Marco Meniero is an Italian astrophotographer, scientific sky photographer, and science communicator. Active since the 1990s, he is recognized as a leading expert and specialist in the observation, photographic documentation, classification, and physical explanation of atmospheric optics and photometeors.
Marco Meniero is an Italian astrophotographer, scientific sky photographer, and science communicator. Active since the 1990s, he is recognized as a leading expert and specialist in the observation, photographic documentation, classification, and physical explanation of atmospheric optics and photometeors.
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He calls his photography: Sky Photography; it represents a photographic journey consisting of capturing images of the daytime sky (skyscapes) and the night sky (nightscapes) in order to convey a series of impressions and thoughts. He believes that the photographic shot is both a cultural stimulus aimed at the scientific study of the sky, and a challenge in photographic technique. He draws inspiration from the canons of classical beauty when composing frames, such as the proportions of the golden ratio, the rule of thirds, and the harmony of lines. He considers it important to craft the image in the most pleasing way possible using the best shooting and post-production techniques, without however altering reality! When composing the image, sensitivity toward safeguarding the starry sky and fighting light pollution must shine through: the dark sky is both the means and the end, and for this reason it must be protected and preserved. In this regard, it is essential to avoid composing images with polluting light beams, torches pointed upward, or streetlights. Capturing the deep sky among light beams is not only not virtuous, but also a lack of respect for Nature itself. I believe that the problem of light pollution is like an illness that needs treatment and prevention: legal regulations and UNI standards are the treatment. The attention of astrophotographers, instead, is part of the prevention.
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
Author of 8 photos in the book "KALEIDOSCOPE SKY", by Tim Herd, Abrams Books - 2007
Photo author for a French textbook - 2018
Author of 2 photos in the EPOD eBook, selected from the 6,500 EPODs published from 2000 to 2025
UK magazine ASTRONOMY NOW:
"The green flash" (selected in the top 10 best photos of 2005 by Astronomy Now, published in the 2006 Yearbook)
"Sunset on Centumcellae" (No. 19 Vol. 19 November 2005, “Astronomy Now”)
“The Castle, Orion and Sirius” (No. 3 Vol. 17 March 2003, “Astronomy Now”)
M22 (No. 10 Vol. 21 October 2007, Astronomy Now)
Inferior mirage - Sun (No. 4 Vol. 23 April 2009, Astronomy Now)
“Milky Way above Balanced Rock” (No. 1 Vol. 25 January 2011, “Astronomy Now”)
Summer Solstice (No. 6 Vol. 26 June 2012, Astronomy Now)
Eclipse above Rome (No. 5 Vol. 29, May 2015 Astronomy Now)
Planets over Tuscan Windmill (No. 9 Vol. 29, September 2015 Astronomy Now)
Corona Moon (No. 5 Vol. 34 May 2020, Astronomy Now)
Sun dog (December 2019, Astronomy Now)
SuperMoon from the Eternal City (April 2021, Astronomy Now)
The Colours of Sirius (May 2021, Astronomy Now
Analemma (June 2022, Astronomy Now)
All at sea (March 2023, Astronomy Now)
Omega Sun (May 2024, Astronomy Now)
Soporific Sun (July 2024, Astronomy Now)
American magazine ASTRONOMY:
Sunset behind Pisa Castle” (No. 4 Vol. 133 of Astronomy, April 2005
Imperial Reach (No. 5 Vol. 49 Astronomy, May 2021)
Analemmas (April 2023)
KISS (Pic of the day 3, November 2022)
A Stormy Sun (Pic of the Day 14, May 2024)
In Galileo's Trail (Pic of the Day 14 February 2025)
Leaning Tower Eclipse (Pic of the Day 21 August 2026)
AMATEUR ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE:
Green flash in the June 2021 issue
Triple analemma in the March 2023 issue
Special Issue, January 2024
German magazine STERNE UND WELTRAUM:
Earthbound Four-Legged Friends (Eclisse di Sole) January 2023
Strahlenbuschel over Earth’s shadow (anticrepuscular rays), June 2023
Rendezvous of Venus and Mars, May 2024
American magazine SKY&TELESCOPE:
"The green flash Observed” (April 2005, Sky&Telescope with no. 1 photo)
"Green flash above Meloria Tower" (November 2021, S&Telescope No. 1 photo)
“Twilight conjunction” (September 2026 no.1 photo)
APOD (Astronomical Picture of the Day NASA, USA):
1. Thunder Moon (APOD 18 July 2017)
2. Venus and Mercury (APOD 29 May 2020)
3. AR3664 on the Setting Sun (APOD 13 May 2024)
APOD Brazil
1. Green flash (2024)
2. Comet above medieval village (18 October 2024)
3. Green flash Family (3 November 2024)
EPOD (Earth picture of the day, Universities Space Research Association, USA):
1. Reflected Rainbows (EPOD 29 June 2016)
2. Analemma (EPOD 21 June 2018)
3. Lunar Synodic Curve (EPOD 25 Jul 2018)
4. Rain Shaft over Viterbo (EPOD 24 Aug 2018)
5. Fogbow, Glory and Brocken Spectre Observed from Viterbo Airport (EPOD 25 October 2018)
6. Fogbow over Viterbo (EPOD 27 March 2019)
7. Iridescent Clouds over Viterbo (EPOD 26 April 2019)
8. Heiligenschein and Dew (EPOD 24 May 2019)
9. Crepuscular Rays (EPOD 22 August 2019)
10. Mirages (EPOD 24 September 2019)
11. Water drops on web (EPOD 22 November 2019)
12. Full Moon position (EPOD 20 Dec 2019)
13. Ice drops (EPOD 15 Jan 2020)
14. Birds on the move (EPOD 10 Feb 2020)
15. Sunrise pillar (EPOD 13 Mar 2020)
16. Fog and Venus Belt (EPOD 17 Apr 2020)
17.Twilight Times: Civil, Nautical and Astronomical (EPOD 29 May 2020)
18.Mexican Hat (EPOD 06 August 2020)
19.Birds on the Move (EPOD 22 September)
20.Reflected Fog (EPOD 12 November 2020)
21.Mars and Moon (EPOD 31 December 2020)
22.PacMan Green Flash (EPOD 16 February 2021)
23.Lunar Mirage and Cruise Ship (EPOD 01 April 2021)
24.Rainbow (EPOD 06 May 2021)
25. Fall-Streak and Circumzenithal Arc (EPOD 14 June 2021)
26. Circumzenithal Arc over Viterbo (2 EPOD photos, 26 July 2021)
27. Lunar Corona above the Rocca del Brunelleschi (EPOD 09 October 2021)
28. Green Flash observed through the Archway of Torre della Meloria (EPOD 19 November 2021)
29. Halo and Anticrepuscular Rays (EPOD 29 December 2021)
30. Venus, the Moon and Lazzaretto (EPOD 28 January 2022)
31. Atmospheric Optics Observed in Fog (EPOD 25 February 2022)
32. The path of the Sun at different latitudes (EPOD 8 June 2022)
33. Fogbow observed from the ground and from the Tower (EPOD 8 August 2022)
34. Sylvanshine (EPOD 16 September 2022)
35. Dew Drops (EPOD 14 October 2022)
36. Mars, Auriga and Taurus (EPOD 4 January 2022)
37. Brocken spectre and Glory (EPOD 17 February 2023)
38. Conjunction of Venus and Saturn above the Church of Santa Maria on Castello (EPOD 17 March 2023)
39. Analemmas from Viterbo (EPOD 25 April 2023)
40. Anticrepuscolar at Dawn (EPOD 13 June 2023)
41. A different view of the Fogbow, Brocken Spectre and Glory (EPOD 2 August 2023)
42. Lunar Halo Phenomenon (EPOD 4 September 2023)
43. Green Flash Observed on Sunspots (EPOD 21 September 2023)
44. Lines in the Sky (EPOD 15 November 2023)
45. Conjunction Above the Castle (EPOD 21 December 2023)
46. Waning Gibbous Moon over Vitorchiano (EPOD 8 April 2024)
47. Conjunction of Venus and Mars (EPOD 8 May 2024)
48. Omega Sun Illusion (EPOD 3 June 2024)
49. Green flash, Sun Pillar, Sundog and 22 Degree Halo (EPOD 1 July 2024)
50. Cloud Corona and Iridescent Color (EPOD 21 August 2024)
51. Jupiter and Mars Conjunction observed from Pisa (EPOD 4 September 2024)
52. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Observed (30 September 2024)
53. 22-Degree Halo and Pencil Statue (EPOD 1 October 2024)
54. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Observed (8 November 2024)
55. Green flash Observed from Marina di Pisa (3 December 2024)
56. Celebrating Galileo (14 February 2025)
57. Star Trails Above Castle Monteriggioni (18 March 2025)
58. The green flash family (12 May 2025)
59. Atmospheric Corona and Sunspot (23 July 2025)
OPOD (Optic Picture of the Day, AtOptics, UK):
1. Rainbow (OPOD Mar 2020)
2. Crepuscular Ray (OPOD 29 May 2020)
3. Sky lights and colours (OPOD 4 November 2020)
4. Ship and Mirages (OPOD)
5. Order & Chaos (OPOD)
6. Iridescence and Corona (OPOD)
7. Campbell Stokes and Venus Belt (OPOD)
SPACEWEATHER:
Solar System Green Flash (Spaceweather 5 February 2021)
AR3664 on Setting Sun (mailing list 13 May 2024)
THE WORLD AT NIGHT:
no. 31 photo in the "The World at Night" project
AAPD:
Amateur Astronomer Picture of Day, 21 September 2011
Amateur Astronomer Picture of Day, 10 October 2011
Amateur Astronomer Picture of Day, 28 January 2012
Various photos in the magazines/websites/social pages of Astronomy.com, Sterne und Weltraum, Ver.PT.
Optlong Competition
3 photos shortlisted in 2023
2 photos shortlisted in 2024
NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
ASTRONOMY UAI:
“Light pollution at Sapienza” (no. 2 March–April 2000, four-monthly magazine of the Italian Amateur Astronomers’ Union)
“The green ray from Civitavecchia” (no. 6 November–December 2001, four-monthly magazine of the Italian Amateur Astronomers’ Union)
CULT PHOTOS:
“Astrophotography: from Earth to the Moon” (no.26 September 2006)
“Astrophotography: On 21 June everyone to Monte Forato” (no.89 June 2012)
“Astrophotography: Sidereal Motion, The Milky Way” (no.95 December 2012)
“The Starry Sky of the Dolomites” (no.143 July 2017)
“Together in a night" (no.144 September 2017)
“The sky photographer who captures the Sun’s steps” (20 June 2025
“The first telescope atop the Leaning Tower of Pisa” (18 August 2026)
COELUM Astronomy:
“TOA 130 refractor test”, (September 2010)
“Let’s photograph the starry sky without a telescope” (no. 151 August 2011)
LE STARS:
“Story of a photo" (no. 17 April 2004)
“Story of a photo" (no. 23 November 2004)
“Story of a photo" (no. 44 October 2006)
l'ASTRONOMY:
“Exposure times in painting the sky” (no. 243 June 2003)
“Artistic and technical composition in astronomical photography” (no. 250 February 2003)
NUOVO ORIONE:
“Green ray without mysteries” (no. 159 August 2005)
“A world full of mirages” (no. 167 January 2006)
“The lunar green ray” (no. 171 August 2006)
“How true are our images?” (no. 232 September 2011)
“The art of astrophotography in urban landscapes” (no. 328 September 2019)
AERONAUTICAL METEOROLOGY MAGAZINE:
“The Green Flash” (no. 3 July–September 2002)
“Photographing photometeors” (no. 1 January–March 2003)
"We are losing the night” (no. 2 April–June 2003)
“The most famous photometeor: the rainbow (no. 1 January–February 2004)
“The solar eclipse of 11 August 1999” (no. 4 Oct–Dec 2004)
“Polar auroras” (no. 3 July–September 2005)
“Photographing rainbows” (no. 4 October–December 2005)
“Mirages” (no. 2 April–June 2006)
“The Green Flash in history” (no. 1 January–March 2007)
“The Earth's Shadow" (no. 2 April–June 2007)
"Solar eclipse of 22 July 2009" (no. 1 January–March 2009)
"Classification of atmospheric motions that impair astronomical observations" (no. 2 April–June 2009)
"Transit of Mercury" (no. 72 October–December 2019)
COSMO:
A heart in the sky (No. 6 May 2020)
The Daytime Sky (No. 33 November 2022)
Triptych of 3 articles on photometeors published in 2023
An astronomy portfolio from Tuscany (No. 55 February 2025)
VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS:
"Science and Technology" column on www.ANSA.it
Aeronautica Magazine, no. 3-2014, bimonthly periodical of the Italian Air Force
"How to Photograph the Sky" astronomical photography manual (author: astronomer Walter Ferreri, Gruppo B Editore)
"Dictionary of Astronomy" Gremese Larousse (2007 edition)
Various photos in FOCUS and Repubblica magazines/websites/social pages
AUTHOR and CREATOR
OPOD photometeors column: Optic Picture of Day from November 2021 to July 2026 in collaboration with GrAG
PHOTO EXHIBITIONS:
Solo exhibition "Landscapes of Light", with Michele Galice, Civitavecchia, December 2005
Solo exhibition "Landscapes of Light", with Michele Galice, Viterbo, December 2006
Group exhibition Fakes by the Author 1, Civitavecchia (RM), April 2008
Group exhibition Tribute to "Pope John Paul II", Bassano Romano (RM), 2008
Group exhibition Falsi d'autore 2, Civitavecchia (RM), May 2009
Group exhibition "Contaminations", Cascina (PI) 2009/2010
Group exhibition "Medieval Festival" Vico Pisano, September 2009
Group exhibition "Different Souls", Fucecchio (FI), spring 2010
Solo exhibition "From Dusk to Dawn", Macerata, March 2010
Group exhibition "Different Souls", Vico Pisano (Pi), October 2010
Solo exhibition "KOSMOS - From Sunset to Sunrise", Pisa, December 2010
Group exhibition "The Atmosphere Exposed", Maryland, St. Mary's College, June/September 2010
Group exhibition "Different Souls", Cascina (PI), 2010/2011
Solo exhibition "Nocturnes and surroundings", at the Old Station Pub, Tarquinia (VT), 22 January - 19 February 2011
Solo exhibition "New York", at the Old Station Pub, Tarquinia (Vt), April - June 2011
Group exhibition "Different Souls II", Cascina (PI), 2011
Solo exhibition "Nocturnes and surroundings", Bientina (PI), 16/29 May 2011
Solo exhibition "Nocturnes and Surroundings", Pruno, Versilia (Lu), 18 June/18 July 2011
Group exhibition "The Atmosphere Exposed", National Science Foundation, Washington DC, January/March 2012
Solo show "Nocturnes and Surroundings", Starparty del Silenzio organized with EANWeb and Bocelli Foundation, Lajatico (PI), July 2013
Solo exhibition "Nocturnes and Surroundings", event organized with Unitronitalia S.r.l., Rome, Oct–December 2016
Group show "Silk Road at Night", Beijing, Summer 2017
Group exhibition "NightScapades Festival", Lourdes, France, 29 May - 3 June, 2018
Group exhibition "Silk Road at Night", Shanghai Astronomical Museum, Shanghai, September 2018
Group exhibition "Beyond the lens", Siena, 28 October - 2 December 2018
Group exhibition "Different Souls in Art", organized by Ass. Arte Pittorica Fotografica, Cascina, Oct-Nov 2021
Group exhibition "Christmas in Art", organized by Ass. Arte Pittorica Fotografica, Cascina, December -January 2021-2022
Solo exhibition “Beyond the Blue”, for the Italian Air Force centenary, SMAM Airport Command, VT, 28 March 2023
Solo exhibition “Beyond the Blue”, for the oath ceremony of Air Force Cadet Marshals, Palazzo dei Papi, VT, April 2023
Group exhibition “PerDesiderio”, Torre del Conte Ugolino, Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa, 23 May–7 June 2023, Pisa
Solo exhibition “Beyond the Blue”, for the European Researchers’ Night, Univ. of Tuscia, 29 Sept. 2023
Solo exhibition “Beyond the Blue”, Sant'Agnese Auditorium, Vitorchiano (VT), 11–14 April 2024
Group exhibition "Different Souls in Art", organized by Ass. Arte Pittorica Fotografica, Cascina, Oct–June 2024 and Oct–June 2025
Group exhibition “Istanti 100ISO”, 12-13-14 April 2024, Civitavecchia (RM) and May 2024 in Tarquinia
Solo exhibition “Beyond the Blue”, for the European Researchers’ Night, Univ. of Tuscia, 28 Sept. 2024Solo exhibition “Beyond the Blue”, for the European Researchers’ Night, Univ. of Tuscia, 23–26 Sept. 2025
Solo exhibition “Beyond the Blue” for BIOMA, at the Rocca of Civitavecchia, 1 July–14 July 2026
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