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Eleanor Imster

Cypress swamp in Swan Quarter, North Carolina

Cool colors in a cypress swamp in Lake Mattamuskeet, Swan Quarter, North Carolina.

Eleanor Imster

February 2, 2014

View from space: Site of Superbowl XLVIII

A satellite view of the Meadowlands in in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It's the Superbowl's first northern, cold-weather venue.

Eleanor Imster

February 1, 2014

Video: Solar eclipse from space

On Jan 30, the moon moved between NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the sun, giving the observatory a view of a partial solar eclipse only visible from space.

Eleanor Imster

January 31, 2014

Coral reef discovered off Greenland

By sheer coincidence, researchers have discovered a reef of living cold-water corals in southern Greenland.

Eleanor Imster

January 30, 2014

Will the Black Death reemerge?

Scientists have analyzed the genomes of two of the world's most devastating plagues - each killed about half the people in Europe. The findings suggest a new strain of plague could emerge in humans again.

Eleanor Imster

January 29, 2014

View from space: Hawaii

Two looks at Hawaii from high above.

Eleanor Imster

January 29, 2014

7,000-year-old hunter-gatherer had dark skin, blue eyes

Researchers analyzed the DNA from a tooth belonging to the 7,000-year-old remains of European hunter-gatherer to determine his appearance.

Eleanor Imster

January 28, 2014

Infrared image of Saturn’s rings

Cassini spacecraft image of planet Saturn's rings, in gorgeous detail.

Eleanor Imster

January 26, 2014

View from space: Drier California this January

Two satellite images show a drier California in January 2014 than a year ago.

Eleanor Imster

January 24, 2014

Largest asteroid Ceres is venting water vapor into space

This is the first unambiguous detection of water vapor around an object in the asteroid belt.

Eleanor Imster

January 23, 2014

Eleanor Imster

Eleanor Imster has helped write and edit EarthSky since 1995. She was an integral part of the award-winning EarthSky radio series almost since it began until it ended in 2013. She and her husband live in Tennessee, where they enjoy guitar playing and singing. They have 2 grown sons.