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Martian dust cascades
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows streaks forming on slopes when dust cascades downhill.
Eleanor Imster
February 10, 2018
Åhus tree
Stefan Nilsson 's annual winter image of this tree, on the beach in Åhus, Sweden.
Eleanor Imster
February 9, 2018
Contrasting crescents
A comparative look at 2 crescent moons - Saturn’s icy moon Rhea and largest moon Titan - taken by the Cassini spacecraft.
Eleanor Imster
February 7, 2018
Volcán de Fuego from Earth and space
Volcán de Fuego - literally "fire volcano" - is one of Central America’s most active volcanos. Photos of its recent eruption here.
Deborah Byrd
Eleanor Imster
February 5, 2018
Misty sunrise, happy dog
Misty and golden sunrise in England, with a man walking his very happy dog!
Eleanor Imster
February 3, 2018
See it! Super Blue Moon eclipse photos
It was a Blue Moon, a supermoon and a moon in total eclipse. EarthSky community members around the world came through as always with awesome photos.
Editors of EarthSky
January 31, 2018
Double moon halo
A 22-degree lunar halo, with a 9-degree lunar halo inside it.
Deborah Byrd
January 30, 2018
These clouds are called ship tracks
Ship tracks typically form among low-lying stratus and cumulus clouds. They form around exhaust particles released by ships.
Deborah Byrd
January 29, 2018
ISS over Idaho’s Wood River Valley
On a cold January night, Nils Ribi captured the path of the International Space Station (ISS) in the southern sky over the Wood River Valley of Idaho.
Eleanor Imster
January 27, 2018
Cartwheel Galaxy
Hubble Space Telescope image of a rare ring galaxy in the direction of the constellation Sculptor.
Eleanor Imster
January 26, 2018
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