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Elba and the Mediterranean at Night
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Published February 8, 2016
The reflection of the Moon on the sea surface reveals highly complex patterns on the sea surface.
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A Blizzard by Moonlight
Published January 24, 2016
The Suomi NPP satellite captured this nighttime view of a major storm system as it started dumping heavy snow on the eastern United States.
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Remnants of Patricia Drench Texas and Louisiana
Published October 26, 2015
Remnants of Hurricane Patricia dropped heavy rains in Texas and Louisiana.
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India-Pakistan Border at Night
Published October 5, 2015
This photograph shows one of the few places on Earth where an international boundary can be seen at night.
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Fires at Night in the U.S. Northwest
Published August 22, 2015
Fires burn night and day across Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.
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Mid-Summer Auroras
Published June 28, 2015
Solar storms smacked into Earth’s magnetic field and provoked auroras over the southern and northern hemisphere just after the summer solstice.
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Night-Shining Clouds
Published June 19, 2015
High-altitude clouds appeared as far south as the continental United States in early June 2015.
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Just Another Night Over Java
Published May 30, 2015
This astronaut photograph includes lights from several sources: cities, roads, fishing boats, gas flares, lightning, and even glowing air.
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Scandinavia at Night
Published May 11, 2015
City lights trace the coastlines, while moonlight illuminates the snow and clouds.
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Power Outages Plague Nepal
Published May 2, 2015
Darkness descended on much of Nepal after a powerful earthquake rattled the country’s already stressed electrical grid.
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Cairo at Night
Published April 6, 2015
Home to one-fifth of Egypt’s population, it is the largest city in the Middle East and Africa’s second largest.
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Looking Down and Up at the Aurora
Published March 29, 2015
On Saint Patrick’s Day, the Suomi NPP satellite acquired a view of the aurora from above while citizen scientists were busily collecting shots from below.
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