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Best photos of the week, October 7-13, 2023

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Kelly Kizer Whitt
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October 14, 2023


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Best photos of the week, October 7-13, 2023

Enjoy a large collection of the best photos submitted to EarthSky Community Photos for the week of October 7-13, 2023, in the video above. And enjoy a few special selections below. Do you have a great photo to share with us? You can submit it here.

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Best photos of the week: A dark field leading to a lone tree with the bright fuzzy band of the Milky Way behind.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Tomás Andonie in Frutillar, Región de los Lagos, Chile, captured this image on October 8, 2023. Tomás wrote: “I am a 19-year-old astrophotographer, and I have always been impressed by the universe. That is why every year I travel to the south of Chile, to seek the beautiful southern landscapes, with the wonders that the universe has to offer me.” Thank you, Tomás!
Star field with a bright spiral galaxy and a loose bunch of dozens of stars to the lower right.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Martin Curran in Cheyenne, Wyoming, captured this image of the spiral galaxy NGC 6946 and the open cluster NGC 6939 in the constellation Cepheus on October 8, 2023. Martin wrote that the Fireworks Galaxy is “… 20,000 light-years across and is 22.5 million light-years from Earth. It’s pretty dim for its size as it is highly obscured by interstellar matter due to its proximity to the Milky Way.” Thank you, Martin!
Phases of the moon, from new to full to new again lined up in a diagonal row.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Brandi Mullins in Martinsville, Virginia, shared this composite image on October 12, 2023. Brandi wrote: “Phases of the moon from all my pictures I took over the last month combined into one photograph.” Thank you, Brandi!

Photos of Earth

Blue rays radiating from an orange and blue sunset, with distant mountain, all reflected in calm lake.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Dennis Schoenfelder captured this sunset image on October 7, 2023. Dennis wrote: “We were out walking our dog and just happened to see these anticrepuscular rays. We moved to a spot for a nice reflection.” Thank you, Dennis!
An orange and black and white butterfly sitting on many-petaled bright pink flowers.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Nina Gorenstein in West Lafayette, Indiana, captured a butterfly among flowers on October 10, 2023. Nina wrote: “Painted lady (Vanessa cardui) butterfly.” Thank you, Nina!

Bottom line: See our best photos of the week from October 7-13, 2023, in images and a video here! And learn how to submit your own.

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Kelly Kizer Whitt writes and edits some of the most fascinating stories at EarthSky.org. She's been writing about science, with a focus on astronomy, for decades. She began her career at Astronomy Magazine and made regular contributions to other outlets, including AstronomyToday and the Sierra Club. She has nine published books, including a children's picture book, Solar System Forecast, and a young adult dystopian novel, A Different Sky.

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