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Blue aurora, star trails, in Unity, Maine
Awesome auroral display back in July, when the familiar green, magenta and purple colors changed to blue as they spiked.
November 19, 2013
Bioluminescent tube worm
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego are unraveling the mechanisms behind the dazzling bioluminescent display of this tube worm.
November 17, 2013
Comet ISON in outburst
The comet will be in a conspicuous place in the sky for the next several mornings, near the bright star Spica on the sky's dome.
November 16, 2013
Storm season begins in Australia
A spooky night in Ipswich, Australia, by Nathan A. Smith.
November 14, 2013
Yellowstone’s White Dome Geyser, midnight
White Dome Geyser, in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, erupting at midnight, by Zack Clothier.
November 13, 2013
Comet ISON on November 10, 2013
Comet ISON's two tails are a sign that the comet is drawing closer, and closer, to the sun that binds it in orbit. It'll be closest to the sun on November 28.
November 12, 2013
Follow your own path
Mike Taylor shot this photo in the Maine woods facing toward a warm autumn sun.
November 10, 2013
Why Super Typhoon Haiyan was so powerful
Low wind shear and warm ocean temperatures exist in the Pacific now. That's why Haiyan grew into one of the strongest - perhaps the strongest - storm ever recorded.
November 8, 2013
Bent trees on the shores of Lake Michigan
Ken Scott was hiking at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, in Michigan, when he came upon these bent trees.
November 6, 2013
Four comets in one night
"Four comets in one night - an opportunity too rare to be missed." - Zlatan Merakov
November 5, 2013
