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Extra high tides today
This new moon at the New Year is also one of the closest moons of the year. The close, new moon will cause tides to be higher than usual.
January 1, 2014
Analemma 2013
If you photographed the sun at the same time each day - subtracting an hour as needed for Daylight Saving Time - the resulting figure-8 would be an analemma.
December 30, 2013
Light pillars over Ontario
Light pillars form when a bright light reflects off the surfaces of millions of falling ice crystals associated with thin, high-level clouds.
December 29, 2013
Gulf Stream in infrared
The Gulf Stream is like a warm river in the ocean, but it's not uniformly warm, as this infrared satellite image shows.
December 28, 2013
Meteor meets Magellanic Clouds
Here's a cool shot of a meteor that happened to pass between the two Magellanic Clouds, our MIlky Way galaxy's satellites.
December 27, 2013
When stars sneeze
If you could watch over thousands of years, you'd find that the star is having a sneezing fit. It's firing off rapid releases of super-hot, super-fast gas.
December 26, 2013
Merry, merry!
The moon and Venus earlier this month, with a little something - or shall we say someone - extra.
December 25, 2013
Evening “star” and Christmas Star
If you look in the west shortly after sunset, you'll see Venus, too.
December 24, 2013
Merry in the dark of winter
A local tradition, known as the Cleveland tree, in New London, New Hampshire. Happy holidays!
December 23, 2013
Sun’s path over Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Six-month solargraphy - showing the sun's high path in summer to low path in winter - taken over one of the sunniest cities in Canada.
December 22, 2013
