Early morning in Luxembourg-City

I took a stroll through Luxembourg City this early morning. Although the temperatures were quite low the sun stood firmly in the sky. All images taken with my eye-phone VI.

Misty solar eclipse 2015-03-20

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Everybody was waiting for this Solar Eclipse taking place on spring equinox.

All the special protection glasses were sold out.

I woke up this morning and I could only see mist surrounding my home. Being optimistic I set up my camera and went out. Luckily the sun (and the moon) appeared from time to time through the thick fog, no protection needed 🙂

here are the images. High resolution files can be seen here on flickr

Aurora Borealis in Northern Luxembourg

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Aurora Borealis, also called Northern Lights are hardly visible on continental Europe. They mostly occur in the high latitude regions. I was keen on getting out with my camera tonight as one of these amazing phenomena was forecasted as far down “south” as Luxembourg. I must admit that I wasn’t really optimistic but as it was a beautiful starry night I could at least get some decent night shots. I pointed my camera North and took a couple of images. I could see some strange violet lights on my LCD screen but wasn’t sure about what it really was. It was only back home on my computer that I realised that I had witnessed one of the most amazing and strange phenomena !

Watch for yourself!