Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
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The region of north Chad is filled with rock formations, shapes, and arches, offering an abundance of options for foreground elements to frame the dramatic night skies.

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Evolution of Stars by Kavan Chay

Picture of Milky Way in Otago, NZ, taken with an astro-modified camera, which allows for easier capture of hydrogen-alpha-rich regions of the sky.

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#NZ

Tololo Lunar Eclipse Sky by Petr Horálek

On 14 March 2025, a total lunar eclipse occurred, especially visible over the Americas and the Pacific Ocean, observed from the NSF Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. You can see how epic the sky was during totality, as the moon darkened enough for the majestic Milky Way, the faint belt of zodiacal light, and prominent airglow to stand out.

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#observatory

Starlit Ocean by Xingyang Cai

Comet Tsuchinshan–Atlas (C/2023 A3) and Milky Way seen from McWay Falls in Big Sur.

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#comets

Cosmic Fire by Sergio Montúfar

That night, the volcano was incredibly active. Above, the Milky Way stretched diagonally across the sky. As the volcano erupted, the ash plume rose vertically, forming an acute angle of about 45 degrees with the galaxy’s diagonal path, creating a stunning visual contrast between Earth’s fury and the cosmos’ serenity.

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#volcano
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Bottle Tree Paradise by Benjamin Barakat

*Alcoholics are refused entry.

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#Socotra
#BottleTrees
#MilkyWay

Blossom by Ethan Su

The Yushan alpine rhododendrons are finally in bloom once again on Taiwan’s 3,000-metre-high Hehuan mountain. A solar flare from active region AR3664 reached Earth that evening, intensifying the airglow and adding an otherworldly touch to the sky. Together, these rare natural events created a breathtaking scene – vivid blooms glowing softly beneath a star-filled sky.

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#MilkyWay
#rhododendrons
#BloomScrolling
#Taiwan

Winter Fairy Tale by Uroš Fink

A panorama of the winter Milky Way with reddish nebulae, stretching above Dobratsch. The sky was magnificent, with Jupiter and Mars shining brightly. In the foreground is a cabin.

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Boot Arch Perseids by Mike Abramyan

The Perseid meteor shower occurs every August. Each meteor is painstakingly aligned to its true location in the night sky. The final depiction shows all the meteors captured, combined into one frame – as if the Earth hadn’t been rotating and all the meteors had fallen at once.

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#SierraNevada
#MilkyWay
#Perseids
#MeteorShower

A Sea of Lupines by Max Inwood

The annual lupine bloom in New Zealand is spectacular, with fields of colourful flowers stretching across the Mackenzie Basin. Above the flowers, you can see the band of the outer Milky Way, alongside the constellations Orion, Gemini, and the Pleiades. Joining them are the bright planets Jupiter and Mars, with a strong display of green airglow visible along the horizon.

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#MilkyWay
#lupins
#BloomScrolling
#NZ

One in a Billion by Don Pettit

"I float in the cupola, looking out the seven windows composing this faceted transparent jewel. While my mind is submerged in contemplation, my eyes gorge on the dim reflections from a night-time Earth. There are more than 8 billion people who call this planet home. There are seven of us who can say the same for the space station. What a privilege it is to be here."

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#MilkyWay
#ISS