‘Corona – The Zenith Aurorae’ by Adrien Mauduit

‘Corona – The Zenith Aurorae’ by Adrien Mauduit

Take a break and watch this video. 'Corona – The Zenith Aurorae' by astrophotographer and nature cinematographer​ Adrien Mauduit ​Duration: 4:43 Anyone who has ever seen a decent display of Aurora knows that it explodes to fill up the whole sky,…

WATCH: Real-time Perseid meteor shower – Best of 2018 by Adrien Mauduit

WATCH: Real-time Perseid meteor shower – Best of 2018 by Adrien Mauduit

Photographer Adrien Mauduit put together a two-minute compilation of his best real-time sequences of the Perseid meteor shower peaking on August 12 – 13, 2018 in the Valais in Switzerland. ​Did you miss it because of weather or personal reasons? Fear not, we got…

Amazing aurora borealis over Iceland

Amazing aurora borealis over Iceland

Because sometimes you just need to see it… "On September 27, 2017, a G3 class solar storm sparked beautiful auroras but I was way too far north to get a very good show. Instead, Lady Aurora decided to show her best colors the next night on September 28th,…

Partial lunar eclipse and full moon rise of August 7, 2017

Partial lunar eclipse and full moon rise of August 7, 2017

On Monday, July 7, 2017, a partial lunar eclipse was visible at moonrise before the shadow shrank into the penumbral area, and eventually faded. "I went up the Jura mountain in France to have a clear view of the full moon rising over the Alps. As cumulus and…

Breathtaking structure of noctilucent clouds

Breathtaking structure of noctilucent clouds

As the PoSSUM noctilucent cloud airborne campaign unfolds in High Level, Alberta, Canada, the PoSSUM team gets valuable scientific data using PMC-turbo cameras. As part of the science communication and outreach effort, photographer Adrien Mauduit is helping the…

Metamorphosis by Adrien Mauduit

Metamorphosis by Adrien Mauduit

In nature, there is nothing more spectacular than the Spring. Funny enough, animals and plants are way quicker to get back to being active than to fall into dormancy in the Fall. It sometimes takes months for deciduous plants to lose all their leaves, whereas they…

Spring night sky phenomena in 4K (UHD)

Spring night sky phenomena in 4K (UHD)

This amazing time-lapse was produced by Adrien Maudit from Denmark. In less than 3 minutes, Adrien shows us spring night sky phenomena as seen this month through his lens. From northern lights to Milky Way core, meteorites, iridium flares, zodiacal lights and…

Light pillars and Moon halo over Denmark

Light pillars and Moon halo over Denmark

Light pillars and halos are formed when the freezing cold atmospheric air is filled with tiny ice particles in suspension. When the wind is low and the sky is clear, you might observe strange beams coming from different sources of light. Ice particles reflect and…

Noctilucent clouds storm from July 12 – 14 over Denmark

Noctilucent clouds storm from July 12 – 14 over Denmark

You are not dreaming, you can see waves, shock fronts or waterfalls in the night sky! On the nights of the 12-13th and 13-14th of July 2016, Denmark has witnessed two very powerful and bright noctilucent cloud shows in a row. The brightest and broadest I can…