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Last night’s moon, Saturn, Mercury
If you've been watching the west after sunset, you know the young moon is back. It has swept past the planets Saturn and Mercury and still hovers not far from them, with its lighted face pointed toward them.
November 22, 2017
Fern, contrail shadow, singing dunes
It was a beautiful day for natural phenomena in the sky, and on the ground.
November 21, 2017
Zimbabwe sunset and young moon
Following several days of cloud, rain and uncertainty, the skies suddenly cleared to reveal the sun and moon setting on what was expected to be the end of an era in Zimbabwe.
November 20, 2017
Leonid over Georgia
Steve Royer captured this meteor on the morning of November 18, 2017 in Saint. Marys, Georgia.
November 18, 2017
Platform reflecting
At first this looks like a cube floating in space ... but look again.
November 16, 2017
Earth’s shadow
Earth's shadow (in dark blue) climbs above the Raquette River in Potsdam, New York, shortly after sunset.
November 15, 2017
Cloud shadow mystery … solved?
We published a photo last Tuesday, showing a mountain's shadow. We wondered what caused it. Now - with the help of the EarthSky community - the mystery may be solved.
November 12, 2017
Bright meteor!
The North Taurid meteor shower is peaking around now. It tends to produce a lot of fireballs, or very bright meteors. Keep watching! The shower is sparse, but it goes all month.
November 11, 2017
Birds and sun, New Delhi, India
C.B. Devgun wrote that it was a foggy morning in New Delhi - November 8, 2017 - when he captured this photo.
November 9, 2017
November sunset over Stainforth, UK
Graham Telford captured this sunset while he was fishing at Stainforth, a village in the United Kingdom.
November 8, 2017
