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Flat Rainbow Over Paris 27 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Photographer: Bertrand Kulik; Bertrand’s Web site Summary Authors: Bertrand Kulik; Jim Foster The strip of color just above the skyline of Paris was snapped from the window of my home in the late mor...
North Iceland Aurora and Snowstorm 26 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Photographer: Jennifer Dombrowski; Jennifer's Web site Summary Authors: Jennifer Dombrowski; Jim Foster Just after 1:00 a.m. and after we had gone to bed with heavy snow falling at our accommodation ...
Noctilucent Waves Over Orsta, Norway 25 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Photographer: Geir T. Oye; Geir's Web site Summary Authors: Geir T. Oye; Jim Foster This impressive display of noctilucent clouds (NLC) resembling white caps in an agitated sea was visible over Orsta...
Water Scorpion 24 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Photographers: Isla Brazier and John Stetson Summary Authors: Isla Brazier and John Stetson Shown above is a critter known as a water scorpion (Nepidae). Though it looks here something like a praying...
Fog Bow, Brocken Spectre, Glory and Shipwreck 23 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Photographer: Mila Zinkova; Mila’s Web site Summary Author: Mila Zinkova The photo at top shows a spectacular 360 degree fogbow, a 360 degree solar glory and the Spectre of the Brocken as viewed from...
Crescent Moon and Mont Canigou 22 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Photographer: Bruno Carrias Summary Authors: Bruno Carrias; Jim Foster The photo above showing a brilliant crescent Moon above Mont Canigou in the Pyrenees Mountains was taken just after sundown from...
Corkscrew Contrail 21 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Photographer: Zsuzsanna Agnes Nagy Summary Authors: Zsuzsanna Agnes Nagy; Jim Foster This strange cloud, looking like a corkscrew in the sky, was observed at sunset over Polgardi, Hungary, on July 24...
Bright Nova in Delphinus 20 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Photographer: Kosmas Gazeas Summary Author: Kosmas Gazeas The image at bottom features the newly discovered very bright nova in Delphinus -- star PNV J20233073+2046041. Novas are the rapid brightenin...
Alpine Thunderstorm 19 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Photographer: Leonardo Orazi; Leonardo’s Web site Summary Authors: Leonardo Orazi; Jim Foster The photo above showing a distant thunderhead looming over a range of the snow capped Alps was taken near...
Visible and Near-Infrared Views of the Meuse River and Rochers de Neviaux 18 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Photographer: Thierry Lombry; Thierry's Web site Summary Author: Thierry Lombry; Jim Foster The images above in visible (top) and near-infrared light (below) show the Meuse River and Rochers de Ne...
