Earth Science Picture of the Day

06/04/13 Moontrail -- Full Moon Rising Over Skiathos Island, Greece

05/31/13 3 Asterism

05/28/13 Milky Way Mosaic

05/24/13 Chondrite Thin Section

05/16/13 Earth's Rotation and Polaris

04/20/13 * Night Sky Observed from Paros Island, Greece

04/05/13 Orion and Its Bright Neighbors

03/26/13 * Sikhote-Alin Iron Meteorite

03/24/13 Hind's Crimson Star

03/22/13 * Comet PanSTARRS and Jet Contrail

03/10/13 Dark No More

03/02/13 X Marks the Spot

02/28/13 Saturn and Five of its Moons

02/17/13 Owl Cluster

02/16/13 Asteroid 2012 DA 14

01/27/13 Orion Star Count 2013

01/26/13 Airglow Above Buenos Aires

01/17/13 The Brightest Star

01/14/13 Eclipse of Sun from Green Island in Queensland, Australia

01/13/13 Conjunction of Moon, Mercury and Venus on December 12, 2012

12/29/12 Dwarf Galaxy M32

12/26/12 Crescent Moon and Venus Over Toronto

12/24/12 Earth and Moon Composition

12/19/12 Lunar Gravity Field from GRAIL

12/17/12 Jupiter at Opposition

12/01/12 Star Trails Above Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Bristol, Maine

11/28/12 Difference in Brightness of a Penumbral Eclipse

11/21/12 Double Cluster and Greg's Charm Bracelet

11/14/12 Aurora Australis and Magellanic Clouds

11/05/12 Earth and Moon Comparison

10/21/12 Barred Spiral Andromeda Galaxy

09/28/12 Barred Galaxies in Leo and Supernova

08/24/12 2012 Perseid Meteors and Planetary Alignment

08/10/12 Airglow Over Germany

08/05/12 Contrasting Star Colors in Perseus

07/22/12 Venus, the Moon, Jupiter and the Pleiades

07/21/12 Conjunction and Occultation of Jupiter and the Crescent Moon

07/01/12 Venus and Jupiter Glitter Paths

06/24/12 Crab Nebula

06/23/12 Hercules Globular Cluster

06/07/12 2012 Transit of Venus

05/28/12 * Whirlpool Galaxy

05/26/12 Occultation of Zeta Tauri

05/15/12 Mega-mosaic of Coma-Virgo Galaxy Cluster

05/09/12 Third Quarter Moon and Temple of Poseidon

05/08/12 Crescent Moon, Earthshine and Jupiter Observed from Lisbon

04/22/12 Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas

04/19/12 Old Moon and the Sea

04/14/12 Preserving Dark Skies

04/08/12 International Space Station Over Charlevoix, Michigan