illuminated edge of the forest 2014-02-24

Illuminated edge of the Schönbuch forest with starry sky.
The brightest star in the image is Jupiter (to the left), above Jupiter are the two stars Pollux and Castor in the constellation of Gemini (Twins). Right of Jupiter are the constellations of Auriga (Charioteer, irregular pentagon), Perseus and Cassiopeia (w-shaped).
30 sek · f/3.5 · 8 mm · ISO 3200 · EOS 700D

lights 2013-11-23

blurred city lights at night - Tübingen at the Neckar river

fog comes 2013-11-12

[1:48 am] view of Walddorf with fog over the Neckar valley (30 sek · f/5 · ISO 1600)

[2:12 am] 24 minutes later... fog has arrived. After 6 more minutes I found myself also within fog.
(almost in the image center: Sirius, the brightest star of the night sky)

midnight in the forest 2013-08-01

136 sek · f/4 · 12 mm · ISO 800 · EOS 350D
midnight in Schönbuch forest - view towards north, light pollution from Stuttgart and the airport

30 sek · f/4 · 12 mm · ISO 1600 · EOS 350D
Night sky with view of the Schwäbische Alb. Left: Walddorf, Metzingen behind, the lights of Reutlingen are to the right.

30 sek · f/4 · 12 mm · ISO 1600 · EOS 350D
Milky way at the edge of Schönbuch forest. The lights in the center behind the tree are from Tübingen.

full moon night landscape 2013-07-26

The full moon almost turns night into day. Crickets chirp, and besides the vague noise of traffic from the nearby highway there is peaceful silence. Smell of wet grain lies in the air, wet due to the heavy rainfall last afternoon. Humidity is high and fog over the Neckar valley.

full moon over the fields, notice the fog over Neckar valley to the right

Big Dipper (asterism) over a cabin