Trio of prizes unique in the world for the photos of the sky taken by Italy by the astronomer Marco Meniero. His astronomical images have earned three of the most coveted awards in the field of astronomical photos, a very rare and perhaps unique event.
The tight Mercury-Venus conjunction that picked up from the home balcony in Aurelia of Civitavecchia (Rome) was selected by NASA, the so-called Apod (Astronomy Picture of the Day). It is the second time that Meniero has obtained this recognition: "I am proud of it - he said - since I have been pursuing this hobby for thirty years". In the photo, says its author, "the planets appeared peeking through the branches of the eucalyptus trees" and "the shades of the sky helped to enrich the image by giving a background with bright colors. You can clearly see the planet Venus with the This is due to the relative position of the planet relative to the Sun and the observer on Earth. "
A composition of photos of the twilight above Montefiascone has instead conquered the Epod (Earth Science Picture of Day), assigned by the association of American universities engaged in space research Usra (Universities Space Research Association), which belongs to the National Academy of Sciences (Nas) of the United States
The composition of the twilight photos above Montefiascone won the Epod (source: Marco Meniero, www.meniero.it)
The photo of the sun's rays and the clouds at dusk obtained an Opod (Optic Picture of day), an acknowledgment managed by the ATPotics website, among the most authoritative in the world in the field of atmospheric optical phenomena.
The photo of the twilight rays that won the Opod (photo: Marco Meniero, www.meniero.it)
