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Light Pollution NewsJuly 2025: Identity.This episode's guests:Babak Tafreshi, Photojournalist for National Geographic.Tom Reinert, Past President of Dark Sky International.Jeffrey Calta, President of the Pennsylvania Firefly Festival.Bill's News Picks:How Atlanta’s ‘Light Up the Night’ program is making streets safer—one LED at a time, 11Alive. ‘The right light:’ Pittsburgh begins installing LED streetlights, Ed Blazina, Pittsburgh Union Progress.Photographer captures ghostly ripples over Colorado night sky. 'It is rare to see it directly overhead and moving like that' (photo), Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com. Light Pollution Solutions - A Brazilian P...2025-07-141h 05
Light Pollution News PodcastIdentity.How should we be framing night preservation issues? What on earth is airglow? And what do you need to take photos of fireflies?
This episode, I welcome back Jeff Calta of the Pennsylvania Firefly Festival and Tom Reinert of Dark Sky International. And I also welcome Babak Tafreshi to the show!
Settle in, you’re about to get some helpful tips to improve your nighttime photography!
2025-06-2900 minLight Pollution News PodcastIdentity.How should we be framing night preservation issues? What on earth is airglow? And what do you need to take photos of fireflies?
This episode, I welcome back Jeff Calta of the Pennsylvania Firefly Festival and Tom Reinert of Dark Sky International. And I also welcome Babak Tafreshi to the show!
Settle in, you’re about to get some helpful tips to improve your nighttime photography!
2025-06-2900 min
Learn Persian with Chai and ConversationInterview | Babak Tafreshi on the Magic of the Night SkyBabak Tafreshi is an incredibly inspiring Iranian photographer, science journalist and amateur astronomer. He got his start photographing in Iran, but has since moved to the United States. He is the creator and director of The World At Night, an international program in which photographers from around the world capture images of night skies as seen above notable landmarks of the planet.2025-03-2053 min
Looking UpA Unifying Roof Above All of Us (with Babak Tafreshi)Dean chats with Babak Tafreshi, National Geographic photographer, world explorer, and public speaker. Listen in to learn about how Babak captures the beauty of the world at night.Send us your thoughts at lookingup@wvxu.org or post them on social media using #lookinguppodFind Us Online: Twitter: @lookinguppod @deanregas, Instagram: @917wvxu @deanregas, Tiktok: @cincinnatipublicradio @astronomerdean, Episode transcript: www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up, More from Dean: www.astrodean.com2024-08-2314 min
StarTalk RadioCapturing the Cosmos with Babak TafreshiHow do you take an incredible photo of the cosmos? In this extended conversation, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn about how to start taking photos of space with astrophotographer and National Geographic Explorer, Babak Tafreshi. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/capturing-the-cosmos-with-babak-tafreshi/Thanks to our Patrons Sass Hoory, Paul Kemp, Tor Emanuelsen, Gavin M Benedict, Norman Pestsaina, David Wiester, and Brady Smith for supporting us this week.Photo Credit: ESO/B. Tafreshi, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Su...2023-10-3142 min
StarTalk RadioExploring Dark SkiesWhere are the darkest skies in the US? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice learn about dark sky efforts, light pollution, and cool places to stargaze with guests astrophysicist Matt O’Dowd, photographer Babak Tafreshi, and national park ranger Bradley Mills. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/exploring-dark-skies/Thanks to our Patrons Rob Arifur, Peter Kariuki, Tina Anapolsky, Micheal Bishara, Rebecca Cain, John Aaron, and Stephan Kokot for supporting us this week.Photo Credit: National Park Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
2023-10-1356 min
RoqeRoqe Ep#260 - Babak TafreshiA feature interview with distinguished Iranian-American photojournalist, scientific explorer, and "master of the night sky," Babak Tafreshi. Babak joins Jian from Boston for an in-depth conversation about his work within the field of astronomy, his personal journey and migration from Iran to the United States, and his research on the sky, including mind-bending concepts of time and space.2023-05-021h 10
Overheard at National GeographicNowruz and the Night SkyNot everyone celebrates the New Year in the middle of winter; for 300 million people around the world, their New Year begins at the moment of the vernal equinox. The holiday of Nowruz celebrates that “new day” by encouraging us to make poetic connections between life and death, and past and present. National Geographic photographer Babak Tafreshi reacquaints us with the shimmering origins of this ancient Persian holiday; they are above our heads, shining in the night sky.For more information on this episode, visit nationalgeographic.com/overheard.Want more?The Inte...2022-03-1534 min
The AR Podcast16 - Babak TafreshiTWAN founder and leader, Babak Tafreshi is an Iranian award-winning photographer working with the National Geographic, Sky & Telescope magazine and the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Babak is also a freelance science journalist and astronomy communicator using all media.2020-03-0641 min
The AR Podcast16 - Babak TafreshiTWAN founder and leader, Babak Tafreshi is an Iranian award-winning photographer working with the National Geographic, Sky & Telescope magazine and the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Babak is also a freelance science journalist and astronomy communicator using all media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-03-0641 min
Fotografiando la nocheP22.Astrofotografos a los que sigoPrograma 22: Astrofotografos a los que sigo
Un podcast enfocado en el aprendizaje y práctica de la astrofotografía y astronomía. ¿Quieres conseguir hacer fotos espectaculares de estrellas, constelaciones y paisajes nocturnos? Con este podcast y un poco de práctica veras cómo es posible.
En este programa repasaremos a los astrofotógrafos a los que sigo, los que tienen un estilo que más me gusta y en los que me inspiro desde hace tiempo. Veremos fotógrafos españoles y algún extranjero. Siempre es recomendable ver el trabajo que hacen otros fotógrafos para tener una visión m...2019-10-3020 min