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| February 2016 Monthly Meeting - The World At Night (TWAN) |
| Babak Tafreshi |
| Thursday, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:00 PM |
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| This month, we are pleased to welcome Babak Tafreshi, founder and director of The World At Night (TWAN). The World At Night is an international program to produce and present stunning photographs and time-lapse videos of the world’s landmarks against celestial backdrops. TWAN includes 50 of the world’s best photographers and coordinators from about 30 countries. TWAN images, which represent naked eye views, help to popularize astronomy while playing a role in increasing awareness of the value of dark skies and the growing problem of light pollution.
Babak A. Tafreshi is a photojournalist and science communicator. A freelance photographer at the National Geographic, he received the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award, the world’s most recognized award for scientific photography, for his global contribution to night sky photography. He is the founder and director of The World At Night (TWAN), a board member of Astronomers Without Borders, a contributing photographer at Sky&Telescope magazine and the European Southern Observatory.
Born in 1978 in Tehran, Babak is an Iranian based in the United States, but he is often on the move and could be anywhere, from the heart of Sahara to the Himalayas or Antarctica. When living in Iran he was editor of the Persian astronomy magazine (Nojum) for a decade and has been a board member of the Astronomical Society of Iran's outreach committee where he directed many national astronomy events.
TWAN is a bridge between art, humanity, and science, with a unique message. The eternally peaceful sky looks the same above all nations and regions, attesting to the unified nature of Earth and mankind. One People, One Sky!
Please join us for a pre-meeting dinner discussion at Changsho, 1712 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA at 6:00pm.
Please join us for a pre-meeting dinner discussion at Changsho, 1712 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA at 6:00pm before the meeting. |
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