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Morning of the blue moon
What - a blue moon? Thanks to scattering, you can see a colored moon during the morning hours this week. Photo: Bob King A whirlwind of work pins me to the wall today, so I’ll have to postpone writing...
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Gusty solar winds could mean auroras tonight
Auroras greeted early risers this morning. This photo was taken by Lyle Anderson of Duluth, Minn. just after 6 a.m. I know the fall leaves steal the show, but the sky can be just as colorful day or...
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Light-gulping atmosphere and solar storms keep us on our toes
Monday evening’s sunset was all red and orange from heavy haze combined with the normal “thick air” the sun encounters when near the horizon. Rarely the sun can appear blue, when particles from...
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Odd glows around sun may be caused by Canadian forest fires
A large, pale blue aureole or disk surrounds the sun this morning July 18 in a sky filled with high-altitude smoke from forest fires burning in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Wide-angle 15mm lens...
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Halloween — the perfect time to meet the Witch Head, the sky’s scariest nebula
The Witch Head Nebula is a large, faint interstellar dust cloud in the constellation Eridanus illuminated by nearby Rigel (at right), the 7th brightest star in the sky. Click photo for a hi-res image....
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Smoky Skies, Red Sun Surprise
A ring-billed gull is silhouetted against a yellow sky and orange sun early Monday afternoon. Smoke from forest fires across Canada’s Northwest Territories and northern Alberta drifted over the region...
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How To See Venus In Broad Daylight Today
The view looking west around 6 p.m. CDT. If you reach your fist to the sky, the moon will be about three fists to the upper left of the Sun. Once you find the moon, point your binoculars at it and look...
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New Horizons Discovers ‘Nothin’ But Blue Skies’ at Pluto
Pluto’s haze layer shows its blue color in this picture taken by New Horizons. The high-altitude haze is thought to be similar in nature to what we see at Saturn’s moon Titan. The source of both hazes...
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