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National Geographic photojournalist, founder of The World at Night (TWAN), preserving natural night skies, bridging art & science

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This stunning @natgeo special edition, 100 Iconic Images From This Century, is recently published. I spent hours sharing the story of the images with our 6-year old child. He asked most questions on @jtkerby photo of a monkey giving birth in Ethiopia, @amivitale photo of panda sanctuary in China, Orsolya Haarberg photo of a tower in Copenhagen to reconnect with nature, @johnstanmeyer photo of African migrants under moonlight seeking cellphone signal, @jimmychin shot of @alexhonnold free solo climb of El Capitan in Yosemite, @paleyphoto image of a man and his child in a public bath in Afghanistan, and the iconic face transplant in Ohio by @ljohnphoto. He nervously kept asking where the new face came from and I had to change the subject by going to my image of the Milky Way Above Uluru, which was boring to him!
Millions of protestors risk their lives in Iran. Outside of the country, Iranian immigrants organize major freedom rallies around the world every Saturday. Last week with my wife @shadihamedi, we joined the crowd of many thousands in New York City in solidarity with Iranians.
Peaceful memories of this 2010 evening in a Kurdish village in Iran. Today, Kurdish cities are the beating heart of #IranRevolution, to end four decades of Islamic Republic crimes against humanity. Protestors across Iran, led by brave women, stayed smartly peaceful. But I’m worry that the clerical regime find its survival in escalating violence to use warfare and accelerate prisoner executions. While the protestors are still unarmed, the regime respond is shifted from batons and tear gas, pellet guns, arrest and torture, to using warfare bullets and snipers. Now the regime started a massacre in Kurdish cities, like #Mahabad #javanrud, where the resident phone coverage record tanks, machine guns, and nonstop children screams at night as the forces randomly shoot houses. See @MiddleEastMatters @afshinismaeli @1500tasvir_en
Part 2 of @nasa Instagram live on lunar photography and Artemis 1 mission to the #moon. Other guests were Lunar scientist Dr. Brett Denevi and NASA photographer @ingallsimages. #nasaartemis @nasaartemis
Video part 1. It was breathtaking to watch Artemis 1 launch, with the world’s most powerful rocket standing about 100 meters tall. This is an unmanned test visit to the moon orbit and return to Earth in 42 days; the first for @nasaartemis program that aim to return astronauts to the moon in 2025. We talked about lunar photography on a recent IG Live with @NASA. Other guests were Lunar scientist Dr. Brett Denevi and NASA photographer @ingallsimages. #nasaartemis #moon
Hope for #FreeIran is alive in millions of Iranians who are protesting since #MahsaAmini women revolution started in September, currently in 140 cities and almost all major universities, supported with increasing number of market closing and labor strikes, including in the oil industry which is the regime’s income artery. The movement has passed the turning point of fear. On Nov. 15-17, a nation-wide strike took place in memory of Nov. 2019 uprising when 1500 to 3000 unarmed peaceful protestors were killed across Iran, according to human rights organizations.
All about Nov 8 lunar eclipse. How to and photograph it. The total phase is at 10:16 to 11:42 GMT. This is 2:16 to 3:42 am Pacific Time and 5:16 to 6:42 Eastern Time, meaning it happens at dawn in the East Coast and a clear western horizon is needed to see it before it disappears with sunrise. The more west you are the longer you will see it at dark. In Australia, Eastern to central Asia, India (partial), and Siberia, it is visible right after sunset with the full moon rising from the east, which will be already eclipsed in some areas. It is during day-time in Europe (except Iceland), Africa, Middle East, and therefor not visible.
A peaceful starry night of 2009 in a village of Khash, Baluchestan, southeastern Iran. It was well after their bed time but they were curious to see what I was doing at dark. Today people of this area lost lives standing for their freedom against the Islamic Republic security forces who use snipers and machine guns on unarmed protestors across Iran. About 50 children are killed in #IranProtests since this nation-wide uprising started in September. Many were protesting teenagers like #NikaShakarami (pic 2). Hundreds of school girls have been beaten and arrested during regime forces raids to schools. The 15-year old #AsraPanahi (pic 6) was beaten to death.
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