Photos from our light over Linz, Austria

Tonight we did a measurement flight over the cities of Linz and Wels in Austria. The goal is to make a mosaic image of these ares of Land Oberöstereich, in order to understand the region's waste light emission. We have done something very similar for Berlin.

I wanted to share a few photos from tonight's flight:

Handheld photo from our measurement flight over Linz, Austria tonight pic.twitter.com/TTq46DqO6x
— Christopher Kyba (@skyglowberlin) October 26, 2014

Had a great glory on the flight towards Linz pic.twitter.com/J6G7qyue5L
— Christopher Kyba (@skyglowberlin) October 26, 2014

Our setup: the cameras look through a porthole in the floor. The big red box measures the aircraft's orientation. pic.twitter.com/6NmKmKk6HW
— Christopher Kyba (@skyglowberlin) October 26, 2014

The alps poking through the clouds on the way to Linz pic.twitter.com/Pof9WqU276
— Christopher Kyba (@skyglowberlin) October 26, 2014

Crescent #moon seen from the tarmac shortly before we took off pic.twitter.com/KASB9axSUo
— Christopher Kyba (@skyglowberlin) October 26, 2014

Linz airport at night pic.twitter.com/rCujN7O7Mz
— Christopher Kyba (@skyglowberlin) October 26, 2014

Crossing the "Black" Danube in Linz. (See more handheld photos of our last campaign here: http://t.co/4r2blGdnPD) pic.twitter.com/bzsxivoiC2
— Christopher Kyba (@skyglowberlin) October 27, 2014

I don't know what this is, but it was BRIGHT! Flare at a refinery in Linz? pic.twitter.com/Lq0y1WYG0G
— Christopher Kyba (@skyglowberlin) October 26, 2014

@skyglowberlin I'm pretty sure it's there: http://t.co/Ma0mBEJ6gV Voest-Alpine steel mill. Not too sure about the kind of gas.
— Daniel I (@danimrich) October 26, 2014

Me in the front seat during the last track of the night. pic.twitter.com/oBEBjDUDXb
— Christopher Kyba (@skyglowberlin) October 26, 2014

A welcome site at the end of a long night pic.twitter.com/y1GoKr3Pef
— Christopher Kyba (@skyglowberlin) October 26, 2014

The project is a research collaboration between Freie Universität Berlin, Universität Wien, and Land Oberöstereich. The flight costs were paid for by Land Oberöstereich.