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A rare sky over northern Idaho
A 22-degree halo and circumzenithal arc, an upper tangent arc and 2 more rare arcs ... good day to have a head in the clouds.
August 30, 2016
Milky Way over Sun Valley, Idaho
John Boydston submitted this beauty shot of the Milky Way and wrote, "Lots of Earth and sky in this one." For sure! Thanks, John.
August 29, 2016
Photos and video of Venus and Jupiter!
August 27, 2016 was the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus. Sky's 2 brightest planets. Closest conjunction of any 2 planets in 2016.
August 28, 2016
Mars and Saturn over the Alps
Mars is the brightest "star" in this image, in the lower right. Saturn is second-brightest, above and to the left of Mars. Plus stars in Scorpius and Ophiuchus.
August 22, 2016
Dumbbell nebula
Tom Wildoner got this great shot of the Dumbbell nebula. Also known as Messier 27, it’s in the constellation Vulpecula, about 1,360 light-years away.
August 17, 2016
Cosmic flowers, Qinghai Lake, China
"Should there be the same scenery as seen from another place of the Milky Way?"
August 15, 2016
See it! Perseid meteor photos and videos
The Perseids are declining now, but 2016 brought a great meteor shower for many around the globe. See photos and videos here.
August 14, 2016
A smile in the sky
Although it looks like an upside-down rainbow, it's what's called a circumzenithal arc. Katerina Russo captured this in Italy on August 9.
August 13, 2016
Shelf cloud over New Hampshire
Shelf clouds are what meteorologists call arcus clouds. They're low, mostly horizontal clouds, usually associated with a thunderstorm's leading edge.
August 8, 2016
