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Have you seen Venus and Mercury? Photos here
Wow! Thanks, everybody, for the wonderful Venus and Mercury photos! These 2 worlds have been nearest each other this week for all of 2020. A selection of photos from our community here, and many more at EarthSky Community Photos.
May 22, 2020
Crescent Venus, moon, sun
Three crescents - Venus, the moon, the eclipsed sun - all at about the same phase.
May 21, 2020
Tropical Cyclone Amphan
Tropical Cyclone Amphan on May 19, 2020, on approach to eastern India and Bangladesh.
May 19, 2020
Last Antarctic sunset
This was the last sunset - prior to several months of winter darkness - at Concordia Research Station in Antarctica. Scientists at the station are studying how living in extreme conditions affects the human body and mind.
May 19, 2020
This isn’t a triple rainbow
It's what's called a reflection rainbow, which can be caused by sunlight beaming upward after reflecting from wet sand or calm water, in this case the water of Puget Sound.
May 17, 2020
2 views from space: San Francisco Bay
A beautiful image of San Francisco Bay via ESA's Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
May 16, 2020
Whoa! Comet ATLAS got brighter this week
Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) was getting brighter. Then, sadly, the Hubble Space Telescope caught it apparently disintegrating. Now ... surprise. Veteran comet observer Terry Lovejoy reported earlier today that the comet is brightening again!
May 9, 2020
Happy Buddha Purnima on May 7
Buddha Purnima - Buddha's birthday - is celebrated on a full moon day in the month of Vaisakh (April/May) according to the Hindu calendar.
May 7, 2020
Earth’s biggest iceberg breaks off smaller berg
The colossal iceberg from Antarctica’s Larsen-C Ice Shelf finally fractured in April, generating a new 51-square-nautical-mile iceberg.
May 7, 2020
