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California in flames
According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the 2017 California wildfire season is the worst on record.
December 9, 2017
Asperitas clouds over Tenerife
Meet Earth's newest named cloud, the asperitas cloud, 1st new addition to the International Cloud Atlas in over half a century.
December 8, 2017
Christmas lights and the king tide
Mimi Ditchie captured this photo at low tide on Monday - the day of the king tide at Pismo Beach, California - following Sunday's supermoon.
December 7, 2017
See it! December’s full supermoon
December's full supermoon was the closest and brightest full moon of 2017. Wonderful photos here from the EarthSky community around the world.
December 4, 2017
Land of Terror
This looks like an abstract painting, but it's a satellite image of the Tanezrouft Basin, a part of the Sahara Desert in central Algeria known as the Land of Terror.
December 3, 2017
Lunar halo and clouds over Tucson
An example of pareidolia ... in this case, the moon, a halo and clouds looking like the moon rocketing into a halo!
December 2, 2017
Bright moon and aurora borealis
Does a bright moon means you can't see the northern lights? No. Here's awesome proof that, for photographers at least, moonlight can enhance the view.
December 1, 2017
Clouds near Australia
This beautiful and unusual cloud pattern - captured by a NASA satellite - was caused by a phenomenon called "gravity waves."
November 29, 2017
Early morning halo over Idaho
Sheryl R. Garrison in north Idaho wrote: "This morning began with a stunning sunrise followed by a beautiful 22-degree halo over the Pend Oreille river."
November 28, 2017
