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Celestial Encounters Copyright: Julien Looten On the night of July 31, 2024, I traveled to Verclause, in the heart of the French Baronnies, a medieval village perched on a rocky outcrop. This picturesque location is home to the ruins of a feudal castle and a church that is currently hosting an astr...

Old Starry Stones (Lot, France) Copyright: Julien Looten https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53856286811_0049120923_c.jpg Old Starry Stones (Lot, France) Milky Way (and meteor, one of the first perseides of the year ?) from the heights of the Lot (Occitanie, France) Last night (07/13/2024), I went ...

At the Heart of the Cygnus Constellation Copyright: Julien Looten https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53790048172_86676893c3_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53767077324_7625430193_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53787417587_3ca006e067_c.jpg This photograph of a part of the Cygnu...

Galactic Arch in the Black Triangle of Quercy (France) Copyright: Julien Looten https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53756211081_10e77132e4_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53755306567_12f1781334_z.jpg For the first complete arch of the summer Milky Way (our galaxy), I take you to the Regio...

SAR Arc, auroral oval, and moonset in northern France Copyright: Julien Looten https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53731405015_2cd419fcdd_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53730982706_aee4f31e96_c.jpg It has already been a week since the intense auroral activity that left such an impression...

A Historic Night: Northern Lights at Étretat (France) Copyright: Julien LOOTEN https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53716905449_cc6a527e10_c.jpg The euphoria of Friday night into Saturday has faded. After two sleepless nights photographing the nocturnal sky, rest proved beneficial. I finally had the...

Milky Way reflection https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienlooten/ Copyright: Julien Looten https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53658815754_c65daa9fd3_z.jpg For the first Milky Way of the year 2024, I take you to the Quercy Park, in the Southwest of France, sometimes nicknamed "the Quercy's Blac...

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks Copyright: Julien Looten https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53575623784_916245929a_c.jpg Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, first discovered in 1812 by astronomer Jean-Louis Pons, has captivated the interest of celestial observers ever since. With an orbital period of just under 71 years...

Lunar Crown and Pleiades Copyright: Julien Looten The photograph, taken on the evening of January 20th from the city of Arras, after a significant snowfall in northern France, reveals a remarkable celestial phenomenon - a lunar crown. Are you familiar with this rare phenomenon? Unlike a typical rai...

The Starry Mont Saint-Michel (Normandy, France). URL of website, if any Copyright: Looten Julien https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53461690293_2f892bd511_z.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53461878699_ae76e7118d_z.jpg On the night from Thursday to Friday (11/01/2024), accompanied by two fr...

Between Earth, Sky, and Sea Copyright: Julien Looten full image : https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienlooten/53430884178/in/datetaken-public/ https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53430884178_3bd13a581b_z.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53431062554_fbd48a66c1_z.jpg --- Between Earth, Sky, and...

The Twin Stones... https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienlooten/ Copyright: Julien LOOTEN https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53416460630_70f56b678e_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53416514040_cbac69c4f5_c.jpg Last weekend (12/17/2023) I ventured to a rather unusual place... Although far fr...

Hello, I am the author of the photograph. The shape of the Milky Way is quite normal. It is curved because of the (very large) panorama I had to make to get all these objects on the same image. In particular, an east-west panorama. This panorama causes deformations, which cannot be prevented. It's t...

SAR Arc in France https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienlooten/ Copyright: Looten Julien https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53311294522_ed0b4e92fb_c.jpg Solar activity over the last few days has led to the emergence of spectacular aurora borealis that can be seen this evening and tonight in France. ...

French belfry in front of the moon https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienlooten/ Copyright: Julien Looten https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53231533867_429e22f71e_c.jpg The Sun of the Golden Lion, crowning the summit of the Belfry of Arras (France), meets the Moon... First and foremost, it's essent...

Comet over a Neolithic menhir full : https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienlooten/ Copyright: Julien Looten https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53173509578_0a25c72241_c.jpg It is certainly one of the most remarkable astronomical phenomena of this summer 2023: the passage of comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura...

**Capturing shooting stars: Perseids 2023 in the Constellation Cygnus** Copyright: Julien Looten https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53124837326_191261d12f_z.jpg Every year in August, skywatchers are treated to a spellbinding spectacle: the Perseids, a swarm of shooting stars that cross the Earth's...

Red Sprites (and Saturn) above Château de Commarque (Dordogne, France) Copyright: Julien Looten Red Sprites (and Saturn) above Château de Commarque (Dordogne, France) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53078080692_25f815da44_c.jpg After spotting red sprites with the naked eye on a night out at Châ...

The milky way and The Summer Triangle above a french castle Copyright: Julien Looten https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53074647289_14557a3b1a_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53074976643_d48ea16c1b_c.jpg A starry night in the courtyard of Château de Losse (Dordogne, France).. Above the c...

Full Moon (of the "Strawberries") rising over Laon Cathedral (Aisne, France) 🌖 https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienlooten/ Copyright: Julien Looten https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52952259344_dc1f5caf0a_z.jpg Full moon over French cathedral 1/2 by Julien Looten , sur Flickr https://li...

Night vision of the carrelets of the Gironde estuary (France) https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienlooten/ Copyright: Julien Looten https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52836350469_b60a15b560_b.jpg You have probably already seen these wooden huts on stilts, inseparable from the landscapes of the Char...

A starry night at the Château de Commarque (France, Dordogne) https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienlooten/52782252538/in/datetaken-public/ Copyright: Looten Julien https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52782252538_3dce726688_b.jpg I arrived at the Château de Commarque last Tuesday evening (21/03/2023)...

Zodiacal light in France Copyright: Looten Julien https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52715326923_57ff1d8f49_c.jpg EN : Zodiacal light at the Château de Losse in the Dordogne. The Château de Losse again? With a rare astronomical phenomenon, other than the airglow? Yes... Three weeks after capturing...

Atmospheric fireworks Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Julien.Looten.Photographie Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/j.looten/?hl=fr Flickr : https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienlooten/52650775344 Copyright: Julien Looten https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52650775344_a1fa85334f_c.jpg This p...

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) associated with an Airlgow... (France) flickr (full hd) : https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienlooten/52642153664 Copyright: Looten julien https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52642153664_dcf6c3ce0f_c.jpg Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) associated with an Airlgow... (France) by Julien Loo...