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Milky Way with moon
The Milky Way is best seen with the eye alone in a moon-free sky, but this photographer caught the Milky Way in moonlight.
September 19, 2016
Shine on, Harvest Moon!
Photos of 2016's beautiful Harvest Moon from the EarthSky community.
September 16, 2016
The kiss
Elephants are known to wrap their trunks around each other, much as humans shake hands or give a hug. They rub their bodies against each other to show affection.
September 16, 2016
Star trails over a French castle
The castle of Brochon in Gevrey-Chambertin - in the Burgundy region of eastern France - was built from 1895 to 1898. Photo by Jean-Baptiste Feldmann.
September 13, 2016
Crazy airglow
Airglow over Acadia National Park earlier this month, as a tropical storm raged in the Atlantic. Can a storm cause airglow? An expert comments.
September 11, 2016
See the horse in this lightning?
Pareidolia is seeing familiar objects or patterns in otherwise random or unrelated objects or patterns ... like seeing a horse in lightning.
September 10, 2016
Mars, Saturn, Antares and the moon
September 8 planets and moon, plus the star Antares. In time-exposure photos like this one, the streaks result from Earth's spin.
September 8, 2016
Moon, Venus and sleeping giants
A wonderful capture of this weekend's view of the moon and planet Venus, with the famous iconic statues of Easter Island.
September 6, 2016
