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The last of the evacuation orders for the 416 Fire north of Durango, in southwest Colorado, were lifted on June 19, as rainfall squelched the fire.

Tommy Richardsen captured this gorgeous image in Nordreisa, Northern Norway, a few minutes before midnight on June 13, 2018.

No matter where you are on Earth, the richest part of the Milky Way is now coming back into view in the evening. Spectacular everywhere. At Easter Island, awesome!

Glowing brightly about 160,000 light-years away, the Tarantula Nebula is the most spectacular feature of the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of our Milky Way’s satellite galaxies.

Storm heading towards Taylor’s Lake near Horsham, Australia on June 11, 2018. Photo by Lynton Brown.

Coyotes prefer meat, but they’ll also eat insects, fruit and grass if that’s what’s available.

Steve Bellavia caught this unusual aurora last night, pointing directly to the North Star. Could it be the newly identified Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, aka STEVE?

Wow! Photo by Grafixart Sam of Iceland’s Vesturhorn mountain.

People see and photograph shelf clouds most often when these clouds are moving just ahead of intense lines of thunderstorms.

Russ Adams captured this glorious image in Pike County, Illinois on May 26, 2018.

Tommy Richardsen captured this image near Skjervøy in northern Norway.