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Two airplane glories, half a world apart
Liz Dunster caught a photo of an airplane glory during a flight over North Carolina. Karthik Easvur caught a glory over India and provided a video!
May 9, 2019
The young moon returns
Casual observers rarely see a moon within 24 hours of new moon. But observers who have the right conditions, and are watching carefully - and those using telescopes or binoculars - can see much younger moons.
May 6, 2019
Insight lander captures sunrises, sunsets on Mars
Sunrises and sunsets on Mars, captured by the camera on NASA's InSight lander.
May 5, 2019
Storm cell over Australia
Photographer Lynton Brown captured this magnificent storm cloud over Horsham, Australia, in the late afternoon of May 1.
May 4, 2019
Old moon, Venus, Mercury
The moon is sweeping past the planets Venus and Mercury in the morning sky now.
May 3, 2019
Milky Way and Jupiter
Maureen Allen captured the Milky Way and Jupiter over Lake Rousseau in Dunnellon, Florida, early in the morning of April 28, 2019.
May 1, 2019
Milky Way over Taylors Lake, Australia
The Milky Way is coming back into view for another observing season. Australia has a wonderful vantage point for it!
April 28, 2019
Uluru sunset
Uluru - also known as Ayers Rock - in Northern Territory, Australia, on April 19, 2019.
April 27, 2019
Meteor over Colorado
Who saw Lyrid meteors this week? Chuck Mason captured this image on April 20. He said, "Lucky enough to have caught a Lyrid Meteor over the Dallas Divide, Ridgway, Colorado."
April 25, 2019
