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Dark Sky® Team
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News and Updates
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DSA Sky Monitor
Ongoing Projects
Turismo de Portugal
“la Caixa” Foundation – Promove
Best Tourism Villages by UN Tourism
Dark Sky® Association
OBSERVATORY
WHAT TO DO
Stargazing Session
Solar Observation
Sunset Sharish by Dark Sky® Alqueva
Private Events and Activities for Hotels
Night Canoe Experience
Private Astrophotography Workshops
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Dark Sky® Image Gallery
A Stargazer with Mercury, Venus, Moon and Pleiades above Alqueva Lake
Portugal’s Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory Where you Can Enjoy the Stargazing Experience of a Lifetime
Celebrating Together the Passion of the Night Sky
A Medieval Cosmic Portal With Straight Access to the Summer Triangle
An UFO Light Painting Against the Sky of Alqueva lake
Planet Alqueva Under the Moonlight in a VR 360º Scene
Lonely Tree with Milky Way Immersed in Airglow
Cold Full Moon Rising Behind a Lonely Tree
Polaris Immersed in the Faint Dust Clouds from Integrated Flux Nebula – IFN
Milky Way Above the Medieval Castle of Juromenha
Giants of the Solar System – Solar Prominence with Planetary Scale
April Full Moon Rising Like an Easter Egg above Monsaraz Castle
An Over Extended Spring Shows Colorful Light Paths above Green Fields and White Flowers
Our Greatness Rises When We Recognise The beauty Immersed in Each Corner of the Universe
A Waning Crescent Moon in Close Conjunction with Planet Venus and Pleiades Star Cluster
A Galactic Arch is Featuring the Summer and Winter Parts of Milky Way in a Panoramic Scene
Comet ZTF and Mars Shinning close to Hyades and Pleiades Immersed in the Colorful Dusty Field of Taurus
Comet E3 ZTF Showing the Tail in Perspective and Immersed in a Colorful Starfield
Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex Shining in a Colorful Close-up Scene
4 Nights Comprised in One Epic Scene to Reveal the Show of Perseids Meteor Shower 2023
The Heart of Milky Way Embracing the Trees from the Wonderful Fields of Dark Sky® Alqueva
Sequence of a Super “Blue” Moon 2023 Rising Over Monsaraz Castle
2 Nights Comprised in One Epic Scene to Reveal the Show of Geminids Meteor Shower 2023
Comet C/2023 E1 Atlas In a Rare Encounter with Flying Bat and Squid Nebula
A Mosaic from the Galactic Heart Immersed in a Colorful Cosmic Dust
Colorful Starry Pencil – Stellar Color Class Written in the Stars and Revealed in the Earth Motion
Strawberry Full Moon Rising above the Golden Fields of Dark Sky® Alqueva
All Sky VR 360º – Winter Milky Way and Jupiter Shining During Geminids Meteor Shower 2023
Celestial duet Between Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Andromeda Galaxy M31
The Sun’s Incident Light Reflected on a Waxing Gibbous Moon
Summer Nights Fullfilled with the Bright Core of Milky Way Galaxy
The Beauty of Solar Activity – CME, Flares, Prominence Eruptions and an Acacia Tree
Massive Clouds of Hydrogen Gas Glowing Along Cygnus Constellation in a Deep Wide Scene
Northern Lights Under the Moonlight above Alqueva Lake at 38º Latitude, Portugal
Total Lunar Eclipse Close-up Immersed in a Layer of Clouds
Planets Aligned with Zodiacal Light agains the Winter Path of Milky Galaxy
Smartphone Astrophoto with Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Shows a Telescope and the Polar Constellations at Dark Sky® Alqueva Skies
M31 Immersed in Cosmic Clouds of Glowing Ionized Hydrogen in a Colorful Starry Scene
Large Solar Promience and AR-Flare in motion from 8th January 2025
Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon Featuring a Beautiful Long Tail During a Disconnection Event
Massive Prominence in Motion Captured with the Soleye 300 Dual-band
Deep Wide View of Orion Constellation Immersed in a Giant Reddish Cloud of Hydrogen
A Nightscape Reveals the Ha emission along the path of Winter Milky Way Shining above Alqueva Lake
Transit of Io and its Shadow Against Planet Jupiter
