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Photographer captures ghostly ripples over Colorado night sky 'it is rare to see it directly overhead and moving like that' (photo)
See the stunning timelapse captured by photographer Aaron Watson showing ghostly airglow ripples pass through the Colorado ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
NASA Wants Your Help to Study These Rare, High-Altitude Clouds That Appear to Glow at Sunrise and Sunset
Noctilucent clouds usually form close to the poles, but in recent decades, they’re being spotted closer to the Equator ...
Islands on MSN1d
This Wildly Underrated Preserve Offers Unmatched Night Sky Views In One Of Florida's Least Light-Polluted Areas
It's getting harder and harder to see the stars as light pollution spreads. This spot in Florida, though, is a designated ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN1d
Ghostly Ripples Sweep Across Colorado’s Night Sky — A Rare Spectacle Caught On Camera
On May 26, under the clear and star-studded skies of Colorado, photographer Aaron Watson captured an extraordinary natural ...
W Magazine1d
Why Sunglasses at Night Are Still the Coolest Bad Idea in Fashion
For decades, musicians—from jazz greats to rock stars—have worn night shades for seemingly no practical purpose at all. What, ...
Nature2d
See the Milky Way dazzle during a lunar eclipse — May’s best science images
Photographer Petr Horálek observed both a lunar eclipse and a galaxy of stars from the the US National Science Foundation’s ...
National Geographic news3d
How to see the northern lights—and why they’re showing up more recently
(Why is the sky blue? Learn about it with your kids.) The aurora borealis lights up the night sky behind Iceland's iconic Kirkjufell volcano. Auroras are caused when charged particles from the sun ...