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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
Waning crescent Venus
Venus will soon pass more or less between us and the sun, at what astronomers call inferior conjunction. That's why this inner planet is now waning in phase.
January 9, 2014
Winter sun returns to Earth’s far north
The solstice is behind us. At high northern latitudes, sunlight is returning only briefly each day or casts an eerie twilight glow.
January 8, 2014
Snowflake
Beautifully clear and detailed image of a single snowflake, by Joshua Nowicki Photoography
January 7, 2014
Quadrantid meteor and aurora on January 3
In 2014, as the Quadrantid meteors were flying, those at far northern latitudes were seeing auroras.
January 4, 2014
Young crescent moon and old crescent Venus on January 2
The planet Venus is about to pass between the Earth and sun. It will soon disappear from our sky. But many saw it last night near the moon.
January 3, 2014
Softly the evening came
A mountain sunset near Tucson, Arizona and a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
January 2, 2014
