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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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Texas and the Gulf at Night
Published March 23, 2015
Cities, moonlight, and fossil-fuel industries frame the Gulf of Mexico with light.
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Eastern Canada, Day and Night
Published February 16, 2015
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took these midwinter panoramas of the St. Lawrence River and surrounding cities.
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India by Night and Day
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.
The Lights of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
Published January 1, 2015
According to satellite data, nighttime lights in some Middle Eastern cities shine more than 50 percent brighter during Ramadan than during the rest of the year.
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