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Deborah Byrd

Video: Zoom into the Large Sagittarius Star Cloud

This video is peering toward the center of our Milky Way. It zooms in on the star cluster NGC 6520 and the dark star-forming cloud Barnard 86.

Chris Comfort

Deborah Byrd

February 13, 2013

International Space Station over North Carolina February 9

EarthSky Facebook friend Lee Capps Photography caught this cool image of the ISS cruising above Wheeler Bridge Road (I-40/I-85) in Whitsett, North Carolina.

Deborah Byrd

February 11, 2013

Mercury and Mars barely visible in twilight this past week

Mercury is innermost in our solar system. Mars is one step outward from Earth. These two worlds came together low in our west twilight sky this past week.

Deborah Byrd

February 10, 2013

Ice crystal halo seen from Canada’s Northwest Territories

The main ring around the sun is called a 22-degree halo. The bright points of light on either side of the sun are called sundogs.

Deborah Byrd

February 8, 2013

Crepuscular rays over the Gulf of Mexico on February 5

Our friend on Facebook, Rick Trommater in St. Peterburg, Florida, captured this beautiful photo of crepuscular rays at sunset on the evening of February 5, 2013.

Deborah Byrd

February 7, 2013

View from space: Flooding in eastern Australia in early February, 2013

By early February, the Weir River in eastern Australia had broken its banks and spread onto the surrounding floodplain, as had nearby rivers.

Deborah Byrd

February 6, 2013

Video: Sunrise and sunset from the moon

This video, from the Kurdistan Planetarium in the U.K., shows the sun rising as seen from the moon's surface and setting two weeks later.

Deborah Byrd

February 6, 2013

Five dead in Solomon Islands after earthquake and tsunami

Powerful 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck at 01:22 UTC on February 6. Tsunami alerts across the Pacific. At least five dead in a remote part of the Solomon Islands.

Deborah Byrd

February 6, 2013

Comet Lemmon brighter than expected

This comet is visible with binoculars or telescopes now from Earth's Southern Hemisphere. It's still getting brighter.

Deborah Byrd

February 6, 2013

Winter sunset at Lulea River in northern Sweden

Birgit Boden captured this image at sunset - around 3 p.m. - on February 3, 2013.

Deborah Byrd

February 5, 2013

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.