Tootfinder

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2026-08-13 12:22:31

Post-Perseids Sunrise At Raisting Earth Station (2026)
(Pictures from between 5-6AM this morning... I still need to process the meteor shower images from the hour before, but not holding my breath...)
#LandscapePhotography #RadioTelescope

A large radio telescope (with a ~25 meters diameter parabola) seemingly standing in a corn field (it's actually behind). Some faint mountains in the background, clear sky with a pink-blue gradient.

A large radio telescope (with a ~25 meters diameter parabola) seemingly standing in a corn field (it's actually behind). Layers of forest in the background, clear sky with a pink-blue gradient.

A group of radio telescopes of different sizes (from small to very large, ~25 meters diameter) seemingly standing next to a corn field and some trees. Clear sky with a pink-blue gradient. The rising sun is illuminating a part of the largest telescope's dish.

A large radio telescope covered with a ~50m diameter radome, illuminated by the warm morning sun and surrounded by a corn field. Some trees in the background, clear blue sky.