Adventure Sports Podcast
I recently did a podcast interview with Mason Gravley of the Adventure Sports Podcast in the US. (Interview begins about 5.40 mins in.) There are…
Category: Stars
New Book Review
The Nature Instinct (the U.S. Edition of ‘Wild Signs and Star Paths‘) has a new review. “Everywhere he looks he discerns evidence of direction, animal…
Scorpius Returns
In this image the three brightest objects in the sky are, from left to right, Venus, the moon and Jupiter. But look carefully to the…
How to Forecast Weather using Twinkling Stars
Rare is the outdoorsperson who is not happy to discuss weather omens – even if it is only to pour scorn on some theory about…
The Why and How of Natural Navigation – TEDx
A fast introduction to my journey into natural navigation, how it works and why we need it, from a TEDx talk I gave in Calgary.
Tuareg Jewellery Compass?
My thanks to Adele in Australia for this fascinating email. Hi Tristan,I just read your article on navigating the Sahara with Tuareg tribesmen – fascinating,…
Moon Phase Navigation
I’m going to be brave and briefly discuss one of the trickier natural navigation techniques: the moon phase method or moon phase compass. If you…
Ascend Interview
I’m always keen to try new ways of sharing the joys of natural navigation and outdoor clues and signs. I’ve done loads of long audio…
The Nature Instinct
The Nature Instinct has been published in the US! “A captivating guide to finding one’s way in the wild.” —The Wall Street Journal “An imperative…
Natural Navigation with the Tuareg in the Libyan Sahara
The following article by Tristan Gooley was published in Navigation News in March 2010. My research to date has failed to uncover another soul who…
The Future of Celestial Navigation
A morning glance at a moody and cloudy twilight led me to laying down some of my thoughts about the key challenges facing celestial navigation…
Orion Returns
Look east just before dawn on a clear morning and you’ll now be able to see an old friend returning. Orion is blotted out by…
Perseid Meteor Shower Tonight
The Perseid meteor shower will peak tonight if clouds allow. Look Northeast. Image credit.
Spectator Reviews Wild Signs
The Spectator have just reviewed Wild Signs and Star Paths: “It’s a thoughtful, lyrical book about the hidden connections between flora and fauna, the landscape…
BBC Sky at Night
Tristan Gooley teaches BBC Sky at Night presenter Chris Lintott how he finds his way through the woods at night using the stars and a…
Mabiniogion and the Stars
A couple of nights ago I listened to an interesting talk about the Mabinogion and the night sky, by the astronomer Martin Griffiths (pictured). We…
From Top to Bottom
I usually encourage people to scan for outdoor clues by looking from top to bottom – astronomy, weather, ground – and the reason can be…
Uranus, Venus and Mars in the West
My thanks to Kevan Hubbard for the following message: “There is a very impressive alignment of Uranus, Venus and Mars in the west at present,…
The Gegenschein
Whenever light hits particles, either in our atmosphere or in space, some of that light is scattered and some of it gets reflected back relatively…
Far From the Madding Crowd
My thanks to Elwyn Waugh for drawing my attention to this lovely passage in Thomas Hardy’s, ‘Far from the Madding Crowd‘: The lamb, revived by…
Back from Oman
Just back from extraordinary research trip to Oman. Sailing a traditional dhow using stars, moon and sun to navigate and other studies. More to follow.