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Eleanor Imster

Russian missile contrail

A Russian missile contrail yanked back and forth by winds at different heights of our atmosphere.

Our sun for one year

Composite image of a year of activity on our solar system's star, the sun.

Translucent snails

You can see through the shells to the snails inside.

Night and day on Saturn

Awesome mosaic by the Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn

Everglades sunset

An October sunset in the Florida Everglades.

Boat launch into the Milky Way

Milky Way reflected in the calm waters of Moosehead Lake in Maine's Lily Bay State Park.

Aurora and tall trees

The northern lights seen from Finland on October 2, by Thomas Kast.

Video: What if you stopped sleeping?

Why we need enough sleep .. but not too much.

Steam devil over Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming

Steam devils are rare, but they may form over large lakes and oceans during cold weather, if the water below is still relatively warm.

Vermont fall colors

Autumn foliage reflected in Lake Elmore, Vermont, by Manish Mamtani Photography.