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If you happen to live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, you may have seen sunset at Edmontonhenge. This picture was taken on September 18 on Jasper Avenue. If the city's streets were laid out precisely oriented along the cardinal directions, there would be a sunset like this on both equinoxes. (It has a sort of Stonehenge feel to it.) The orientation is close, but not precise, so the setting Sun aligns with Jasper Avenue on the 18th of September, not the autumn equinox. Image Credit & Copyright: Luca Vanzella
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Moonset in New York Harbor on January 1, 2017. The Moon, 3 days old, was a waxing [growing] crescent. You can also see Venus shining very brightly. The illuminated State of Liberty adds to the splendor. Image Credit & Copyright: Stan Honda
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These light pillars in Ontario must have been absolutely amazing to see. I've never seen a light pillar, and I've never before seen a photo of a skyful of them. CBC News explained: Light pillars appear when either natural or artificial light bounces off ice crystals floating close to the ground. In this case, the air was so cold that ice crystals were forming in the air, reflecting the city's street and business lights. Photo credit: Timothy Joseph Elzinga, taken on his cellphone
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I was just out walking the dog. It is a beautiful evening. Although there is some cloudiness, the moon is full and bright.
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Skywatcher, by Predrag Agatonovic A beautiful sunset sky with Venus and a crescent Moon visible. You can often see something just as pretty if you have a view to the west.
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You would have to be high in the Chilean Andes to look up and see this sight. But southern hemisphere readers may recognize some of the constellations that aren't seen in the northern sky. An unusual feature of this image is the luminous airglow. That's what's making the sky green, rather like an aurora. However airglow isn't caused by charged particles from the Sun, but rather by chemical processes in the upper atmosphere. The sky features are labelled, so you can distinguish galaxies, planets, a nebula, a star cluster and various constellations. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) collection of telescopes on the Cerro Paranal is labelled. That's run by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN)
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In the far north people have been seeing polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs). This photo was taken by Lars Lehnert in Abisko, Sweden. The stratosphere, high in the atmosphere, is very dry. But if the temperature falls to around -85ºC, tiny ice crystals can form. Sunlight shining through the ice crystals produce this colorful iridescent glow.
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Love the photos - they are so moving.
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