14219544 - the festive illumination along the Champs-Élysées at dusk.71391855 - Glowing Marina, illumination of lights in the marina of Heiligenhafen, Baltic Sea, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany71391854 - Glowing Marina, illumination of lights in the marina of Heiligenhafen, Baltic Sea, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany71391853 - Glowing Marina, illumination of lights in the marina of Heiligenhafen, Baltic Sea, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany71391852 - Glowing Marina, illumination of lights in the marina of Heiligenhafen, Baltic Sea, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany71372988 - Edinburgh Tattoo, fireworks over Edinburgh Castle, view from Salisbury Crags, illumination, Scotland, UK14273437 - Basilica Cistern with an orange illumination, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe70133092 - Switzerland, Zurich, Limmatquai tram Grossmunster christmas illumination70133091 - Switzerland, Zurich, Limmatquai tram Grossmunster christmas illumination70133011 - Switzerland, Zurich, view from railway station at Bahnhofstrasse at twilight . Chistmas illumination70133014 - Switzerland, Zurich, Bahnhofstrasse at twilight . Chistmas illumination , Hotel Schweizer Hof70133015 - Switzerland, Zurich, view from railway station at Bahnhofstrasse at twilight . Chistmas illumination70244692 - Bahnhofstrasse at twilight with Chistmas illumination ,tram70133093 - Switzerland, Zurich, Limmatquai tram Grossmunster christmas illumination70132650 - Berlin spandau, private houses with christmas illumination71466135 - Holiday illumination in Tbilisi's downtown for Christmas period71450513 - Christmas illumination and decor of the streets of Old Tbilisi, capital city of Georgia14249087 - This is the reflection nebula called the Witch Head Nebula, but officially IC 2118 (also with the catalogue number NGC 1909), near the very bright star Rigel, at lower left in Orion. But the nebula is over the border in Eridanus the River. Hot blue-white Rigel is the source of illumination lighting this dusty nebula. Some faint magenta emission nebulosity also populates the field in Orion.71454164 - Night illumination in Tbilisi's bussiness downtown Vake in winter time71450512 - Christmas illumination and decor of the streets of Old Tbilisi, capital city of Georgia71450511 - Night illumination in Tbilisi's bussiness downtown Vake in winter time71449924 - Christmas illumination and decor of the Opera House building in Old Tbilisi, capital city of Georgia71459979 - Historic hilltop walled medieval village of Mértola with castle, on the banks of the river Rio Guadiana, Baixo Alentejo, Portugal, Southern Europe nighttime with illumination of orange street lights14248855 - A weak Kp1-level aurora with a hint of dual parallel arcs in the northeast seen in a moonlit sky, February 14, 2024, from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba. Arcturus is at right, Vega at lower left. The waxing crescent Moon provides the illumination and blue sky.13999539 - A moonlit scene of the Blakiston Valley in Waterton Lakes National Park,Alberta,May 29,2023. The waxing gibbous Moon is in the frame at top,providing the illumination and lighting Blakiston Creek. Moonlight is the same colour temperature as sunlight,so in a long exposure like this,a scene looks like daylight.13999490 - The all-sky aurora of May 5,2023,with rays converging at the magnetic zenith. Light from the Full Moon provides the illumination. The Big Dipper is above centre.13900215 - The Andromeda Galaxy (aka Messier 31) and the stars of Andromeda rising over moonlit formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous Moon, low in the southwest so it is providing a warm light. This is an example of a "deepscape" - a nightcape with a telephoto lens to also record a deep-sky object in the frame above the horizon. However, moonlight prevents the galaxy from showing up as well as it would in a dark sky.13900075 - Circumpolar stars trails over Castle Mountain in Banff, Alberta. Taken July 23, 2010 from Castle Cliffs viewpoint on Bow Valley Parkway. A stack of 160 25-second exposures with Canon 15mm lens at f/4 and Canon 7D camera at ISO 640. Taken over 2 hours. Full Moon light provided the illumination.13899941 - This is the Milky Way of the autumn season in the Northern Hemisphere, on a late September night, from the very dark site of Red Rock Canyon, in Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada. The scene is a crop from the full 360° rectangular panorama, taken about 11:00 pm. Illumination is solely by starlight. Being autumn, the larches and aspens are in autumn colours. Snow is on Mount Blakiston at left, while the sharp peak at centre is Anderson Peak.13899539 - The Big Dipper and Ursa Major over moonlit formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous Moon, setting in the southwest so it is providing a warm "bronze-hour" light.13898875 - A fine display of aurora in curtains across the north, October 19, 2019, observed from the upper Deck 9 of the ms Trollfjord on the southbound voyage north of Tromsø along the Norwegian coast. Illumination is partly from the waning gibbous Moon.13898681 - Belt of Orion with Horsehead and Flame Nebulas. Taken Jan 19, 09 with 77mm f/4 Borg astrograph lens (300mm focal length) and Canon 20Da camera at ISO 400 for 4 x 18 minute exposures. On AP Mach 1 mount. Autoguided with SBIG ST402 camera and PHD Guider. Excellent night but lots of snow and sky was good but somewhat lit by snow illumination.13898346 - The 1910 Liberty Schoolhouse, a classic pioneer one-room schoolhouse on the Alberta prairie, at sunset as the stars are appearing, and with Venus in the clouds at left. Moonlight from the waxing Moon provides the illumination.13897642 - Orion (right) and Sirius (upper right) setting into the west over Loch Ard Gorge on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia, with illumination from the rising Moon a day past full behind the camera to the east.71439128 - The Church of the Redeemer in Gerolstein without illumination, Eifel, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany13900556 - Circumpolar star trails over a grand old barn in southern Alberta, on a fine spring night, May 23, 2018. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous Moon to the south. This is looking north to Polaris at top right. A thunderstorm is on the northern horizon with a lightning bolt as a bonus.13900394 - Orion and the stars of the winter sky trailing as they set behind and through Turret Arch, in Arches National Park, Utah. I shot this April 6, 2015 after twilight but before the waning Moon rose, so the sky was dark. Illumination is from stars and the sky – no artificial light provided, and the Moon was not up.13900317 - A faint aurora glowing over the harvest in progress this night, with trucks and combines lighting the field at left, and the Harvest Moon itself - actually three days after Full Moon - lighting the scene at right. The combination of lighting from manmade and natural sources makes for an interesting illumination on the grain bins. The Big Dipper is left of centre, pointing down to Arcturus at far left, and Perseus is at right. The Pleiades are just rising over the far right bins.13898847 - The old Atlas Coal Mine near East Coulee, Alberta, now a museum and tourist attraction. This is a composite of 20 x 1 minute exposures with the Canon 5D MkII and 16-35mm lens at 16mm and f/2.8, and ISO 1250. Taken June 27, 2013. While the Moon was up it was in some cloud and most of the illumination of the foreground comes from a sodium vapour light just off camera at right. Images stacked with StarCircleAcademy's Advanced Stacker Actions, Comet Streaks option.13897676 - The galactic centre area of the Milky Way in Sagittarius behind the grand old barn near home in southern Alberta, on June 30, 2019. Illumination of the barn is from twilight to the north, but also from light pollution skyglow from the west off frame at right. The sky is blue from the perpetual summer twilight at this time of year.13897546 - Orion rising in the moonlight over an old fence and farm implement at my house in southern Alberta, on a very cold and frosty -20° C night on January 3, 2017. Illumination is from the waxing crescent Moon.13999714 - The Blakiston Valley in Waterton Lakes National Park,in Alberta,Canada,in a panorama captured by moonlight,May 29,2023. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous Moon just off frame at top.13999152 - The quarter Moon,(in Leo) and planets Venus (brightest at right) and Mars (dim and upper left of Venus) in the late evening twilight over the front ranges of the Rocky Mountains. The stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini are above Venus. This was May 27,2023,from the Sierra Cabins West property near Lundbreck,Alberta,shot during a workshop as part of the program for the Lightchasers Conference held in Pincher Creek,Alberta. Illumination is by moonlight and some car headlights.13999115 - A moonlit scene of yellow balsamroot wildflowers blowing in the wind on a moonlit night in the Blakiston Valley in Waterton Lakes National Park,Alberta,May 29,2023. Blakiston Creek winds below toward the Waterton River. The waxing gibbous Moon just off frame at top provides the illumination. Moonlight is the same colour temperature as sunlight,so in a long exposure like this,a scene looks like daylight13998597 - The Hoodoos formation near Banff,Alberta,on the Tunnel Mountain Drive,overlooking the Bow River and Mount Rundle,with the stars and Milky Way in the sky. Illumination is by starlight,twilight sky colours,and lights from Banff in the distance. The sky is bright and blue with summer twilight,and from the waxing Moon low in the sky behind Mount Rundle.13900573 - The Hoodoos in the Red Deer River valley on Highway 10 east of Drumheller. Taken September 21, 2013 with the Canon 5D MkII and 24mm lens with a single 30-second exposure. Light from waning gibbous Moon provided the illumination.13900130 - Mars and the Milky Way over the tipis at Two Trees area in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan on August 6, 2018. Some light cloud added the haze and glows to the planets and stars. Illumination is by starlight. No light painting was employed here.13900093 - An all-sky aurora with green and purple curtains, the night of June 7-8, 2014, starting up about 12:30 and going until dawn. This shot was near its peak, from the old barn site near home in southern Alberta. Foreground illumination is from the aurora and ambient sky -- the Moon had set. The Big Dipper is above the Barn. The purple colour is from blue scatttered sunlight hitting the red tops of the auroral curtains. This was with the 16-35mm lens at f/3.2 for 20 seconds at ISO 1600 with the Canon 6D.13900090 - Venus in the evening twilight on December 17, 2021, about 2 weeks after its point of greatest brilliancy. This was shot in hope of also catching Comet Leonard, but it showed up as only a dim smudge hard to distinguish from the background sky, and is behind thin cloud here. Shot from near home in southern Alberta. Foreground illumination is from the gibbous Moon to the northeast opposite this scene which looks southwest.13899985 - The Milky Way over Athabasca Glacier and the Columbia Icefields in Jasper National Park, Sept 14, 2014 on a very clear night before moonrise. The centre of the Galaxy area in Sagittarius is setting in the southwest behind the Icefields. The foreground light on the moraines is wash from lights on the Glacier View Inn and Icefields Centre. Other ground illumination on the peaks is from starlight though the tops of the peaks are just being lit by light from the rising waning Moon which is also beginning to light the sky a deep blue. Mt. Andromeda is at left. The Summer Triangle stars are at centr13899821 - A 3-section panorama of a retreating thunderstorm taken from my back deck, with the Canon 5D MkII and 16-35mm Canon lens at 16mm. The storm shows mammatiform clouds and virga from falling rain. The illumination at sunset was perfect. The waxing quarter Moon is at right. Taken from southern Alberta, Canada.13899377 - Orion rising behind the iconic Hoodoos on Highway 10 east of Drumheller, Alberta, near East Coulee, on a moonless January night, with illumination by starlight and by a nearby yardlight providing some shadows and warmer illumination. Clouds are beginning to move in and are providing the natural star glows.13899001 - Venus (at left) and Jupiter close together in the dawn sky, and to the east of Scorpius, here at right, with reddish Antares between the trees. This was January 26, 2019. The two planets were closer together earlier in the week but clouds got in the way! Illumination is from the waning gibbous Moon off frame at right.13898793 - Circumpolar star trails on a moonlit night in the Gila National Forest in southern New Mexico, north of Pinos Altos. Polaris is at upper left, the Little Dipper hanging below it, and the stars of the Big Dipper are rising at right, with the end star of the handle still to clear the horizon. Illumination is from the waxing quarter Moon. The night had a lot of high cloud drifting through, adding the streaks and patchiness to the sky.13898027 - An all-sky aurora with green and purple curtains, the night of June 7-8, 2014, starting up about 12:30 and going until dawn. This shot was near its peak, from the old barn site near home in southern Alberta. Foreground illumination is from the aurora and ambient sky -- the Moon had set. The Big Dipper is above the Barn. The purple colour is from blue scatttered sunlight hitting the red tops of the auroral curtains. This was with the 16-35mm lens at f/3.2 for 20 seconds at ISO 1600 with the Canon 6D.13897898 - A dim aurora to the north at Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, at the Larson Ranch site and its rustic pioneer cabins. Taken August 8, 2016. This is looking northeast to Andromeda (the Andromeda Galaxy is above centre) and Perseus (the Double Cluster is left of centre). This Park is a Dark Sky Preserve. There are no lights visible. Illumination here is from starlight and the setting waxing crescent Moon to the southwest.13897775 - Jupiter in Libra is rising over the moonlit Badlands on Highway 10 east of Drumheller, Alberta. Light from the waxing gibbous Moon off frame to the upper right provides the illumination on April 26, 2018.13998770 - Orion and Sirius over the moonlit badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park,Alberta on Feb. 4,2023 with the waxing gibbous Moon providing the illumination on this very clear and mild night.13900512 - A panorama of the Kp5-level aurora on May 27, 2022, from home, with the aurora displaying prominent magenta rays, created by the red oxygen emission blending with illumination from blue scattered sunlight at high altitudes, common around the summer solstice when the high atmosphere is lit all night long. As a bonus, a dim STEVE arc is forming at far right, to the south of the main auroral oval where STEVE normally appears. STEVE faded, then returned to become more strong and visible across the sky from east to west as the main aurora to the north faded.13899967 - Passengers observing and shooting the Northern Lights from the upper Deck 9 of the ms Trollfjord on the northbound voyage, Oct 16, 2019, north of Tromsø. Illumination is from the waning gibbous Moon in frame at right.13899422 - Star trails over Patricia Lake and Pyramid Mountain in Jasper National Park. Moonlight provides the illumination and a faint aurora is at lower right in the northeast. The Big Dipper is the main pattern right of centre.13899237 - The constellation of Andromeda, with Cassiopeia at upper left, and Pegasus at right, rising over moonlit formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous Moon, low in the southwest so it is providing a warm light. The faint (in the moonlit sky) fuzzy patch of the Andromeda Galaxy, Messier 31, is visible at centre.13899227 - Cassiopeia and the northern stars over Red Rock Canyon in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, with illumination from a waxing gibbous Moon. This is a composite of three 30-second exposures for the ground to smooth noise and one 30-second exposure for the sky, all with the 24mm lens at f/3.5 and Canon 6D at ISO 1600.13899105 - A moonlit scene at Turret Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, with Sirius shining through the Arch, Procyon above the Arch, and above it at top centre, Jupiter, near the Beehive star cluster. The stars of Gemini are right of Jupiter. The rising waning gibbous Moon provides the illumination.13898171 - The northern autumn constellations of Pegasus (partially seen at right), Andromeda (across the centre), Perseus (at lower left) and Cassiopeia (at upper left) rising over moonlit formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous Moon, setting in the southwest so it is providing a warm "bronze-hour" light. The Andromeda Galaxy, M31, is at centre. The star clusters NGC 752, M34 and the Double Cluster are at left, as well as the Perseus OB Association of stars. Some of the small star clusters in Cassiopeia are resolved as well.13898166 - The 1910 Liberty Schoolhouse, a classic pioneer one-room school, on the Alberta prairie under the stars on a spring night, with an aurora dancing to the north. Moonlight provides the illumination. Cassiopeia is above the school. Polaris is at top.13898071 - Mars, Venus and Jupiter (in that order from top to bottom) in a triangle, in conjunction, at an old farmstead near Vulcan, Alberta, in the morning twilight, October 28, 2015. Illumination is from the nearly Full Hunter’s Moon in the west. The trio of planets were in Leo in a fine conjunction not to be repeated until November 21, 2111. Almost all of Leo is visible here, with Regulus, the constellation’s brightest star, just to the right of the windmill blades at top.13897965 - The Milky Way over Upper Waterton Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, on August 29, 2013. This is a US World Heritage Site. Taken with the 14mm lens and Canon 5D MkII for 60 seconds at ISO 3200 and f/2.8. Light from town streetlights provides the illumination. The Moon was not up. It was a very windy night!13897910 - This is Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) over the Horseshoe Canyon formation near Drumheller, Alberta on the night iof July 10-11, 2020, taken about 2 a.m. MDT with the comet just past lower culmination with it circumpolar at this time. Warm light from the rising waning gibbous Moon provides the illumination. The comet’s faint blue ion tail is just barely visible even in the moonlit sky and low altitude. The glow of summer perpetual twilight at latitude 51.5° N still colours the northern horizon despite this being close to the middle of the night.71427438 - Tbilisi State Opera House in the evening with illumination for Christmas holiday13998959 - The sparkling winter stars and constellations over the moonlit badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park,Alberta on Feb. 4,2023. The waxing gibbous Moon is off frame at left providing the illumination on this very clear and mild night. Captured here in a vertical panorama from below the horizon to past the zenith.13998603 - The planets Venus (brightest at centre) and Mars (upper left of Venus) in the moonlit and twilight sky over the front ranges of the Rocky Mountains. The stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini are above Venus. The star cluster Messier 44,the Beehive,in Cancer is to the left of Mars. This was May 27,2023,from the Sierra Cabins West property near Lundbreck,Alberta,shot during a workshop as part of the program for the Lightchasers Conference held in Pincher Creek,Alberta. Illumination is by moonlight and by a low-level lighting warm LED panel. The sky is blue with light from the waxing quarter Moon off13900270 - The 1910 Liberty Schoolhouse, a pioneer one-room school, on the Alberta prairie near Majorville, in the moonlight with an aurora across the north. Polaris is at top left. Cassiopeia is above the school. The 8-day waxing Moon provides the illumination.13900197 - The autumn constellations of Cassiopeia (the W at lower centre) and Cepheus (at top) amid autumn aspens on a moonlit September evening. The Andromeda Galaxy, M31, is at lower right. I shot this from the Elbow Falls area in Kananaskis, Alberta. Illumination is from a waxing gibbous Moon.13900125 - A photographer using a bright light to illuminate Double Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, on a dark night before moonrise provided natural illumination. Using bright lights to paint landscapes at night is common but often produces an artificial style of illumination.13900119 - The 1910 Liberty Schoolhouse, a classic pioneer one-room school, on the Alberta prairie under the stars in the twilight of a spring night. Moonlight from the waxing Moon provides the illumination.13899902 - The curtains of an early evening aurora starting to dance in the twilight and with the western sky lit by moonlight from the waxing gibbous Moon low in the sky and off-frame to the right. Its low altitude projected a warm illumination across the autumn coloured scene. This is from the Cameron River viewpoint off the Ramparts falls trail on the Ingraham trail near Yellowknife.13899669 - Train at Morant's Curve, Bow Valley Parkway, Banff, Alberta. Taken July 25, 2010 with Canon 7D camera and 15mm Canon lens, for 18 second exposure at f/4 and ISO 400, Moonlight from the Full Moon provided the illumination, plus from the train headlights. Part of a 700-frame time-lapse sequence.13899449 - Mars (at left) and the Milky Way (at right) over a single tipi (with another under construction at back) at the Two Trees site at Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 6, 2018. I placed a low-level warm LED light inside the tipi for the illumination.13899019 - The Big Dipper dipping below the Badland hills on a late autumn or early winter evening at the Hoodoos in the Red Deer River valley near Drumheller, Alberta. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous Moon.13898396 - Orion rising in the moonlight over a snowy landscape behind frost-covered bare trees at my house in southern Alberta, on a very cold and frosty -20° C night on January 3, 2017. Illumination is from the waxing crescent Moon.13897876 - A fine display of aurora in curtains across the north, October 19, 2019, observed from the upper Deck 9 of the ms Trollfjord on the southbound voyage north of Tromsø along the Norwegian coast. Illumination is partly from the waning gibbous Moon.71427439 - Christmas illumination of Old Tbilisi in the evening13900294 - The 1910 Liberty Schoolhouse, a classic pioneer one-room school, on the Alberta prairie under the stars on a spring night, with circumpolar star trails circling Polaris, and an aurora dancing to the north. Moonlight from the 8-day-old waxing Moon provides the illumination.13899700 - A fine display of aurora in curtains across the north, October 19, 2019, observed from the upper Deck 9 of the ms Trollfjord on the southbound voyage north of Tromsø along the Norwegian coast. Illumination is partly from the waning gibbous Moon.13899299 - A composite of about 280 images, taken with the Canon 60Da and 10-22mm lens at 17mm, at Bow Lake in Banff, Alberta showing star trails across the sky looking west. Illumination is from the waning gibbous Moon over frame to the left Moon. Each image was 45 seconds, taken at 1s intervals at ISO 1250 and at f/4.5. Stacked in Photoshop using Chris Schur's Photoshop Action.13898956 - The Big Dipper over Double Arch in the moonlight, at Arches National Park, Utah, on April 6, 2015 with illumination from a waning gibbous Moon.13898490 - The Dark Emu of aboriginal sky lore rising in a moonlit sky over the Tasman Sea from a beach near Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia, April 2, 2017. Lights from fishing boats dot the horizon out at sea. Illumination is from the waxing crescent Moon behind the camera to the north. This is looking southeast. Crux, the Southern Cross, is at top; the Pointer Stars are below.13898473 - Orion and Taurus rising in the moonlight over a snowy landscape at at my house in southern Alberta, on a very cold and frosty -20° C night on January 3, 2017. Illumination is from the waxing crescent Moon. Orion is below with Taurus at top.13898426 - A aurora group is taking their aurora selfie shots on the boardwalk at Rotary Park in Yellowknife, NWT, under a grand sweep of an auroral arc. This was September 11, 2018 under a mild display of Lights. Illumination is from the aurora and from urban lighting nearby.13897596 - The famous and photogenic Double Arch at Arches National Park in Utah, shot in moonlight with illumination from a rising waning gibbous Moon on April 6, 2015.13897544 - The Pleaides (the Seven Sisters) star cluster, and the stars of late autumn and winter rising over Elbow Falls in Kananaskis Country in Alberta, on a moonlit night, with a waxing gibbous Moon providing the illumination.13897384 - Circumpolar star trails circling above an old rustic and abandoned house near Bow Island, Alberta, with illumination from the nearly Full Moon. Cassiopeia is near centre. Polaris is at top left.71417014 - Hall des Sources in illumination, Vichy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France71412070 - Belgium, Brussels, Grand Place, Hotel de ville, evening illumination with Christmas tree71388124 - Night view of illumination of Old Tbilisi, capital city of Georgia71388125 - Night view of illumination of Old Tbilisi, capital city of Georgia71388123 - Night view of illumination of Old Tbilisi, capital city of Georgia71388127 - Night view of illumination of Old Tbilisi, capital city of Georgiapage suivante
