Chile Archives - Page 8 of 13 - Elke Schulz Photography

Tonight I caught the waxing moon, 6 days after new moon, with 14% of the disk illuminated. This shot was

I was taking images of the zodiacal light or false dusk (a triangle of light that is visible in the

Scorpius and the planets Mars (brightest dot in the upper left hand corner) and Saturn (bright white dot almost straight

Finally El Niño gave us a break and we had a spectacular clear night, which I used for some wide-field

On May 9, 2016, the planet Mercury passed directly in front of the sun (visible as a small black dot

Enjoying the beauty of the nightsky in the Salt Cordillera in the area of San Pedro de Atacama. The band

All the other wonderful tours and activities in San Pedro de Atacama notwithstanding, this was the absolute highlight for me.

Humberstone was the biggest "nitrate town" in northern Chile, producing salpeter that was used as fertilizer as well as for

The Polloquere hot springs are located at 4318 meters in the Salar de Surire in northern Chile (Parinacota region). This

I was very lucky and could to join a daytime visit to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). ALMA is

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