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Supermoon from the Philippines.  Photo credit: jv noriega
Blogs | May 24, 2013

Your best photos: May 2013 supermoon

Your best photos of the May 24-25 supermoon …. seen as the line of sunsets – and the moonrise – moves west across Earth’s globe. Thank you for sharing your images with us!

Photo credit:  Raven Yu.  She wrote,"Rising Full Flower Moon and an airplane (luck shot)
24 May 2013 17:53 PHT
Marikina City, Philippines. I was taking a photo of tonight's moon when a plane flew through. I didn't even notice it with my naked eyes."
Today's Image | May 24, 2013

Supermoon and an airplane

May 25-25 supermoon rising over Marikina City, Philippines.

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Blogs | Videos | May 24, 2013

Video: Baby elephant sees ocean for the first time

Some joy for your weekend.

Photo credit: Børge Solberg
Today's Image | May 23, 2013

May 23 moon over northern Norway

The full moon tonight – May 24-25, 2013 – is a supermoon.

atmosphere-drawing
Blogs | Videos | May 22, 2013

Video: Earth’s atmosphere is escaping

It’ll be billions of years before it’s gone, but this video explains it in two short minutes!

Photo credit: Tosca Yemoh Zanon
Today's Image | May 22, 2013

Blue bottle fly

They’re ubiquitous at this time of the year. Who looks closely at a fly?

Photo credit: Marianna Bucina Roca
Today's Image | May 20, 2013

A little earth and a little sky in one puddle

Thanks so much to EarthSky Facebook friend Marianna Bucina Roco for sharing this image with us!

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 …

Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/UA)
Blogs | May 17, 2013

Mars bombarded by more than 200 space rocks per year

That might seem like a lot, but new results suggest Mars gets pummeled by space rocks less frequently than previously thought.

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!