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Recent images and videos |
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My best images and videos |
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My
video review of the Heliostar solar telescope |
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February
2011: the shuttle mission STS-133 (Discovery) in 3D video:
an astronaut in spacewalk! |
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Venus and its "horns"
at inferior conjunction, October 24 2026 |
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The
Moon in August 2016:
the largest
and sharpest quarters ever! |
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The largest and sharper last crescent, May
2026 |
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Indonesian volcanoes time-lapses, night and day |
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The occultation of Venus of
Sept 14 2026...with photobomb by airliner |
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July 8th 2013:
The New Moon crescent
World
record! |
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The total solar eclipse of August 12
2026 |
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Lunar transit of the ISS
Expedition
50 with French astronaut Thomas Pesquet |
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The largest first quarter ever (120
Mpixels)...with the new crater McGetchin! |
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Spain, May 16th 2010:
Atlantis and the ISS in front of the Sun |
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June 17 2026, conjunction of the
Moon, Venus and M44 |
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Switzerland, May
22nd 2010:
Atlantis and the
ISS in front of the Sun |
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High resolution images in Ha, G-band & Ca
K with the Soleye
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Last update August 3 2026 |
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Very large prominences of April, May and September
2015 |
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Timelapse of the immense prominence of May 23
2025 |
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January
31st 2018: the lunar eclipse over Singapore bay |
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Calculed passage of the ISS in
front of sunspots! |
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November 3rd 2017: the full Moon rises over
the Empire State Building, New York |
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Magnificent Norwegian Northern
Lights, January 2025 |
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July 26th 2018 :
the 4 bright planets (Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn), the Moon and the
ISS filmed over Los Angeles |
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Spectacular solar flare on August 2
2024 |
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Lunar images of August 2015 |
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January 2025: third
occultation of Saturn! |
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Lunar images of September 2015 |
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August 2024: occultation of Saturn
with the ISS! |
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June 3rd 2017: passage of the SpaceX CRS-11
Dragon filmed over France |
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May 2024: grazing occultation of Saturn
by the Moon from Argentina! |
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Astronomy in Puerto Rico: one night at the bioluminescent bay and a
visit to the Arecibo radiotelescope |
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Solar transits of Airbus A380
and a mysterious number! |
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Philadelphia,
May 9th
2016:
solar transits of
Mercury with the ISS and a plane |
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The Sunset from Rio de
Janeiro |
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Iridium flares in real-time |
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The occultation
of Betelgeuse by the asteroid Leona of Dec 12 2023 from Alicante, Spain |
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Florida, May 2009:
the
shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble space telescope photographed for the first time in front of the Sun! |
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Huge prominence on Feb 12 2024 |
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May 2017: the ISS marathon (4 passages in 1
night) |
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The lunar occultation of
Venus, Nov 9 2023 |
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August 21st 2015:
transit of
the ISS in front of a solar prominence |
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Jupiter,
Io (and its shadow) & Ganymède on Oct 6 2023 |
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The Geminids 2015 in real time with Sony 7S |
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The clearest lunar crescent ever,
12000 pixels wide! |
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Mai 13th 2015:
Iridium
flare over Jupiter |
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Saturn and 2 satellites in
rotation during 40 minutes,
plus a spoke in the B rings |
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September
28th 2015:
transit of
the ISS during the lunar eclipse |
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High resolution
solar granulation animation and pictures showing the Wilson and Evershed
effects
August 2023 |
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June
2013:
Double transit of
the Chinese Space Station
Tiangong-1 and
Shenzhou-10 |
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Transit of the ISS in front of
sunspots
during a
spacewalk! |
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Spain,
March 20th 2015:
transit of
the ISS during the solar eclipse |
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The partial solar eclipse of Oct 25
2022
when the Moon hides a
huge prominence |
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21 July
21st 2011:
STS-135
(Atlantis),
the last images of a space shuttle in orbit! |
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2 airplanes in front of the Sun |
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Spy satellites (X-37B,
Keyhole, Lacrosse) |
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Jupiter & Saturn 2022 from the French
Alps |
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Florida,
May 2009:
The
launch of Atlantis
The last Hubble servicing mission! |
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Trip in Namibia: lunar eclipse, Namib
desert, Etosha national park, Fish River canyon |
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Two
shadows in front of the Moon: the solstice 2010 eclipse over Mont-Saint-Michel
and a transit of the ISS |
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Moonrise and Sunset at the Triumphal
Arch |
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Gathering of Venus and the Moon |
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Moonrise and Moonset at the Eiffel tower |
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Juin
27th 2005:
Exceptional gathering of Venus and Mercury |
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Noctilucent clouds over
Paris, July 6 2022 |
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Passage
of the comet SW3 near M13 |
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January 18 2022: my best lunar
transit! |
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The solar flares of June 6, July 13 and 14 2005 |
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Thomas Pesquet, June 2021: the
partial solar eclipse
and the installation of the new IROSA solar arrays |
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Solar
activity on May 1 2005 |
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The exceptional
conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
December 22 2020 |
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The transit of Venus of June 8 2004 |
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The occultation of Mars by the
Moon from Portugal
September 6 2020 |
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The transit of Mercury - images
and animations |
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Mars in 3D stereo with the Pic du Midi
1-meter telescope
October/November 2020 |
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The annular eclipse of October 3 2005 |
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The comet Neowise over
the Mont St Michel
July 12 2020 |
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The lunar eclipse of November 9 2003 |
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ISS solar transits with the CFF200
refractor
June 2020 |
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Comet Machholz and the Pleiades on January 7 2005 |
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The full crescent of Venus
June 2 2020 |
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Mars on 08/20/2003 |
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2019 July 2nd: double
eclipse from Argentina
APOD (Astronomy
Picture of the Day), August 5th! |
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The total solar
eclipse of June 21 2001 from Angola |
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May 2019 : visit of the astronauts
training center in Houston and meeting with 3 astronauts:
Donald Pettit, Steve Bowen and Thomas
Pesquet
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The crash of the comet SL9 on Jupiter in July 1994 |
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Norway January 4
2019, geomagnetic storm G1 (Kp5): our most beautiful northern lights in
6 years in real time video! |
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September 17th 2006:
Transit of ISS and Atlantis in front of the Sun |
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January 21st 2019: the lunar eclipse from
the Sully bridge, near Notre-Dame de Paris
...and a transit of the ISS just 2 hours
before the eclipse |
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Iceland, March 2019: photos of the mount
Kirkjufell, day and night |
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3 ISS transits (lunar and
solar) without telescope ! |
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ISS lunar transit
April 4
2020 |
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Solar transit of the ISS with
the Sigma Art 60-600 telephoto lens |
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May 2 2022: Mercury, the
Pleiades and the Moon |
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Jupiter, the Moon and Venus,
February 22 2023 |
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