Photographer

margit l. steig

Location

duck pond wellfleet MA

Date

aug 19th 2012 8 pm est

Equipment

Nikon DSLR

Description

duck harbor sunset

Photographer

Jesper Grønne

E-mail

jesper@astrophoto.dk

Location

Danmark

Date

August 15th. 2012

Equipment

Astromodified Canon 5D II, EF85mm 1,2L and tripod.

Description

I had tried for over 2 years to photograph the enigmatic Red Sprites, no one in Denmark had done that before, and finally it happened - Wauw I am happy.

Photographer

kurtis markham

E-mail

kurtismrkhm@aol.com

Location

alexandria virginia

Date

10/21/12 3:00am

Equipment

celestron cgem 1100hd w/hyperstar ,Atik 428ex

Description

while takeing a photo of 42 an orionid meteor passes through

Photographer

Chris Desselles

Location

Destin, Fla

Date

10-05-2012 sunset

Equipment

Image taken at Destin Fla 10-6-2012 Canon EOS T2i 55-250mm IS Zoom lens set to 250mm , f/7.1, 1/400sec, ISO-250, white balance AUTO Cropped for composition in Photoshop CS6

Description

Photo is one selected frame from a "sports burst" of 12 images a 3FPS - only 2 frames recorded the green flash, of which this is the better of the two.

Photographer

JJ Modig

Location

Lenexa, KS

Date

August, 8, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Equipment

Modified Canon 300d with a 28-70mm Canon lens at 28mm f/5.6

Description

After a much needed thunderstorm, a nice double rainbow appeared. After I took a few shots, I wondered what it would look like without my infrared filter (it's a modified camera). Here's the result. The top picture is normal and the bottom one is without the IR filter.

Photographer

JJ Modig

Location

ASKC Dark Sky Site

Date

July 21 around midnight

Equipment

Canon 300d with a Canon 28-70mm lens at 28mm f/5.6. 2 minutes exposure time. ISO 1600

Description

I was taking some star trail pictures when I noticed these weird greenish clouds. I found out the next day that it was an uncommon atmospheric phenomenon known as airglow which is caused by a chemical reaction in the upper atmosphere.

Photographer

Jim Reis

Location

Watford City, North Dakota

Date

7/16/12 0400

Equipment

Nikon D3100 18-55 mm lens

Description

The Northern Lights with Venus, Jupiter and the Pleiades rising in the East.

Photographer

Michael Boschat

E-mail

aa063@chebucto.ns.ca

Location

Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada

Date

June 21 at 9:46pm ADT

Equipment

Canon 350D with a 75-300mm telephoto on a camera tripod. Lens set at 75mm, f/13, 1.3 sec, 100 ISO

Description

A shot of sky with ,Moon and Mercury and crepuscular rays:

Photographer

Jesper Grønne

E-mail

jesper@astrophoto.dk

Location

Danmark

Date

2012-june 3rd just after local midnight

Equipment

Canon 5D mark III, EF 24mm 1,4L II

Description

Nice to see really cool Noctilucent Clouds, for the first time in 2012. The first ones a week ago was very faint.

Photographer

Dave Kelso

E-mail

kelso007@centurylink.net

Location

Cena Hot Springs, Alaska

Date

3/10/11 around 2 am

Equipment

Nikon D300s DSLR. Shot at f2.8, 200 ISO, with a 17 mm lens for 20 seconds.

Description

The photo shows active northern lights intermingled with background stars.