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Enchanted Moon II by Nima Shayesteh

Wolf Moon by miguel aviles - Art of Visuals Collective

Moon on the horizon, Santa Barbara | California (by A. Klioutchnikov)

And unfortunately I can’t find credit for the final photo.

In Another World.

Venezuela by Jonas Piontek

Mount Yerupaja under the stars, Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru

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Milky Way and Mt. Fuji. Yeah.

sea of clouds by HiroA

Clouds cast thousand-mile shadows into space when viewed aboard the International Space Station

Paul McCoubrie - Taken just after the sun had set over the Alpine mountains, this optical phenomenon was a fleeting lovely vision that lasted for a few minutes only. It is caused by the sun below the horizon casting a shadow onto the clouds.

50 Facts About Earth

Geminid meteor shower of 2012, here’s the full video.

A Multi-Camera 360° Panoramic Timelapse of the Stars by Vincent Brady [VIDEO]

Barbados Caribbean Cloudscape by Mike Toy

Comet McNaught caught between a fireworks display and lightning.

Taken January 2007 in Perth, Australia by Antti Kemppainen.

Long exposure of the sky over  Yunnan Province in Southwest China.

“ ...The lingering airglow is due to chemiluminescence, the production of light through chemical excitation. Originating at an altitude similar to aurora, it can found around the globe. The chemical energy is initially provided by the Sun's extreme ultraviolet radiation.” X

The scene reflects on the  Yuanyang rice terraces as Sirius  shines brightly above.

Credit to  Cui Yongjiang

The central bulge of our Milky Way Galaxy rises above a sea of clouds in this ethereal scene. An echo of the Milky Way’s dark dust lanes, the volcanic peak in foreground silhouette is on France’s Réunion Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Photo by Luc Perrot.

Lake Turkana in Northern Kenya. In the setting scene, Venus can be seen peeking over the clouds. 

Credit to  Babak A. Tafreshi 

The Milky Way as shot in Tasmania, Australia.

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