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"Aurora in All Colors"
Strong aurora display over Fairbanks, Alaska, March ,2013.
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Venus rising above Nubble Lighthouse in Maine
The Milky Way and Venus rising above Nubble Lighthouse in Cape Neddick, Maine
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Cloud Trains Over the Southern Appalachians
The photo above showing cloud trains over the southern Appalachian Mountains was snapped from cruising altitude (approximately 30,000 ft or 9,144 m) while on a flight from Pittsburgh.
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Texas Sunset
Maybe everything is bigger in Texas–including sunsets
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The Long Jet of the Lighthouse Nebula
The Lighthouse nebula was formed by the wind of a pulsar, a rapidly rotating, magnetized neutron star, as it speeds through the interstellar medium at over 1,000 kilometers per second.
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A Rainbow Pileus Cloud over Zimbabwe
Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts.
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Earth Tones
This image of a large sample of Seven Springs jasper with hematite illustrates some of the colorful earth tones found north of the Phoenix area. Jasper is a variety of silica-rich chert (quartz) with many impurities including iron oxide. Note that the actual size of this rock face is approximately 12 in by 18 in (20 cm by 45 cm)..
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Bright Aurora in Moonlight in Central Maine
The moon was up when Mike Taylor captured this photo of the aurora borealis, or northern lights. The foreground lighting is moonlight.
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West Quoddy Lighthouse in Fog
Weest Quoddy Lighthouse in Lubec, Maine. September,2013 by Mike Taylor
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Zodiacal light over New Mexico
For northerly latitudes, it's the beginning of zodiacal light season in the evening. Look in the sunset direction, about an hour after the sun goes down.
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The Algoma Lighthouse
The Algoma Lighthouse, Sunday March 2, 2014 — Algoma, WI on a cold winter morning.
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Causeway Caused Colors on Great Salt Lake
Photographer: Patrick Wiggins Shown above is part of the south end of the Great Salt Lake
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Mars Mount Sharp on the Horizon
Get out your red/blue glasses (red for the left eye) and look out over this expansive martian landscape. The panoramic stereo view is composed of images from the roving Curiosity's Navcam taken at a rest stop during a 100 meter drive on Sol 548 (February 19). The 5.5 kilometer high peak of Mount Sharp, also known as Aeolis Mons, is on the horizon, its base a destination for Curiosity. In the foreground are rows of striated rocks along the Junda .
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Zebrafish embryo
Zebrafish embryo Credit: Annie Cavanagh. Scanning electron micrograph of a zebrafish embryo. The zebrafish, Danio rerio, is a tropical freshwater fish originating from eastern Asia and is a member of the minnow family.
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The View Near a Black Hole
In the center of a swirling whirlpool of hot gas is likely a beast that has never been seen directly: a black hole.
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Giant storm waves
A stunning collection of giant waves crashing against coastlines and shores.
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Empire State Building vanishes: amazing images of geometrical illusion
Alex Bellos: A mathematician has updated a classic geometrical puzzle – and explained how it works
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Crescent Moon
Crescent Moon
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Tweeting In The Rain
Friday March 28, 2014 — Ponchatoula, LA
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Clouds and Fog in Caldera de Taburiente
The photo shows a layer of fog in and about Caldera de Taburiente near LaPalma, the Canary Islands of Spain.
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