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Photo credit: Peter Rejcek / NSF
Blogs | Videos | May 17, 2013

Two months aboard Antarctic icebreaker in less than five minutes

Time-lapse video of icebreaker traveling through Antarctic seas. Two months of sequences, condensed into less than five minutes. Enjoy the penguin ending …

Image via J. Telling and Nature.
Blogs | May 16, 2013

Billion-year-old water found in reservoir under Ontario

Researchers don’t know yet whether anything has been living in the water, which has been out of contact with Earth’s atmosphere for over a billion years.

Photo credit: Leanne Lee.
Blogs | May 16, 2013

Hello spring! Best flower photos from around the world

Henri Matisse said, “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” Thank you EarthSky friends for seeing them and sharing your images with us!

Tornado near Millsap, Texas on May 15, 2013, Image Credit: Chris McBee and Rachel Sager.
Blogs | May 16, 2013

Severe storms kill at least 6 people in Texas

Severe storms struck in north and east Texas yesterday. At least 6 dead with over a hundred injuries in the town of Granbury. Mile-wide tornado north of Vista.

Image credit: Chris Hatfield
Blogs | Videos | May 15, 2013

Astronaut Chris Hadfield on how to take pictures from space

In this video, ISS Commander Chris Hadfield shares his techniques of taking pictures of the Earth from space.

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Blogs | May 14, 2013

Higher than normal wildfire activity expected for western US in 2013

Higher than normal wildfire activity is expected across the U.S. West Coast, the Southwest and portions of Idaho and Montana during the summer of 2013.

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Science Wire | May 14, 2013

Human disease leptospirosis identified in new species in Africa

The newest public health threat in Africa, scientists have found, is coming from a previously unknown source: the banded mongoose.

Late 2013 snowfall in Arlington, VA via TimesDispatch
Blogs | May 13, 2013

Cooler spring weather does not equal a cooling climate

It’s not uncommon to see pockets of unusually cold air in a warming world. Why? Because weather does not equal climate.

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Blogs | Videos | May 13, 2013

Alchemy, beautiful nature video

A tour of light and landscape in the American Southwest

Video still of ice from Mille Lacs Lake
Blogs | May 13, 2013

Video: Strong winds pushed ice sheets ashore at Minnesota lake

Ice from Mille Lacs Lake reached doors and windows of homes at Izatys Resort on Saturday, May 11. Many described it as looking like a mini glacier.