Most astrophotographers would probably settle for a rickety abandoned barn as a foreground for their Milky Way photos. But Petr Horálek prefers a 15th-century castle perched majestically on a sharp peak and a full moon looming red in the background.
For centuries, the sheer slopes of a volcanic formation, located in East Bohemia, Czech Republic, have protected warlords within this heavily fortified Gothic fortress, standing like a lone sentinel over the Elbe lowlands. Abandoned ages ago, left to rot, and later restored, Kunětice Castle is a living museum today.
