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Five awesome photos of meteors
Meteor rates for Friday night's Camelopardalid shower were low. But, thanks to astronomers' shower predictions, many were outside that night and captured meteor photos.
May 25, 2014
Watch for the moon and Venus Sunday morning!
The Camelopardalid meteor shower may have been a bust, but Sunday morning's view of Venus and the moon will not disappoint!
May 23, 2014
Video of supercell over Wyoming on May 18
Amazing video of a huge supercell that formed outside of Newcastle, Wyoming on Sunday, May 18.
May 22, 2014
Beautiful solar halo over a building named for a star
The building is a hot water storage tank - containing 26,000,000 liters of water - in Östersund, Sweden. It's named for the star Arcturus in the constellation Bootes.
May 21, 2014
What does looking at the night sky feel like?
What does looking at the night sky feel like to you? Art by T. Richardsen in northern Norway offers this conceptual image.
May 20, 2014
Milky Way over Kansas grain elevators
The Milky Way shines above the CO-OP grain elevators in Burdett, Kansas (population ~245)
May 18, 2014
View from space: San Diego County wildfires
A satellite view of the nine fires still blazing in San Diego County California.
May 16, 2014
Full moon over Poseidon’s Temple
The May 2014 full Moon rising over Poseidon's temple, Cape Sounion, Greece.
May 15, 2014
While you were sleeping … Milky Way over Scotland
The Milky Way rises high above the horizon. Taken on May 3, at 3:30 a.m., by B&B Photography.
May 14, 2014
