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Moon, Mars and me
Niko Powe waved a sparkler at the starry sky. He wrote, "Sirius, Orion, Hyades, Pleiades, the moon, Mars, and me."
March 12, 2019
Hot air balloon at sunrise, over Morocco
Sunrise in Marrakech, Morocco, on February 27, 2019, taken from a hot air balloon. Photo by Ming Bow.
March 10, 2019
Snow roller in New Hampshire
Have you ever heard of snow rollers? We hadn't either. They're like the snowballs people roll to make snowmen. But, instead of people, nature rolls them.
March 8, 2019
Virga and cloud shadows over Africa
Virga is rain that falls but doesn't reach the ground. It helped create this spectacular scene over Mutare, Zimbabwe, on March 5, 2019.
March 6, 2019
One of the last Iridium flares
Only a few of the original, sometimes-glinting Iridium satellites are still in low Earth orbit. They have 3 reflective panels that occasionally catch the sun and produce a visible flare lasting between 5 and 20 seconds.
March 5, 2019
North Star over New Mexico
Polaris - aka the North Star - is in the center of the great turning wheel of stars in this photo. It's the star around which the entire northern sky appears to turn.
March 4, 2019
See it! Photos of moon and morning planets
The moon has swept past the planets that are up shortly before sunup this week. The EarthSky community caught the early morning sky scenes.
March 3, 2019
The next big leap
SpaceX took a giant step this weekend with the successful launch of its Crew Dragon demo capsule, its first spacecraft designed to carry humans.
March 2, 2019
Lunar halo over Mobius Arch
A lunar halo over one of the natural arches in California's Alabama Hills.
March 1, 2019
