Sudden darkness, there are bangs, there is a rumble, there is lightning and the rain falls from the sky in torrents. Streets are under water, trees are straining against the wind. And “in a small house with a big window” sits Laura Kranich. She was amazed and in awe. This thunderstorm became the beginning of a passion and Crane became a sky spotter. In the book “Unterm Himmel” she has now summarized her most impressive images of celestial phenomena. They are images that expand horizons.
Crane chased after the thunderstorms. As a teenager with a digital camera, later with a SLR. She found locations that gave her a clear view and caught her first flashes. She was intrigued but clueless. What is actually happening above our heads? Kranich wanted to know more, dropped out of her economics degree and became a meteorologist. “Magic suddenly became science, without losing the fascination, on the contrary!” says Kranich.
The sky in view
Kranich has now specialized in weather and light photography. She lies in wait at night with her camera, waits for comets, chases the northern lights and marvels at the Milky Way. In doing so, she captures extraterrestrial phenomena and makes them visible to everyone who is less of a peep-in-the-air person. The meteorologist also explains how they come about and gives tips on where even laypeople can spot them.
“The sky is a collective term for everything that happens above our heads. In earlier times, viewed as a kind of vault on which clouds, sun, moon and stars were suspended, we now know: the sky is practically infinite and complex. That physics teaches us today,” writes Kranich. Her book is intended to be inspiration and guidance for “discovering many unexpected things in the sky and broadening our personal horizons.”
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