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Stunning view of the Milky Way appears above coconut palms at the shores of Ilha Grande, Brazil. Note Altair, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila, above the palms.
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Starry Night of Damghan Desert
Winter stars and the Milky Way are photographed in the starry sky of the desert near Damghan, a historic city of Iran.
Nightfall in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Copyright: Luiza Whitaker
LIDAR & The Milky Way above Innsbruck
The LIDAR (DIAL) Laser System of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology at the Schneefernerhaus Research Station below the Zugspitze Peak.
Africa’s First Night Sky ‘Reserve’ Is Stargazing Haven
Image: The Milky Way, photographed from NamibRand reserve. Credit: George Tucker
The NamibRand Nature Reserve, a private nature reserve in southern Namibia, has gotten the stamp of approval to become an official night sky reserve — a spot supremely suited for some of the best stargazing on Earth.
A stop motion based video about the northern lights. The video is shot in the northern parts of Norway, Finland and Sweden during autumn 2011, winter and spring 2012.
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.
Bryce Canyon Star Trails
Copyright: Chris Paduan
Taken from Sunset Point on the night of May 18, 2012. The glowy areas are caused by nearby communities, which, while small or far away still contribute light pollution even at Bryce Canyon.
ALMA Reaching The Halfway
Credit: JL Dauvergne / Ciel et Espace
On the 12th of May 2012, one more antenna had been added on the plateau of Chajnantor, bringing the total number to 33 for the first time, half of the total target number. ALMA is now halfway done.
Moonlight on Observatory
by Kwon O Chul
Moonlight shines on the Sobaeksan National Observatory in South Korea. The brightest “star” in the field, just above the dome, is planet Mars near its opposition and close to M44 or the Beehive star cluster.
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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.]
Saguaro Blooms & Stars
Copyright: Marion Haligowski
Milky Way above the Grand Bénare, Reunion Island
by Luc Perrot
Omega Centauri
by Tunc Tezel
In a single-exposure telephoto image, Omega Centauri, a globular cluster of several million stars and the largest of its own in our galaxy soars above a dark forest in Turkey.
