Best Astronomy Of The Day Pictures
#15 Venus Crossing
This is one of the clearest photos from Earth of Venus crossing in front of the sun.
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Venus Crossing
This is one of the clearest photos from Earth of Venus crossing in front of the sun.
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The Moon
The moon in it's crescent phase always sort of reminds us of Alice in Wonderland but in this photo it's especially chilling.
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Eclipse
An eclipse can't be seen with the naked eye and even with the right filter, it's still hard to see it clearly. This photo shows all of the detail of a solar eclipse.
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Earth
They say that in order to find good vacation locations, it's all about the view. If that's the case, we're guessing that this must be a photo of the best vacation ever.
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Harvest
The Harvest Moon is the moon at its most perfect fullness. We can see it clearly and brilliantly. In this photo, it's just beginning to rise and gives off a hazy color through the filter of pollution.
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On The Range
This panoramic photo shows off the beautiful greens, blues and purples of the night sky.
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Showers
This photo peacefully combines the warmth of the desert mountains with the coolness of a Leonid meteor shower.
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Southern Crown
This is the consolation Corona Australis, a consolation that absorbs light and reflects it similar to how to moon illuminates the sky at night.
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The Sun
It's pretty incredible to think about the sun. It's almost scary to think about how powerful this large fireball is. Is it getting warm in here to you, too?
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M31
The amazing Andromeda Galaxy in its perfect form as a composite that follows the galaxy's past, present and future stars.
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Golden Gate
It doesn't seem like the moon rises in any particular direction because we don't usually have the opportunity to watch it's pattern. This photograph shows the moon's movement in an arch over the Golden Gate bridge.
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Heaven & Earth
In 1991, the Hekla volcano erupted at the same time as the auroras. It created this brilliant effect, unlike anything else.
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Moonrise
This is a beautiful view of the moon rising over Boston captured by Dennis Di Cicco during the full moon early in July.
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Nebula
This is the Monkey Face Nebula. We don't see the resemblance but it's so beautiful to look at we don't really care about it's awkward name.
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Spinning Stars
Taken by photographer Babak Tafreshi, this breathtaking view of the sky above the Zagros Mountains in Iran has us star-struck.
