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Mercury just visible at the northern (right) edge of the earthshine-illuminated lunar disk. As seen south of Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

Image Credit: Fabrizio Melandri

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"Antelope Poses and Tracks"

Lives of Game Animals, Volume 3. 1927. Written and illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton.

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"Meteor paths indicating multiple radiants." Popular Astronomy. November 1893.

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Total Lunar Eclipse, Blood Worm Moon © astronycc

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Extra Extra sharp photo of our moon 🌑

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Full of Stars by Aperture Vintage

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Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (right panel detail)

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by Anita Austvika

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Tigers by Antoine-Louis Barye, c. 1850-69

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blue sunset on Mars is a real phenomenon caused by the way Martian dust scatters sunlight.

Unlike Earth, where sunsets are red and orange due to the scattering of shorter blue wavelengths by our atmosphere, Mars has an extremely fine dust that scatters blue light more efficiently near the Sun.

So during sunset on Mars, the sky turns reddish-brown while the area around the Sun glows a soft blue. It’s the opposite of what we experience on Earth.

NASA’s rovers have captured this eerie sight

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Moonbows

A moonbow, also known as a lunar rainbow or white rainbow, is a rainbow created by moonlight rather than sunlight. It's formed when light from the moon refracts and reflects off water droplets, like those in rain or mist, creating a visible arc of light in the sky. Moonbows are generally fainter and less colorful than regular rainbows, and they are much rarer due to the need for specific conditions like a full or near-full moon, clear skies, and dark skies.