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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
March 4, 2018
See it! 1st March full moon
Photos from the EarthSky community of the March 1-2, 2018, full moon, the 1st of 2 full moons for this month!
March 2, 2018
5 minutes before sunrise
Photographer Steve Scanlon captured this beautiful color just 5 minutes before sunrise over the Shrewsbury River in Rumson, New Jersey.
March 1, 2018
The skywatcher
RV Photography said, "After a night of astrophotography, it's nice to just take a seat and enjoy the stars ..."
February 28, 2018
Extragalactic supernova
At its discovery in January, this supernova was as bright as its whole galaxy! Now it's fading. Astrophotographer Brian Ottum caught it Sunday night.
February 27, 2018
