape at the boundary of Alborz Mountains and Semnan desert.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars rise above Mount Damavand in Iran while the Moon illuminates the slopes of Alborz Mountains.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Band of the summer Milky Way (in northern hemisphere) stretch above light dome of Kashan in central Iran, as seen from a remote desert some 50 km away.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A night sky photographer prepares his equipment for a conjunction of the crescent Moon with bright planet Venus in the evening twilight.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Using a pair of binoculars an amateur astronomer gazes at deep sky gems toward the Milky Way central bulge.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Moon and Planetary Triangle in the Evening Sky
The young crescent Moon meets with the planetary triple conjunction of Venus (the brightest), Mars and Saturn above a mountainous village in Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
As another night passes in the valley of Teimareh in central Iran, the Earth rotation make star trails in this long exposure image.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A long accumulated exposure, made of adding several hundred continues shots, is resulted in this star brimming image above the Alamut Fortress.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Meteor Shower above Alumut Fortress
A bright meteor streaks the sky during the peak night of Perseid Meteor Shower in August.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In a winter night of Kharanaq, an ancient desert town near Ardakan in the Yazd province of central Iran, stars of Orion and Taurus set over a historic bridge on a dried river.
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Amir H. Abolfath
As another night passes in the ancient valley of Teimareh in central Iran, the Earth rotation make star trails around the celestial pole.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The crescent Moon meets bright planet Venus in the early evening sky. In this long exposure image the pair are trailed while setting in the western horizon.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars of Big Dipper are photographed with a wide-angle lens in the middle of early spring blossomed fruit trees in a village of Alborz Mountains.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Trails at Both Sides of Equator
In this 5-hour accumulated exposure from a mountainous village in Iran stars of constellations Orion and Canis Major trail in the sky as the Earth rotates.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-lapse video: Turn on your speakers and get ready for this short clip of sky motion videos accompanied with ambient nature sounds.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-lapse video: Watch how this deep sky object known as the North America Nebula sets behind the mountains.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In a winter moonlit night of central Iran northern stars circle around the north celestial pole above remains of a historic caravansary near Natanz.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Northern stars circle around the north celestial pole above a spring flowered tree in this long exposure image from Alborz Mountains.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Moon, Venus, and Astronomy Day
While the Moon and Venus were in conjunction above Tehran, the Astronomy Day brought thousands of enthusiasts to this public park.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Northern stars trail above the slopes of volcanic Mount Damavand in a clear night of June when the slopes are covered with large red poppies.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In a clear starry night of Iran central desert, stars circle around the northern celestial pole above the historic Maranjab Caravansary near Kashan.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Through a roof hatch in a historic caravansary TWAN photographer captured Corona Borealis or the northern crown.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Home to billions of stars, our galactic island, the Milky Way, shines above a young couple of sky watchers.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Sun Pillar above Alborz Mountains
Moments after the sun set above snow-covered Alborz Mountains of Iran, a pillar of light appears above the western horizon.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-lapse video: Stars of Perseus and the Pleiades star cluster rise above remains of Izadkhast, an ancient city in Fars province of southern Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In a spring night of Alborz Mountains, a young Iranian couple enjoy the night sky above Mount Damavand.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Conjunction of the Moon and Venus above a mountainous village (2400 m high) of Alamut valley in Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The Moon rises above lights of Tehran. Milad communication tower is visible on the right side.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Photographed through a telescope, crescent Moon meets planet Venus in a close conjunction. Note the Earthshine on the dark side of the Moon.
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Amir H. Abolfath
As stars rise above Mount Damavand in Iran, the Moon shines on spring flowers on the slopes of Alborz Mountains.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The band of Milky Way rises above Haraz valley in Alborz Mountains of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Startrails above Ancient Persia
In this long exposure image stars trail above remains of Izadkhast, an ancient city in Fars province of southern Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-lapse video: Orion and winter stars rise above snow-covered Alborz Mountains of Iran in a moonlit night.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-lapse video: inter stars from Sirius to constellation Orion and Taurus sink to western horizon in a partly cloudy night of Kashan, central Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars of constellation Orion rise above desert landscape in this long exposure image. But the trails are different than normal stratrails photos.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Young Moon meets planet Venus in the evening sky above Milad communication tower in Tehran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Young Moon meets planet Venus in early evening sky of Tehran as seen above a highway in Tehran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-lapse video: In a late Spring night stars and clouds move above flower-filled slopes of volcanic Mount Damavand in Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Time-lapse video: Gripped by an astronomical spring fever, many northern hemisphere stargazers embark on a Messier Marathon.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A Starry Autumn Night in Virtual Reality
When this flash video loads, you can "feel" how it look likes to be under an autumn starry night in the northern hemisphere.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A sky-watcher is captured against the band of Milky Way.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Stars trail above a road in Alborz Mountains of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The rotation of the Earth causes all celestial objects to move in the sky.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Fire Temple and Circumpolar Trails
In an 3-hour circumpolar photo, stars trail around the North Celestial Pole.
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Amir H. Abolfath
During several hours of total exposure, stars and bright planet Jupiter trail above the World Heritage tomb of Cyrus the Great in Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Amateur astronomers observe the sky from Byurakan Observatory in Mount Aragats, Armenia.
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Amir H. Abolfath
In this evening view of the western horizon Mercury, closest planet to the sun, meets with Venus, the brightest planet in the Earth's sky.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Using a tripod and digital SLR camera (a basic equipment) an astrophotographer captures beauties of the cosmos above the horizon of planet Earth.
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Amir H. Abolfath
The lights of the metropolitan Tehran as seen from above Milad Communication tower.
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Amir H. Abolfath
This digital startrail image shows the August 2008 deep lunar partial eclipse above a group of observers and astrophotographers.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Celebrating Nowruz Under Stars
Vernal Equinox marks the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the south.
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Amir H. Abolfath
A digital startrail over the busy city of Tehran, highlights the Moon (the brightest trail) in a close conjunction with planet Mars.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Gripped by an astronomical spring fever, many northern hemisphere stargazers embark on a Messier Marathon.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Circumpolar stars circle around the north celestial pole in a clear night of Byurakan Observatory in Mount Aragats, Armenia.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Summer Milky Way as photographed from an incredibly dark site in central desert of Iran.
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Amir H. Abolfath
Share the beauty and wonder of the night sky with others.
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Babak A. Tafreshi
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Amir H. Abolfath
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