Higher than the
Comet Lovejoy (C/2011 W3)
Some beautiful things begin as grains of sand. 
Our Moon turned red last week. 
It was one of the most memorable auroras of the season.
Solar Eclipse over AntarcticaVrooming over Vivid Vestan Vistas in Vibrant 3 D – Video
Vivid Vesta Vista in Vibrant 3 D from NASA’s Dawn Asteroid Orbiter
The image was taken at an altitude of about 1,700 miles (2,700 kilometers). To view in 3-D use red-green, or red-blue, glasses (left eye: red; right eye: green/blue). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA.
View 3 D Vesta Video below
It’s time to put on your 3-D glasses and go soaring all over the giant asteroid Vesta – thanks to the superlative efforts of Dawn’s international science team.
Now you can enjoy vivid ‘Vestan Vistas’ like you’ve never ever seen before in a vibrant 3 D video newly created by Dawn team member Ralf Jaumann, of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Berlin, Germany – see below.
To fully appreciate the rough and tumble of the totally foreign and matchless world that is Vesta, you’ll absolutely have to haul out your trusty red-cyan (or red-blue) 3 D anaglyph glasses. (…)
Read the rest of Vrooming over Vivid Vestan Vistas in Vibrant 3 D – Video (921 words)
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Leonid Fireball over Tenerife
What’s happening above those clouds?
What are those streaks in the sky?
A Strange Sunrise Over Argentina Astrophoto: Milky Way Over the Sea by Jerónimo Jesús Losada
Milky Way Over the Sea. Credit: Jerónimo Jesús Losada
This stunning view of the Milky Way over a sea in Cadiz, Spain was captured by Jerónimo Jesús Losada last August.
Jerónimo took the photo using a Canon 1000D camera with the following settings: 8-minute exposure at ISO 800. Monitoring is manual and processing is done in Photoshop.
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Astrophoto: Solar Halo over the Eiffel Tower by Jonathan Shock
Solar Halo over the Eiffel Tower. Credit: Jonathan Shock
Jonathan Shock is a photographer who likes to see astronomical events in a different way. Just like what he did with this amazing photo of the solar halo over the Eiffel Tower.
“As I was at the Louvre in the morning I’d seen a sundog and so headed to the Eiffel tower hoping to see a halo there. When it appeared it was hugely exciting. I always point out halos to people when I see them and get a lot of strange looks from the general public as I stare up, apparently at the sun, taking photos. It’s always a pity that people don’t know about these amazing phenomena which can be seen very frequently if you only know to look.”
Jonathan used a Canon 400D camera with 17-85mm Canon lens. This image is a panorama of 2-3 photos that he stitched together.
Check out Jonathan’s blog at www.jonstraveladventures.blogspot.com.
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Have you ever dreamed of flying high above the Earth?
What kind of cloud is this? 
Yes, but how many dark clouds have a multicolored lining?
This aurora arched from horizon to horizon.Astrophoto: The Milky Way and Venus over Andes
The Milky Way and Venus over Andes. Credit: Guillermon Abramson
Guillermo Abramson of Bariloche, Argentina captured this stunning photo of the central region of the Milky Way and Venus over the Andes Mountains on October 24, 2008. Guillermo used a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera mounted on a Meade LX10 telescope and took this photo with the following settings: 18 mm, F/3.5, 120 sec, ISO 400.
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