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Flying Horse over Cusco, Peru
If you travel from the Northern to the Southern Hemisphere, or vice versa, you'll see familiar constellations. But their location in the sky will be shifted in surprising and delightful ways.
November 1, 2017
Boo! Halloween star trails
When your camera stays fixed as the stars move throughout the night, you get a photo of what are called star trails. Then ... just add pumpkins.
October 31, 2017
Smokey sunset skies over Italy
These swirling, intense red sunset skies are due to ongoing wildfires in northern Italy.
October 30, 2017
Photos: Observe the Moon Night
Saturday night is International Observe the Moon Night, and EarthSky community members from around the world sent photos, reminding us that we all see the same moon.
October 28, 2017
Star trails over Smiths Falls
Fiona M. Donnelly captured this image on October 21. 2017, in Smiths Falls, Ontario. She wrote, "Our Earth's rotation during a one-hour period."
October 27, 2017
Airglow over Little Grand Canyon, Utah
The light of excited atoms and molecules, high over Utah's own smaller version of the Grand Canyon.
October 26, 2017
Lone fisherman at Echo Lake
A fisherman at Echo Lake, New Hampshire, surrounded by the colors of this year's beautiful autumn.
October 25, 2017
From Arizona, 2 Taurid fireball photos
First 2 Taurid fireball photos we've seen this year, but we're expecting more. These 2 photographers, 100 miles apart, likely saw the same bright meteor.
October 23, 2017
See it! Orionid meteors this weekend
This weekend's Orionid meteor shower didn't disappoint. EarthSky community photos, here.
October 22, 2017
