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Beautiful wave-like Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds

January 16, 2013

Beautiful wave-like Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds

Beautiful wave-like Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds captured by Gene Hart on December 25, 2012, on Jonesport, Maine.    Image © Gene Hart

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Trails in the Morning Sky

July 30, 2012

Trails in the Morning Sky

Bright Venus and  Jupiter still rise together before dawn. The peaceful waters by a small lakeside house near Stuttgart, Germany reflect their graceful arcing trails in this composited series of exposures, recorded on the morning of July 26.   Image credit: Stefan Seip (TWAN)

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Vesta’s Technicolor surface (video)

June 12, 2012

This animation of asteroid Vesta is made from images taken with Dawn’s framing camera. Many of the images were taken at different viewing angles to provide stereo for use in determining the topography.

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Voyage of the Dawn (video)

May 25, 2012

Voyage of the Dawn spacecraft

Dawn is a NASA spacecraft tasked with the exploration and study of the two largest members of the asteroid belt: Vesta and the dwarf planet, Ceres. This video (below) features images taken by Dawn as well as animated recreations of Vesta’s most focal geological formations. Credit NASA

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Dawn in Bagan

March 21, 2012

Bagan

Bagan in Burma is known for its more than 4,000 temples in a 26-square-mile space within a dusty, flat plain. The best time to experience the serenity and scope of Bagan is at dawn and dusk.  Photographer Cynthia Dial, Cynthia’s blog

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Dawn in Death Valley

June 19, 2011

Dawn

Death Valley as seen around dawn from Dante’s Peak. Heavy rains in the winter has created a small lake at Badwater below.  Photograph David Orias

Solar system fountain in Tarnow

May 5, 2011

Solar system fountainThe solar system Fountain in Tarnow, in south-east Poland, is a model of our solar system.
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Northern lights- Aurora Borealis in Iceland

April 22, 2011

AuroraDancing across the clear skies, the amazing Aurora Borealis are truly a sight to behold.
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Aurora Borealis from the North

November 6, 2010

Aurora Borealis- named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora and the Greek north wind, Boreas