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Millions of stars
This image sequence from ESA's billion-star surveyor - Gaia - looks toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy and captures some 2.8 million stars.
September 4, 2017
Autumn is coming!
The start of September means that autumn is just around the corner. Manish Mamtani took this shot in September 2016 in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
September 3, 2017
Milky Way over Cape Hatteras lighthouse
John Entwistle captured this shot in mid-August on North Carolina's Cape Hatteras.
September 2, 2017
Venus and bright stars, east before sunup
From our friend Tom Wildoner, a single shot of the morning stars in the sunrise direction. He added labels to help you identify some of the brighter objects on your morning commute!
September 1, 2017
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
