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After Harvey, a fire ant raft in Texas
A mass of live fire ants floating on the Texas flood.
August 31, 2017
Old Faithful geyser at night
"Watching it from such a close distance is a magical experience!"
August 29, 2017
5-hour pinhole exposure of total eclipse
This is a long-exposure photo of the sun, moving across the sky on August 21, 2017. Ian Hennes captured it with a lensless pinhole camera, in this case a beer can. It shows the total eclipse!
August 28, 2017
Jurassic Park 5 – The Eclipse!
Just kidding. There's really no movie by this name. But there should be, don't you think? Photo by Fred Espenak, aka Mr. Eclipse.
August 27, 2017
Confused sunflowers during eclipse?
A solar eclipse causes changes in the sun and sky, in the illumination of the landscape around you, in animals ... but in plants?
August 26, 2017
Crescent suns in downtown Portland
Crescent suns - created via the pinhole effect - on buildings in downtown Portland, Oregon during the eclipse. Cool photo and an awesome effect to watch for during eclipses!
August 25, 2017
Solar eclipse over Glacier National Park
The moon laps the sun above Mount Reynolds - over Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, Montana - during Monday's 85% solar eclipse.
August 24, 2017
More space views of the eclipse
Primeval and technological wonder meet. A collection of the best images we saw, from a variety of space-based observing platforms.
August 23, 2017
Eclipse photos from EarthSky friends
We received many more wonderful photos of the August 21 eclipse than for any prior event. We love them all, and wish we could post them all!
August 22, 2017
Moon on its way to the eclipse
Insights and a cool chart from astronomer Guy Ottewell. Plus, if you click in, you'll find photos of waning crescent moons from the past few mornings ...
August 17, 2017
