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Fires at Night in the U.S. Northwest
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Published August 22, 2015
Fires burn night and day across Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.
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Mid-Summer Auroras
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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
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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
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Published May 30, 2015
This astronaut photograph includes lights from several sources: cities, roads, fishing boats, gas flares, lightning, and even glowing air.
Scandinavia at Night
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Published May 11, 2015
City lights trace the coastlines, while moonlight illuminates the snow and clouds.
Power Outages Plague Nepal
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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
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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.
Looking Down and Up at the Aurora
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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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Texas and the Gulf at Night
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Published March 23, 2015
Cities, moonlight, and fossil-fuel industries frame the Gulf of Mexico with light.
Eastern Canada, Day and Night
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Published February 16, 2015
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took these midwinter panoramas of the St. Lawrence River and surrounding cities.
India by Night and Day
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Published January 26, 2015
Two photos, taken 48 years apart, provide contrasting views of southern Asia.
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The Electric Eye of Cyclone Bansi
Published January 25, 2015
Lightning illuminated the center of the storm as the space station flew over at night.