Night Sky

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This book is beautiful and educational. I love how it is broken into what you can see in the night sky based on where you live (continent). Oh how I wish we had had this book two years ago when we studied geography & astronomy. It would have been a perfect compliment. I could see it as a beautiful add on to either subject though.

"Night Sky" by Robert Harvey offers magical views of the natural beauty of our planet and night sky.

As a resident in one of the most light polluted places on the planet, I was amazed and envious of the variety of breathtaking pictures of the milky way reflecting on still mountain lakes, Aurora Borealis (and Australis) in peaceful natural settings, eclipses, meteor showers, star trails, space station trails, and other stunning vistas. Not only are these pictures quite esthetic but the prose is educational also, since each of the pictures is accompanied by a concise, easy to understand, and accurate description of what we are gazing at. Some descriptions also contain useful hints as to the technique behind the artistry. (Selfishly, I would have also appreciated detailed information on lens, camera, settings, and other equipment for each of the pictures, but I guess that is one of the purposes of amateur astronomy magazines.)

This wonderful work would make a great coffee table book, and the memories of these pictures will encourage me to continue to explore the night sky not only with the naked eye but also with binoculars and a good camera.

Night Sky is a collection of photographs from around the world of the night sky. Now you would think that this could end up being very repetitive, but Harvey ranges to include just the right mix of photographs that it does not feel like anything has been repeated. All of the photographs in this book (barring one) are from the style of Astrophotography called Landscape or Wide-Angle (the others are called Deep Space Astrophotography and Planetary Astrophotography).

In the Introduction, we get a brief explanation as to how to do astrophotography, along with what you are able to see in the night sky with the naked eye. As someone who has had an interest in Astrophotography for a long time, it is good to see that all the hours that I have spent online researching how to attempt Astrophotography myself have been summed up for any to give it a try.

Split into 5 different sections based off the different continents; Europe, North America, South America, Australasia, Asia Middle East and Far East, and Africa. Each section has a selection of stunning images that will

The perfect coffee table book for just about anyone.