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Snowy owl on a cold New Hampshire beach
In the background is sea smoke - formed when very cold air moves over warmer water - and the rocky Isles of Shoals.
January 24, 2015
See it! Best photos of moon and Venus
A beautiful sky just after sunset on January 21, 2015! The moon, the bright planet Venus and, for some, the planets Mercury and Mars. Yay! Venus is back.
January 22, 2015
Dramatic sunset over the Atlantic, seen near Rio
Cool air on the sea surface strongly refracted the setting sun, seen Saturday night from a small town near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cool series of images!
January 20, 2015
Comet Lovejoy passed near the Pleiades last night
Ever-photogenic Comet Lovejoy at its closest to the Seven Sisters, or Pleiades, star cluster. The comet's long blue ion tail stretched back past the cluster.
January 19, 2015
Milky Way over Todd Lake Basin, Oregon
Here in the midst of our northern winter, a beautiful shot of the summer Milky Way.
January 18, 2015
Illinois sunset
Deanna Frautschi shared this beautiful photo of a winter sunset in central Illinois.
January 17, 2015
Trees are poems
A lone tree on the stark slope of a granite dome in Yosemite National Park.
January 16, 2015
Rare ice halo display in New Mexico
Ice halo display captured by Joshua Thomas in Red River, New Mexico on the morning of January 9, 2015.
January 13, 2015
Crescent moon Rhea occults crescent Saturn
Stunning image! The robotic Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn since 2004. It has produced some of the most magnificent images in our solar system.
January 12, 2015
Awesome video of airplane crossing sun
Talk about being in the right place at the right time! Noel Keating tried all last year to capture video of a plane crossing the sun. On January 3, 2015, he did it!
January 11, 2015
