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Orion swinging between aspens
The constellation Orion, seen between aspen trees in the White River National Forest in Summit County, Colorado.
January 21, 2014
Comet Lovejoy heading outward again
Comet Lovejoy came faintly visible to the eye in early November 2013. It was closest to the sun on December 22. It's currently on the outbound leg of its orbit.
January 19, 2014
Rapid spread of California’s Colby Fire on January 16
As of Friday morning, Inciweb was reporting 1,709 acres burned. A Red Flag Warning has been extended to today due to a Santa Ana wind event.
January 17, 2014
Coronal mass ejection and Venus on January 14
The image shows a coronal mass ejection, or CME, leaving the sun on January 14. The bright object in the top right is Venus.
January 16, 2014
Moon photo, and a drawing of a lunar crater
Sometimes an astronomical drawing can capture what a photo cannot.
January 15, 2014
Jupiter, airplane, lunar halo over Manila January 13
We knew something was up yesterday when we got thousands of hits to an article about lunar halos. It was a lunar halo seen in Asia.
January 14, 2014
Star trails and the Old Temple on Cyprus
On the island of Cyprus, an abandoned village and an ancient temple, under the stars.
January 13, 2014
Last night’s moon and two star clusters
The moon is now moving through a region of sky filled with bright stars. On January 11, the moon was near two star clusters, the Hyades and the Pleiades.
January 12, 2014
Humayun’s Tomb and a monster sunspot
Abhinav Singhai combined the old and eternal - with the new and transient - when he captured this photo of Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and the sunspot group AR1944.
January 10, 2014
