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Deborah Byrd
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
February 5, 2013
Dogs do it. Dolphins do it. Now corn, too, displays altruism.
Researchers studying corn seeds have found evidence that full "siblings" preferentially feed each other. They describe this behavior as altruism among corn.
February 4, 2013
Video: Golden ring, and dragon tail, from our sun
The sun released two especially interesting and beautiful features on January 31, 2013. See pics and video of the ring-shaped prominence and Dragon Tail filament here.
February 3, 2013
Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area in eastern Arizona
Today's image shows Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area. It's desert today, but, millions of years ago, it was a floodplain populated by stately trees.
February 3, 2013
