Moon Between the Stones
Despite clouds and rain showers astronomer Phillip Perkins managed to spot a reddened, eclipsed Moon between the stones of this well known monument to the Sun during May’s total lunar eclipse, from Stonehenge, England.
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Moon & Pleiades
by Laurent Laveder
A conjunction of the crescent Moon and Pleiades or the seven sisters star cluster in early morning sky.
[A fascinating time-lapse AVI video of the same scene is available here.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ch22hx8o1qbn5m1o1_1280.jpg)
Moon & Pleiades
A conjunction of the crescent Moon and Pleiades or the seven sisters star cluster in early morning sky.
[A fascinating time-lapse AVI video of the same scene is available here.]
The Cat & Venus
With “Alnath” above Venus, a Giant Star and the Second Brightest Star in the Constellation Taurus.
Moon Meets Venus at Old Delhi
by Ajay Talwar
Skywatcher Snaps Misty Mountain Solar Eclipse
The eclipsed sun glows brightly above Kab Mountain in Hungary in this image from skywatcher Tamas Ladanyi.
Waterway to Orbit
Credit & Copyright: James Vernacotola
The 32nd shuttle mission to the International Space Station, STS-130, left planet Earth on February 8, 2010. Its early morning launch to orbit from Kennedy Space Center’s pad 39A followed the long, graceful, eastward arc seen in this 2 minute time exposure.
Sakurajima Volcano Lightning
Credit & Copyright: Martin Rietze (Alien Landscapes on Planet Earth)
Why does a volcanic eruption sometimes create lightning?
Pictured above, the Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan was caught erupting. Magma bubbles so hot they glow shoot away as liquid rock bursts through the Earth’s surface from below.
The above image is particularly notable, however, for the lightning bolts caught near the volcano’s summit. Why lightning occurs even in common thunderstorms remains a topic of research, and the cause of volcanic lightning is even less clear.
Venus of Paris
The romance and mystery of the night glitters as Venus, known in Greek mythology as the Goddess of Love, appears serenely beside the sparkling Eiffel Tower. Like many other major cities, night-time streetscape view of Paris, a metropolitan flooded with lights, does not show many stars.
Full Snow Moon rising
Copyright: Stefano De Rosa
Aurora & Emerald Isle
Image Copyright: Brendan Alexander
