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Babak Tafreshi | Photographer, Explorer, Speaker

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

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A stormy night of the northern lights, with the original soundtrack “Voyager” by composer @barbadbayat, a part of our Celestial Orchestra project with Prague Metropolitan Orchestra. The time-lapse was made during one of my annual September Aurora PhotoTours (learn more on babaktafreshi.com/Iceland).

A beautiful planetary conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, the brightest planets in our sky, is currently visible world-wide at dusk over west, that reaches the closest on March 1. This video reviews similar events in my archive. The last image was the rare conjunction of 1999 where the two almost merged to one point. There were many who reported this as UFO sighting. I was teaching at an educational observatory in Tehran where this image is taken. Music by @barbadbayat, from our Celestial Orchestra project. #astronomy #stargazing @twanight

A look back at some of the brighter comets in the past 10 years. None of them was a Great Comet that becomes stunningly extended in dark skies and easily visible to unaided eyes even from cities. The last two Great Comets was McNaught in 2007 (mainly southern hemisphere sky) and Hale-Bopp in 1997 (mainly northern sky). On average a Great Comet appears every decade land we are past due for another one in the next few years.

A brief look to The World at Night in Panorama, my recent talk in Chicago at the annual meeting of @americangeophysicalunion. It was exciting to create a new show for this 5:1 giant panoramic screen. Watch the complete one-hour talk on agu.org or on my YouTube channel, BabakTafreshi. Tap the link in bio.

The annual night sky photography webinar is on Saturday January 14 at 1 pm Eastern Time (6pm UT). To join tap the link in my bio or visit babaktafreshi.com/2023

Since September I’ve posted concise overviews on #WomanLifeFreedom uprising (find them on “Iran” highlighted story). The second largest country in the Middle East (7x the UK area), Iran is one of the world’s most resourceful lands in a superbly strategic position with about 1000 km shoreline of the Persian Gulf. It has been the crossroads of Central Asia, South Asia, and the Arab states of the Middle East. The clerical regime has turned this cradle of art and culture to an unbearable prison for its 88 million population. In 44 years of this dictatorship there has been hope for reform but every effort failed. The Islamic Republic is not reformable.

December 21st brings winter solstice traditions in the world. For Iranians and related cultures it marks Yalda Night, also known as Cheleh. Friends and families come together to break free the darkest time, the longest night, waiting for the sunrise, for the rebirth of hope. These words were never so meaningful as now, when millions of Iranians stand for their freedom, risking their lives against the Islamic Republic.

Pointing a green laser to three interesting objects in the Milky Way; a 6-second self-posed photograph taken in the Sierras.

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