NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2023 September 18 - The Red Sprite and the Tree

Posted September 18, 2023

In today's image, we see an example of red sprite lightning in the sky. This lightning is associated with storm clouds but occurs much higher in the...

2023 September 17 - Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring of Fire Eclipse

Posted September 17, 2023

In today's image, we see an image of an annular eclipse of the Sun from 2020. This type of eclipse occurs when the Moon is a bit farther away and does...

2023 September 16 - Fireball over Iceland

Posted September 16, 2023

In today's image, we see a fireball visible in the sky over Iceland, near the Arctic Circle. A fireball is a meteor formed by a larger piece of material...

2023 September 15 - Venus, Moon, and the Smoking Mountain

Posted September 15, 2023

In today's image, we see an image taken from an airplane on a flight to Mexico City. We see the active volcano off in the distance. And, up in the sky,...

2023 September 14 - NGC 7331 and Beyond

Posted September 14, 2023

In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy known as NGC 7331. this galaxy is about 50 million light years from Earth. Beyond it we see several other...