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Sea clouds at sunset
Isn't this gorgeous? Clouds at sunset over Italy's Ligurian Sea by Maranatha.it Photography.
August 28, 2014
Milky Way over Utah, and a moonlit blue hour
A crescent moon - just set below high, hardened sand dunes in Goblin Valley State Park in Utah - creates a kind of "blue hour" glow in the sky.
August 26, 2014
Moon, Jupiter, Venus over Hong Kong
It was a glorious weekend for planet-watching. The moon waned and appeared lower in the east before dawn each day, sweeping past Venus and Jupiter.
August 24, 2014
Aurora and reflection
In honor of the return of aurora season to Earth's northerly latitudes, here's the aurora borealis - northern lights - above Norway's Lyngen Alps.
August 23, 2014
August 19 aurora from space and Earth
One of the first auroras of the 2014 autumn season appeared last night at northerly latitudes. Astronaut Reid Wiseman caught it from space. Photographer Göran Strand caught it from Sweden.
August 20, 2014
Intense rainbow over Northern Ireland
Glenn Miles sat in his truck and waited out a rainstorm, then captured the most intense rainbow he'd ever seen.
August 19, 2014
Great Venus and Jupiter conjunction of 2014
Venus and Jupiter are the brightest planets! Look east before dawn ... closest planet-planet conjunction of 2014 August 18. Dazzling near moon August 22 and 23.
August 18, 2014
Awesomeness from the International Space Station
What would it be like to view the Earth and the sky from the vantage point of the International Space Station? These three photos from ISS tell the tale.
August 17, 2014
Pemaquid Point lighthouse and Milky Way
The historic Maine lighthouse against the gorgeous backdrop of the Milky Way, by Manish Mamtani Photography.
August 15, 2014
