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Electric Plant, Spain

March 18, 2011

solar cellsAt an electric plant in southern Spain, mirrors as big as houses catch some of the 120 quadrillion watts of sunlight that constantly fall on Earth. Government subsidies for this pricey yet promising power source have made Europe the world’s solar capital. Photograph Michael Melford

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Iridescent Heart

February 14, 2011

The photo above showing a heart-shaped mid-level cloud fringed with iridescent colors was captured above Zabikow, Poland on July 30, 2010.  Photographer: Dariusz Dorosz 

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Mount Rainier ray and sunrise

February 12, 2011

Mount Rainier Ray

The photo above showing a singular crepuscular ray stretching across a rosy winter’s dawn was captured from Tacoma, Washington on December 27, 2009.  Photographer: Sally Budack

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Sun Halo Beyond Stockholm

January 10, 2011

Sun Halo

Sometimes it looks like the Sun is being viewed through a large lens. In the above case, however, there are actually billions of lenses: ice crystals.  Photographer Peter Rosén

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The Best Eclipse from Space (video)

January 8, 2011

Eclipse from Space On January 4, the Hinode satellite captured breathtaking high resolution images of an annular solar eclipse.

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c-water

December 27, 2010

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Ice rainbow – sun’s light through Cirrus clouds

October 27, 2010

Known to weather officials call a ’22 degrees halo’ because of its circular formation at 22°, Reyaz is one of the few to have captured one of these rare sights on camera.  Image credit Reyaz Limalia

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