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)

Winter Hexagon 2013-11-12

Winter Hexagon (a distinctive formation) and constellations to which its stars belong (names in German), photo taken approx. at 2 am.

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