Babak Amin Tafreshi

Babak Amin Tafreshi (Persian: بابک امین تفرشی, born 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian photographer, science journalist, and amateur astronomer.^[1] He is the creator and director of The World At Night (TWAN), an international program in which photographers from around the world capture images of night skies as seen above notable landmarks of the planet.^[2] He is also a member of the board of advisors of Astronomers Without Borders^[3] and a project coordinator for the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009).

Tafreshi on Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In 2009, he won the Lennart Nilsson Award for best scientific photography, in joint effort with NASA's Cassini Imaging Director Carolyn Porco.^[4][5]

Gallery

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  Ultra HD Expedition day 3 - Babak Tafreshi in action^[6]
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  Paranal and the Shadow of the Earth^[7]
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  Whirling Southern Star Trails over ALMA^[8]