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Posts by Chris Comfort

milky-way-galaxy-over-joshua-tree-cropped
Today's Image | May 11, 2013

Milky Way over Joshua Tree National Park

Manish Mamtani captured this image at Joshua Tree National Park, in the early hours of May 4, 2013.

Annular solar eclipse May 20, 2012
Today's Image | May 09, 2013

Ring of fire – annular – eclipse from 2012

Rick Shanahan photographed the May 20, 2012 annular solar eclipse.

Sunset, cliffs and blooming flowers in Kerry, Ireland
Today's Image | May 08, 2013

Sunset along Ireland’s Kerry coast

Alan Egan captured this beautiful sunset scene near Causeway in Kerry County, Ireland. He said the smell of blooming flowers mixed with the fresh sea air.

Penumbral lunar eclipse on April 25, 2013
Today's Image | May 07, 2013

Last month’s lunar eclipse

Stanislaus Ronny Terrance photographed the April 25, 2013 partial lunar eclipse as seen from Frankfurt, Germany.

Star trails May 3, 2013
Today's Image | May 06, 2013

Star trails, airplanes, Eta Aquarid meteor

While on the hunt for Eta Aquarid meteors, Thomas Wildoner captured 420 frames to create this composite image of star trails.

Starry skies and lightning strikes
Today's Image | Apr 11, 2013

Lightning strikes and starry nights

It’s still International Dark Sky Week, and today’s image of starry night skies and lightning strikes comes from photographer Scott Toste.

Star trails over Baja, California
Today's Image | Apr 10, 2013

Star trails look like rain over Baja, California

As we continue to celebrate International Dark Sky Week, we present this composite star trails image from photographer Sergio Garcia Rill.

Milky Way Galaxy arching over ESO in La Silla, Chile.
Today's Image | Apr 09, 2013

Milky Way arching over La Silla, Chile

In the spirit of International Dark Sky Week, a shimmering panoramic of the Milky Way.

Star Sirius and constellation Orion, photographed by Vasu Agarwal on April 7, 2013.
Today's Image | Apr 07, 2013

The Hunter becomes the hunted

Star Sirius “chases” constellation Orion in the night skies over Dehradun, India.

Comet PANSTARRS and a young moon
Videos | Mar 13, 2013

Video: Comet PANSTARRS and a young moon

In this sped-up video from Fred Espanek – aka Mr. Eclipse – Comet PANSTARRS and a young moon set in the west behind some Arizona mountains.