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Nothing beats nature’s own fireworks!
Sommarøya, just outside Tromsø, Norway. Photo: © Geir-Inge Buschmann/Gibfoto
November 15, 2015
Lunar alpenglow and Orion
The beautiful constellation Orion, and all that surrounds it in the sky. Plus light from the setting moon on the sacred Chana Dorje peak in Tibet.
November 12, 2015
Pluto, backlit
Crescent Pluto, acquired as New Horizons sped past in July on its way deeper into the Kuiper Belt.
November 11, 2015
Venus, Jupiter and Mars trails
The morning planets rising above an observatory in Malaysia.
November 10, 2015
Blossoming Atacama desert in Chile
Hundreds of millions of flowers bloomed in the Atacama Desert in Chile this year, linked to 2015's ongoing strong El Niño.
November 7, 2015
Report from Zimbabwe: First rain and crepuscular rays
A first rain in six months for Mutare, Zimbabwe. Afterwards, crepuscular rays in a clear blue sky, then against a flaming red sunset.
November 6, 2015
See it! Photos of Venus-Mars conjunction
Venus is the brightest planet, and Mars is faint now. On November 3, 2015, they were closest until 2017. Watch the moon pass them later this week!
November 4, 2015
New images of close-passing 2015 TB145
New, more detailed images and video - released yesterday - of object 2015 TB145, which swept close to Earth on Halloween. Does it still look like a skull?
November 4, 2015
Barking Dog Cloud
Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon involving a stimulus wherein the mind perceives a familiar pattern of something where none actually exists.
November 3, 2015
