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Chicago from St. Joseph, Michigan
The little building in the center of the sunset is in Chicago, as seen from across Lake Michigan, 60 miles away.
February 21, 2017
Venus green flash
To see a green flash of Venus, you need a very clear day with no haze or cloud low in the sky, a distant horizon (preferably a sea horizon) and a telescope! Photo by Colin Legg.
February 20, 2017
Michigan sun halo
Walter Elliot captured this enormous sun halo over Grand Haven, Michigan on February 16, 2017.
February 19, 2017
Skies after Tropical Storm Dineo
The storm made landfall near Mozambique in southeast Africa this week, causing at least 7 deaths. Hundreds of miles away, Peter Lowenstein captured strange and shifting skies.
February 18, 2017
Arctic lights
Northern Norway's Lyngen Alps lit by the moon. Tommy Richardsen took this shot on February 7, 2017.
February 15, 2017
Track in Antarctic ice
Galen Halverson of McGill University captured this photo from the deck of the research ship Nathaniel B. Palmer, in Antarctica's Weddell Sea.
February 13, 2017
Big Dipper over Bonneville Salt Flats
The stars of the Big Dipper reflected in the salt water of Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. Photo by Marc Toso.
February 12, 2017
See it! February 10-11 lunar eclipse
A penumbral eclipse is subtle, but has a quiet beauty all its own. Thank you to all who submitted photos of the February 10-11, 2017 eclipse!
February 11, 2017
Thursday night’s rising moon
Thursday's moonrise as viewed from Colorado. On Friday evening, the Americas will see an eclipse at moonrise. Eastern America will have a better view of the eclipse than western America.
February 10, 2017
