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Deborah Byrd

Old Faithful geyser at night

"Watching it from such a close distance is a magical experience!"

Deborah Byrd

August 29, 2017

5-hour pinhole exposure of total eclipse

This is a long-exposure photo of the sun, moving across the sky on August 21, 2017. Ian Hennes captured it with a lensless pinhole camera, in this case a beer can. It shows the total eclipse!

Deborah Byrd

August 28, 2017

Jurassic Park 5 – The Eclipse!

Just kidding. There's really no movie by this name. But there should be, don't you think? Photo by Fred Espenak, aka Mr. Eclipse.

Deborah Byrd

August 27, 2017

Confused sunflowers during eclipse?

A solar eclipse causes changes in the sun and sky, in the illumination of the landscape around you, in animals ... but in plants?

Deborah Byrd

August 26, 2017

Hidden river once flowed under Antarctica

"Ice, by itself, is only capable of flowing at velocities of no more than tens of meters per year. That means the ice is being helped along. It’s sliding on water or mud or both."

Deborah Byrd

August 25, 2017

Crescent suns in downtown Portland

Crescent suns - created via the pinhole effect - on buildings in downtown Portland, Oregon during the eclipse. Cool photo and an awesome effect to watch for during eclipses!

Deborah Byrd

Eleanor Imster

August 25, 2017

Space station transits sun during eclipse

There was only one part of Earth where you could catch the International Space Station crossing the sun's face during the August 21 solar eclipse. These guys saw it, and created this video.

Deborah Byrd

August 24, 2017

Solar eclipse over Glacier National Park

The moon laps the sun above Mount Reynolds - over Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, Montana - during Monday's 85% solar eclipse.

Deborah Byrd

August 24, 2017

More space views of the eclipse

Primeval and technological wonder meet. A collection of the best images we saw, from a variety of space-based observing platforms.

Deborah Byrd

August 23, 2017

How ISS astronauts saw the eclipse

The International Space Station passed 3 times on Monday through the moon's penumbral shadow. Images of the moon's shadow on Earth, seen from space, acquired by ISS astronauts.

Deborah Byrd

August 22, 2017

Deborah Byrd

Deborah Byrd (asteroid 3505 Byrd) helps edit EarthSky.org and is a frequent host of EarthSky videos. Deborah created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named in her honor in 1990, a Public Service Award from the National Science Board in 2003, and the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society in 2020. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.