[Sunrise and the Moon (20-09-2008)]

Today began with a wonderful Sunrise..... and the Moon was also very nice.

All photos were taken with a Canon EOS 350D with a Sigma 400mm APO (FD canon) (1.6x) and a 1.2x teleconverter ring.

For the sun i used an exposure of 1/4000sec at 100 ISO.

For the Moon 1/160 sec at 100 ISO.

Enjoy.

[Rare contrail Irisation, Sunrise, Contrails and Optics today.]

All photo's were taken in Amersfoort, Netherlands.

Enjoy!

This photo shows the nice colors just behind the plane, a few seconds later the were gone.

I only saw this 3 times and this is the second time I got it on photo (the first became EPOD Earth Science Picture of the Day).

Just before Sunrise all the whispy contrails became orange and white.

Sunrise!

The Irisation of this afternoon turned in to a bright Coronae later.

[Whales mouth (02-09-2008)]

Yesterday evening a fairly active region passed over Holland bringing with it a lot of rain.

Radar pic.

Satellite photo.

Photos from the ground.

The Wales mouth.

Hoped you enjoyed the photos.

[Sunrise 24-08-2008]

Hi Jurgen, love your pics.What camera do you use?

A Canon EOS 350D with an array of lenses. 18-52mm, 60mm, 55-200mm, 78-300mm and a 400mm APO.

[The Sun in H-alpha (31-08-2008)]

The photo was made through a MEGREZ 90mm APO F/6.9 focal lenght 621mm, a Thousand Oaks Optical H-alpha filter 0.9 angstrom (both from a friend of mine ) and a Canon EOS 350D.

Exposure time 1/20sec at 100 ISO.

[Nice little anvil]

This nice little anvil turned into a thunderstorm.

To bad it didn't passed over Amersfoort, Netherlands.

So no lightning photos this time.

This is the radar image and a sat pic.

Also a different kind of bird this time....... didn't knew what that little black spot was......

It turned out to be some kind of warm air balloon (You can see the little flame).

[Sunrise 24-08-2008]

A wonderful sunrise this morning.

Optics just before the Sun came up.

Green flash.

Some pics with birds in it (just in case if someone asks "I am missing your usual bird?")

This last panorama I took yesterday afternoon.

[Yes and that is EPOD number 8.]

Finaly after almost a year one of my weatherphoto's became Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD).

Here is the link:

EPOD 23-08-2008

[Nice storm with lot of wind and rain.]

I try to send them to you but it always blows back lol

[Nice storm with lot of wind and rain.]

Canon EOS 350D with kit lens 18-55mm

[Nice storm with lot of wind and rain.]

Nice stormline moved across the Netherlands.

Lot of wind and heavy rain (just for 25 min) and 1 thunder.

the radar pic.

The photos.

The storm approaching.

Flying leaves and rainshafts.

And then it was over.

[Partial Lunar eclipse from Amersfoort, Netherlands]

High clouds ruined it a bit, but gives nice moody photos.

Photos made with a Canon EOS 350D, Sigma 400mm APO AF (1.6x) and a 1.2x teleconverter (total focal lenght 768mm),

exept the last photo that one was made trough my 6 inch Skywatcher Newtonian telescoop.

Enjoy!

[Mean little storm.]

Nah vacation time most of the managers are gone. :lol:

[Mean little storm.]

Yesterday afternoon i took these photo of a little storm passing over my workplace in the north of Amersfoort, Netherlands.

As soon as i saw the precipitation fall a ran up the fire staircase (All metal) and took the photos, but after just 6 photos thunder and lightning.

So i came down again as quick as posible.

The little storm formed just for the town Soest and moved just north over Amersfoort and disipated again ( I counted 8 lightning discharges).

Here are the photos, Enjoy.

The fire staircase is on the right.

[August 2008: Two partial eclipses.]

Partial eclipsed Jupiter??????

A passing jet at the right time gives funny pics.

The local television wanted a interview with me over the eclips.

[Shelf, lightning and chaotic sky (26-07-2008).]

Jurgen,photos 5 and 6 from the end,what is that cloud????

Thats when that shelfcloud past my house, very scary looking (almost looked that it reached the ground lol).

[Partial solar eclips 01-08-2008 form Amersfoort, Netherlands]

I used the William Optics FLT 132 telescope with Baader AstroSolar D 3,8 of my collegue at the Public Observatory in Amersfoort, Netherlands, a 1,5x Vivitar teleconverter. exp. 1/4000 sec. ISO 100. Camera: Canon EOS 350D.

Here the animated gif of the eclips moving across Europe.

[Thunderstorm 29th July 2008]

Wow nice shots

[Lightningstorm from this morning (4:00h 26-08-2008)]

Put my camera (Canon EOS 350D) equiped with a 28-55mm Kit lens on a tripod used a cameracable and put it on manual (M), swiched off autofocus and used these settings 100 iso and 20sec exposure f: 5.6.

[Shelf, lightning and chaotic sky (26-07-2008).]

Again a stormfront crossed over Amersfoort, Netherlands (and my camera is working overtime, 700+ photos today).

Scary looking, but not a lot of precipitation or lightning.

Enjoy!

A radarpic of the stormfront.

And some photos from the ground.

[Late evening by the lake]

nice serene photo!

[Lightningstorm from this morning (4:00h 26-08-2008)]

Finaly the wind came from the right direction (no rain comming trough my open window).

It was fantastic... many Earth-ground discharges with these photos as result.

This is a radarpic of the storm just as it is passing over Amersfoort, Netherlands.

And now the lightningphotos. Enjoy!

[Sunset 21st July]

Nice moody photo!

[Storm and Circumzenitial arc afterwards (20-07-2008)]

This weather is always suprizing me...... first a angry looking storm, followed by high clouds and a beautiful Circumzenitial arc, sundog and irisation.

Enjoy!

The angry sky.

And now the optics

[Heavy rainstorm with mammatus (19-07-2008)]

Nice fat rainstorm with heavy precipitation.

Enjoy!

Also a few Lenticularis, pileus, partial halo and shadow.