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Meditating under the light of Jupiter
You might still catch Jupiter in the coming week, before Earth's faster motion around the sun causes the giant planet to fall into the sunset glare.
October 28, 2018
Las Vegas morning moon
Have you been enjoying the daytime moon? Bettina Berg captured a grackle in front of the moon in Las Vegas, Nevada.
October 27, 2018
See it! Hunter’s Moon 2018
Photos from the EarthSky Community of the glorious full Hunter's Moon in the October night sky. Thanks to all who submitted!
October 25, 2018
Meteors over Montana
The Orionid meteor shower peaked last weekend, and many of the meteors were drowned in bright moonlight. But John Ashley managed to catch a few dozen in the narrow window between moonset and dawn Sunday morning.
October 24, 2018
Venus is going, going …
Venus will sweep between us and the sun (inferior conjunction) on October 26. Check out this photo - taken just 5 days before inferior conjunction - of Venus as a slim crescent world.
October 23, 2018
Big Dipper over Grand Gulch, Utah
The Big Dipper over a pool in the Utah desert, caught from a canyon littered with the rock art and ruins of Ancestral Puebloans.
October 22, 2018
Light pillars over Whitefish Bay
When there are ice crystals in the air around you, you might see light pillars. They're the result of light reflecting from the crystals suspended in the air or clouds.
October 21, 2018
Northern lights over Sweden
Photographer Jörgen Andersson captured the northern lights over Sweden on October 7, 2018.
October 18, 2018
