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Sunday, 7 July 2013

BEST NIGHT SKY PHOTOS OF THE WEEK II


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Best Night Sky Photos of the Week: July 6, 2013
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SPACE.com, 6 July 2013.

From fireworks and the moon to dark blue clouds, don't miss these jaw-dropping night sky photos by stargazers and SPACE.com readers.

1. Lords of the Ring Nebula: Awesome Photo Caps Stargazers' Cosmic Quest

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Five night sky photographers collaborated to capture amazing photo or the Ring Nebula. See how they snapped the nebula from 2,000 light-years away. [Full Story]

2. Stargazer Snaps Amazing View of Andromeda Galaxy (Photo)

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The Andromeda Galaxy dominates this amazing photo by amateur astronomer Lorenzo Comolli. See how he did it here. [Full Story]

3. Fireworks and the Moon Dazzle in Spectacular Photo

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The moon appears to dance with a fireworks display in this amazing photo by astrophotographer Giuseppe Petricca of Pisa, Italy. See how he took the photo and its relation to a religious holiday in Pisa here. [Full Story]

4. A Blue Sun? Solar Photographer Snaps Strange View of Our Star

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Credit: Alan Friedman | Averted Imagination

Amateur astronomer Alan Friedman has taken an artistic approach to his backyard stargazing with stunning success as seen in this beautiful image of the sun. [Full Story]

5. Wow! Stargazer Captures Supermoon Over Grand Canyon

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Photographer Jason Hines took this image June 23 during the brightest and biggest full moon of 2013, a so-called supermoon. His observation point was the Grand Canyon North Rim with a Nikon D800e, Nikon 800mm lens, and a 1.7x teleconverter. [Full Story]

6. Shine It All Around

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ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano tweeted this photo of clouds seen from the International Space Station on June 17, 2013. He wrote: "And this is why they’re called noctilucent #Volare pic.twitter.com/qejtxc7Z6o" Noctilucent (or night-shining) clouds form high in the atmosphere, where they reflect sunlight even after the sun has set below the horizon. [See More Images]

[Source: SPACE.com. Edited.]


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