2020 February 4 A Sunset Night Sky over the Grand Canyon Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Q. Fugate Explanation: Seeing mountain peaks glow red from inside the Grand Canyon was one of the most incredible sunset experiences of this amateur photographer’s life. They appeared even more incred […]
2020 January 29 Milky Way over Yellowstone Image Credit & Copyright: Lori Jacobs Explanation: The Milky Way was not created by an evaporating lake. The pool of vivid blue water, about 10 meters across, is known as Silex Spring and is located in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA. Steam ri
2020 January 5 A Starry Night of Iceland Image Credit: Stephane Vetter (Nuits sacrees) Explanation: On some nights, the sky is the best show in town. On this night, the sky was not only the best show in town, but a composite image of the sky won an international competition for landscape astrophotog
2019 December 4 Electric Night Image Credit & Copyright: Ivan Pedretti Explanation: It may appear, at first, like the Galaxy is producing the lightning, but really it’s the Earth. The featured nighttime landscape was taken from a southern tip of the Italian Island of Sardinia in early June
2019 November 22 Orion Rising Image Credit & Copyright: Vitalij Kopa Explanation: Looking toward the east in the early hours of a September morning this single exposure made with tripod and camera captured a simple visual experience. Rising above the tree-lined slope are familiar stars in planet
2019 November 19 Milky Way over Uruguayan Lighthouse Image Credit & Copyright: Mauricio Salazar Explanation: Can a lighthouse illuminate a galaxy? No, but in the featured image, gaps in light emanating from the Jose Ignacio Lighthouse in Uruguay appear to match up nicely, although only momentari
2019 October 22 Night Sky Reflections from the World’s Largest Mirror Image Credit & Copyright: Jheison Huerta Explanation: What’s being reflected in the world’s largest mirror? Stars, galaxies, and a planet. Many of these stars are confined to the grand arch that runs across t
2019 October 10 Mid-Air Meteor and Milky Way Image Credit & Copyright: Eric Wagner Explanation: On September 24, a late evening commercial flight from Singapore to Australia offered stratospheric views of the southern hemisphere’s night sky, if you chose a window seat. In fact, a well-plan
2019 September 27 The Annotated Galactic Center Image Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro (TWAN, Dark Sky Alqueva) Explanation: The center of our Milky Way galaxy can be found some 26,000 light-years away toward the constellation Sagittarius. Even on a dark night, you can’t really see it thou
2019 September 22 Eye Sky a Dragon Image Credit & Copyright: Anton Komlev Explanation: What do you see when you look into this sky? In the center, in the dark, do you see a night sky filled with stars? Do you see a sunset to the left? Clouds all around? Do you see the central band of our Milky W
