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Budapest at Night
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Published May 22, 2020
Divided by the Danube River, the city is actually a unification of three different older communities.
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Nighttime Waves Over the South Atlantic
Published May 14, 2020
A layer of marine stratocumulus clouds off the west coast of Africa displayed some particularly complex wave patterns.
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Tropical Cyclone Harold Blasts Vanuatu
Published April 6, 2020
The category 5 storm wreaked havoc on the small island nation in the South Pacific.
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Nighttime Images Capture Change in China
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Published March 26, 2020
Night lights not only speak to where we live, but how.
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Canada Lit by Aurora and Moonlight
Published February 5, 2020
The waxing gibbous Moon and the snow and ice on the mountains and lakes give the landscape extra visual definition.
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ICONic Views of the Atmosphere
Published January 6, 2020
At the boundary between Earth and space, particles and gases and energy do an intricate and colorful dance that varies daily.
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Cloud Streets Stream Over the Great Lakes
Published December 10, 2019
A blast of cold air from Canada is fueling lake effect snow in several states.
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Bushfires Still Raging in New South Wales
Published November 11, 2019
Fire managers warned of “the most dangerous bushfire week this nation has ever seen.”
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Night Lights Can Disrupt Wildlife
Published October 23, 2019
A new study shows that nocturnal animals are less active when the nights are too bright with electric lighting.
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Dorian Reaches South Carolina
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Published September 5, 2019
Power outages piled up in Charleston County as the storm raged just offshore.
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Seasonal Fires are Burning in Angola
Published August 29, 2019
Fire season peaks every August in some parts of southern Africa.
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Fire Races Across Gran Canaria
Published August 19, 2019
The fire is tearing through pine forests in mountainous terrain on the second most populous of the Canary Islands.
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Nighttime Swirls
Published August 16, 2019
A common cloud pattern, known as von Kármán vortices, makes an appearance at night.
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Lights Out after Cyclone Fani
Published May 8, 2019
The powerful storm, one of the worst to hit India since 1999, knocked out electricity across the state of Odisha.
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Mozambique Braces for Tropical Cyclone Kenneth
Published April 24, 2019
Just five weeks after enduring the worst natural disaster in its recorded history, the African country is facing another serious storm threat.
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Darkness in the Wake of Idai
Published March 26, 2019
The powerful storm knocked out power across Mozambique's second-largest port city.
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Night Lights Show Slow Recovery from Maria
Published December 12, 2018
The hurricane took a disproportionate toll on power supplies in remote areas of Puerto Rico.
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Bright Auroras Light Up the Sky and the Land
Published November 20, 2018
Coronal holes sparked brilliant auroras over Alaska and Canada during this solar minimum.
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Galloway Forest Park
Published November 16, 2018
Meteor showers and other celestial phenomenon are easily visible from this dark-sky park in Southern Scotland.
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A Fire in the Middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
Published October 29, 2018
High-energy particles from the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly occasionally trick satellite sensors.
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It’s Valley Fog Season
Published October 26, 2018
As cool air pours into valleys on chilly autumn nights, valley fog and dicey driving conditions can emerge.
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Earth Awash in Lights of the Night
Published October 23, 2018
City lights sprawl across Earth’s surface below a constant glow in the upper atmosphere.
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Hurricane Willa
Published October 22, 2018
A powerful, dangerous hurricane is poised to hit Mexico.
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Lights Out in Michael’s Wake
Published October 16, 2018
The powerful storm knocked out power across the southeast U.S., as seen by a NOAA-NASA satellite.
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Hurricane Michael Reaches North Carolina
Published October 11, 2018
Since making landfall, the storm has caused severe property damage and deaths in the southeastern United States, with more damage expected.
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An Outflow Boundary—Not a Jellyfish—Over Africa
Published October 6, 2018
The peculiar curved shape of this cloud over Mali is the product of a phenomenon associated with thunderstorms.
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Super Typhoon Trami
Published September 25, 2018
The storm barreled across the Western Pacific basin, visible east of Taiwan in this nighttime image.
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August Auroras Light Up North American Skies
Published August 30, 2018
An unexpected aurora colored the skies of Canada and northern U.S. states.
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Lights of Java
Published August 26, 2018
The island of Java is the geographic and economic center of Indonesia.
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The Perry Fire by Day and Night
Published July 30, 2018
The fire was not the largest or most destructive in July 2018, but the position of its smoke allowed for a clear look at the progression of the burn.
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County Fire Lights Up the Night
Published July 4, 2018
As smoke streamed toward San Francisco, more than 1,000 fire personnel were at the scene fighting the blaze.
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The Infrared Glow of Kilauea’s Lava Flows
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Published May 26, 2018
This false-color image shows the infrared signal emitted by fresh lava flowing toward the sea.
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