Vesturhorn reflection

Wow! Photo by Grafixart Sam of Iceland's Vesturhorn mountain.

Shelf cloud over Florida

People see and photograph shelf clouds most often when these clouds are moving just ahead of intense lines of thunderstorms.

Sunset with lightning over Illinois

Russ Adams captured this glorious image in Pike County, Illinois on May 26, 2018.

2017’s costliest hurricanes

Harvey, Irma and Maria - all 2017 hurricanes - are among the top 5 costliest Atlantic hurricanes since record-keeping began in 1851.

Lightning sprites over Oklahoma

My best sprite lightning capture to date, said long-time observer Paul Smith.

Waiting for tomorrow

Tommy Richardsen captured this image near Skjervøy in northern Norway.

Astronauts’ views of Mount Shasta

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured these images of Mount Shasta while orbiting over northern California at different times of the year.

What’s this strange cloud?

"Eerie!" thought Michael Scully in North Carolina on Monday morning, when he caught this image with his iPhone. Turns out it was a rocket launch from Wallops Island of an uncrewed Cygnus cargo ship, due to reach the International Space Station today.

Sunrise from Sea Bright, New Jersey

One World Trade Center - aka Freedom Tower - is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

Milky Way center over Pondicherry, India

Photographer Karthik Easvur reminds us that our galaxy's center is 25,000 light-years away. So light from the galactic center that reached the sensor of his camera started its journey 25,000 years ago.