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Check out the Big and Little Dippers

Nice! We published some stories about the Big and Little Dippers and received back some photos. Love it when that happens. Thank you!

Deborah Byrd

March 13, 2018

Best photos of moon’s sweep past morning planets

The waning moon has now swept past all 3 bright planets in the predawn sky. Photos here from the EarthSky community.

Deborah Byrd

March 12, 2018

Low rainbow near Joshua Tree

The height of a rainbow depends on the height of the sun. The higher the sun, the lower the rainbow.

Deborah Byrd

March 11, 2018

Best photos of Venus and Mercury after sunset

Venus and Mercury were closer earlier this month, but they're easier to see now. Don't miss these 2 innermost worlds in our solar system, in the west after sunset.

Deborah Byrd

March 10, 2018

Day meets night on Jupiter

The Juno spacecraft captured this image during its 11th close flyby of the planet. It shows swirling cloud formations around Jupiter's south pole.

Eleanor Imster

March 9, 2018

Milky Way and zodiacal light over Death Valley

Jeff Berkes captured the Milky Way and the zodiacal light from California's Death Valley National Park on February 16.

Eleanor Imster

March 8, 2018

Distorted corona

You'll find rainbow-like colors in both cloud iridescence and coronas around the sun. But iridescence tends to look more random, while coronas are circles ... usually.

Deborah Byrd

March 6, 2018

See the early morning Milky Way

The edgewise view into our own galaxy, looking toward the galaxy's heart, from EarthSky community members who ventured into the cold and darkness before dawn in February 2018.

Deborah Byrd

March 4, 2018