Spring Dream

The dreaming scenery is a late winter night near Kashan of Iran, when the earliest blossoms appear in the gardens.

Babak A. Tafreshi

Night in a Caravansary

Constealltion Orion and bright star Sirius shine in the starry sky of desert as seen in a winter night of Yazd province in central Iran.

Babak A. Tafreshi

Satrun in Spring Sky

Planet Saturn rise from the east and shines brightly at opposition (closest orbital distance to the Earth).

Babak A. Tafreshi

Orion and blossoms

On February 15, 2010 this tree is full of Spring blossoms while Orion, winter hero is hidden behind.

Oshin Zakarian

Stargate

The Milky Way emerges in the sky as darkness arrives over a bizarre natural wonder of Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf.

Babak A. Tafreshi

Himalayan panorama under Moonlight

The magnificient Himalayan peaks emerge into view as the mist comes down. This is seen fron a lovely lodge on the way to the Mt. Everest base camp.

Oshin Zakarian

Starry Night of Cyrus

The Milky Way and the majestic planet Jupiter shine above the tomb of Cyrus in Pasargadae; a 2500-year old World Heritage Site in southern Iran.

Babak A. Tafreshi

Relaxing under starry sky

Star gazing under the starry sky of Baladeh mountains, Mazandaran

Oshin Zakarian

Solar Corona

The solar corona during the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, on 22 July 2009.

Babak A. Tafreshi

The Last Ray

The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, as seen from the Pacific Ocean in the maximum totality region.

Babak A. Tafreshi