My favorite images of 2017…and kudos to Jim Goldstein for pulling up this project every year: http://www.jmg-galleries.com/blog/2017/12/21/blog-project-photos-2017/
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While fog is blocking the lights from the cities below, the Zodiac Light shines along the ecliptic and our neighbour galaxy is watching from afar @ Berchtesgaden, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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Enjoying the silence and solitude with the “celebrities” of the winter night sky @ Zillertal, Austria
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Roe deer and the setting Full Moon early in the morning, seen from my front porch @ Lower Bavaria, Germany
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Double rainbow over my home turf, the place I grew up @ Lower Bavaria, Germany
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The setting crescent Moon over the hopfields of the Hallertau @ Lower Bavaria, Germany
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Rising of the partial eclipsed Moon, single shot with a 8″ telescope @ Lower Bavaria, Germany
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The setting crescent Moon @ Befreiungshalle Kelheim, Lower Bavaria Germany
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The Milky Way towering above the Grmec Spomenik (monument) @ Korcanica, Bosnia
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Home to many Winnetou/Karl May filmings @ Tulove Grede, Croatia
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The reason I did a detour to Bosnia while traveling Croatia – the Tjentiste Spomenik (monument) @ Tjentiste, Sutjeska NP, Bosnia
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Pre-dawn light on the Hohe Göll Ridge @ Berchtesgaden, Upper Bavaria/Austria
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Sea eagle looking for prey @ Chiemsee (the Bavarian sea), Upper Bavaria, Germany
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