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Category: Today’s Image
Harvest Moon trilogy
This past full moon was the Northern Hemisphere's Harvest Moon, known for appearing entirely or nearly full for several nights in a row.
Deborah Byrd
September 11, 2014
Home is behind, the world ahead
A mesmerizing view down a long, straight stretch of road, with a wild sky above.
Deborah Byrd
September 10, 2014
Milky Way and moonset
Reflections of the moon and the Milky way in a pond atop Independence Pass in Colorado's Rocky Mountains
Eleanor Imster
September 8, 2014
Campfire under Milky Way at Mount Bromo
Astrophotographer Justin Ng has just returned from Mount Bromo. Here's what a night on an active volcano in Indonesia looks like.
Deborah Byrd
September 7, 2014
ISS crosses the moon’s face
A composite of 1/2-second of time when two objects in space converged. ISS is at 300 kilometers and the moon is at 384,000 kilometers away.
Deborah Byrd
September 5, 2014
Filipino sunset
The Republic of the Philippines in Southeast Asia - in the western Pacific Ocean - consists of 7,107 islands.
Deborah Byrd
September 4, 2014
Milky Way over Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico
Arecibo Observatory's 1,000-foot (305-meter) radio telescope is the world's largest single-aperture telescope.
Deborah Byrd
September 3, 2014
Andromeda Galaxy
Beautiful shot of M31 - closest large spiral galaxy to our Milky Way - by our friend Tom Wildoner.
Eleanor Imster
September 2, 2014
Fav photos of August 31 moon, Saturn and Mars
Did you see the moon near the planets Saturn and Mars Sunday evening? Thanks to all EarthSky friends who captured and shared these beautiful images.
Deborah Byrd
September 1, 2014
Purple aurora
Very beautiful aurora over Östersund, Sweden. We love aurora season!
Eleanor Imster
August 29, 2014
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