The Great American Solar Eclipse lasted only 2min 17sec, that’s how long the fragment of totality on August 21st was. The main goal was to see the eclipse.. But as the USA is a vast territory with many challenges and attractions, the eclipse turned out to be only one of the many attractions of the tour on the North American continent. Thus, the “Great American Expedition” took us through 8 states, from one ocean to another, through more than 6 national parks, 5000 km of driving and 3 domestic flights. It was a very dense tour in objectives, in which I discovered an America that was nothing exaggerated compared to the movies, as I understood them, and far beyond the opinions of those who had been there before me and shared my a priori viewpoints.
Running tree
Photo Name: Running tree
Caption: I took this photo during my visits to La Palma isle a trip with an astronomy related perspective.
Properties: Nikon5200 f/8 ISO200 1/250sec 55mm
Canary Islands – La Palma stellar observatories – May 2015 (1)
Photo Name: Sunrise above the sea of clouds near Isaac Newton Telescope
Caption: I took this photo with the Isaac Newton Telescope Canary Islands – La Palma and the sunrise over the sea of clouds behind it.
Properties: Nikon D5200 f/5.6 ISO200 1/125 sec 18mm crop.
Date & Location: 2015 May 18, La Palma, Canary Islands.
Canary Islands – La Palma stellar observatories – May 2015 (2)
Photo Names: Sunrise above the sea of clouds near Isaac Newton Telescope (photo set)
Caption: I took this photo with the Telescopes ‘ZOO’ in the Canary Islands – La Palma.
Properties: see photo names.
Canary Islands, La Palma – Astrophotography – May 2015
Photo Name: Sunset above the sea of clouds near Isaac Newton Telescope
Caption: I took this photo from near the Isaac Newton Telescope with other facilities from the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Canary Islands – La Palma.
Properties: Nikon D5200 f/3.5 ISO-3200 10 sec 18mm crop.
Date & Location: 2015 May 18, La Palma, Canary Islands.
Canary Islands – La Palma stellar observatories – May 2014
Photo Names: Canary Islands – La Palma stellar observatories – May 2014 (photo set)
Caption: I took this photo with th stellar observatories in La Palma during my first trip there, in 2014. In the images you can see the Gran Telescopio de Canarias – GTC (the silvery one, starting with the 4th photo). The diameter of the primary mirror is almost 11 metres, the cupola is 33 metres. The other telescope is the Mercator, near Isaac Newton Telescope (INT of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes).
Properties: Nikon D5200 f/8 ISO100 1/125 sec 24mm crop. (first photo, see photo names for the other).
Sunset in La Palma
Photo Names: Sunset in La Palma (photo set)
Caption: I took this photos during my visit to La Palma isle. La Palma is also know as La Isla Bonita.
Properties: Nikon D5200 f/5.6 ISO320 1/50sec 55mm (first photo).
Miniature island
Photo Names: Miniature island (photo set)
Caption: I took this photos during my visit to La Palma isle.
Properties: see photo names.