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This is a panorama of the colourful evening twilight sky over the Badlands of the Red Deer River,Alberta,taken from the Horsethief Canyon viewpoint north of Drumheller on the Dinosaur Trail. The very thin crescent Moon is in the photo,but tough to see. It is a pale crescent very low in the orange glow to the right of the grain bins at far left.

13998841 - This is a panorama of the colourful evening twilight sky over the Badlands of the Red Deer River,Alberta,taken from the Horsethief Canyon viewpoint north of Drumheller on the Dinosaur Trail. The very thin crescent Moon is in the photo,but tough to see. It is a pale crescent very low in the orange glow to the right of the grain bins at far left.

Sunset at Ebor Falls on the Waterfall Way between Armidale and Dorrigo, NSW, Australia. These are the New England Tablelands, but very different from the forests of New England, USA. These are primeval euclalypts, beeches and ferns – a temperate rainforest on the coastal Dividing Range of New South Wales. In this direction we are looking into Guy Fawkes River National Park.

13900101 - Sunset at Ebor Falls on the Waterfall Way between Armidale and Dorrigo, NSW, Australia. These are the New England Tablelands, but very different from the forests of New England, USA. These are primeval euclalypts, beeches and ferns – a temperate rainforest on the coastal Dividing Range of New South Wales. In this direction we are looking into Guy Fawkes River National Park.

$Comet Holmes, 17P, taken Nov 1, 2007 on excellent night. Taken with A&M 105mm apo refractor at f/5 with Borg 0.85x compressor/field flattener on SkyWatcher HEQ5 mount. Canon 20Da camera at ISO400. Composite of 4 min, 2min, 1min, 30sec, 15sec, and 7 sec exposures, each exposure being a stack of 3 to 4 identical exposures. Registered and stacked in Photoshop (HDR mode did not produce usable result, so manually composited with sucessively smaller masks to reveal short exposure content around nucleus. Contrast exaggerated with Curves to bring out very faint tail structure. North up, so tail to the$

13898997 - Comet Holmes, 17P, taken Nov 1, 2007 on excellent night. Taken with A&M 105mm apo refractor at f/5 with Borg 0.85x compressor/field flattener on SkyWatcher HEQ5 mount. Canon 20Da camera at ISO400. Composite of 4 min, 2min, 1min, 30sec, 15sec, and 7 sec exposures, each exposure being a stack of 3 to 4 identical exposures. Registered and stacked in Photoshop (HDR mode did not produce usable result, so manually composited with sucessively smaller masks to reveal short exposure content around nucleus. Contrast exaggerated with Curves to bring out very faint tail structure. North up, so tail to the

13821378 - An iconic shot of a very common mediterranean subject, the red sea fan (Paramuricea clavata)

A beautiful mediterranean nudibranch (Spurilla neapolitana). This picture is part of a work started a few years ago to feature a special italian place, Numana, on the Adriatic sea, where very specific geographical conditions make this spot a realm for underwater macro subjects, pretty much like Philippines or Indonesia.

13821369 - A beautiful mediterranean nudibranch (Spurilla neapolitana). This picture is part of a work started a few years ago to feature a special italian place, Numana, on the Adriatic sea, where very specific geographical conditions make this spot a realm for underwater macro subjects, pretty much like Philippines or Indonesia.

A diver watches in awe a dense soup of tunicates aggregated by very special sea conditions. This picture was taken during a special event occurred on April 2019 in the Strait of Messina, when special conditions of weather, sea currents and moon phases brought close to surface a lot of pelagic subjects, including a few usually living very deep.

13821192 - A diver watches in awe a dense soup of tunicates aggregated by very special sea conditions. This picture was taken during a special event occurred on April 2019 in the Strait of Messina, when special conditions of weather, sea currents and moon phases brought close to surface a lot of pelagic subjects, including a few usually living very deep.

A common mediterranean jellyfish (Pelagia noctiluca) feasting on another mediterranean jellyfish (Neoturris pileata), rarely seen in shallow waters. This picture was taken during special event occurred on April 2019 in the Strait of Messina, when special conditions of weather, sea currents and moon phases brought close to surface a lot of pelagic subjects, including a few usually living very deep.

13821189 - A common mediterranean jellyfish (Pelagia noctiluca) feasting on another mediterranean jellyfish (Neoturris pileata), rarely seen in shallow waters. This picture was taken during special event occurred on April 2019 in the Strait of Messina, when special conditions of weather, sea currents and moon phases brought close to surface a lot of pelagic subjects, including a few usually living very deep.

The centre of the galaxy area of the Milky Way toward Sagittarius and Scorpius, with the Sagittarius Starcloud right of centre, and the Lagoon Nebula (M8) left of centre. The Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) in Scorpius is at upper right, the Swan Nebula (M17) and Eagle Nebula (M16) are at lower left. To the right of them is the Small Sagittarius Starcloud (M24). At the very top is the Snake Nebula (B72). The main mass of dark nebula is the Pipe Nebula (B78). Above M24 at left is the open cluster M23 while below the M24 star cloud is the cluster M25. The globular M22 is at the bottom edge. At right

13898332 - The centre of the galaxy area of the Milky Way toward Sagittarius and Scorpius, with the Sagittarius Starcloud right of centre, and the Lagoon Nebula (M8) left of centre. The Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) in Scorpius is at upper right, the Swan Nebula (M17) and Eagle Nebula (M16) are at lower left. To the right of them is the Small Sagittarius Starcloud (M24). At the very top is the Snake Nebula (B72). The main mass of dark nebula is the Pipe Nebula (B78). Above M24 at left is the open cluster M23 while below the M24 star cloud is the cluster M25. The globular M22 is at the bottom edge. At right

13897537 - A cross in the nave of the very modern San Juan de Cuyo Cathedral in San Juan, Argentina.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) on Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Arctic Terns nest commonly in Northern Manitoba, Nunavut, and the Northwest territories. They defend their nests and young very aggressively against all predators and threats including humans.

13820589 - Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) on Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Arctic Terns nest commonly in Northern Manitoba, Nunavut, and the Northwest territories. They defend their nests and young very aggressively against all predators and threats including humans.

71442698 - The satelite dishes of the Very Large Array in New Mexico.

13900091 - The nave of the very modern San Juan de Cuyo Cathedral in San Juan, Argentina.

An urban nightscape of the constellations of Orion and Canis Major over the skyline of Calgary on January 18, 2018, on a very clear and moonless winter night, allowing stars to show up fairly well despite the light pollution. Sirius is above the Bow Tower building at left.

13899521 - An urban nightscape of the constellations of Orion and Canis Major over the skyline of Calgary on January 18, 2018, on a very clear and moonless winter night, allowing stars to show up fairly well despite the light pollution. Sirius is above the Bow Tower building at left.

Psilothrix is a genus of soft-winged flower beetles; they are very shy and will throw themselves to the ground if they feel any danger. The colour of this beautiful insect is brilliant metallic blue-green.

13848612 - Psilothrix is a genus of soft-winged flower beetles; they are very shy and will throw themselves to the ground if they feel any danger. The colour of this beautiful insect is brilliant metallic blue-green.

13846330 - A very small spyder (head with 1mm); it has very interesting feather-like hairs

71422720 - USA, Pennsylvania. Looking up at a very tall and old tree from below.

The Milky Way over Athabasca Glacier and the Columbia Icefields in Jasper National Park, Sept 14, 2014 on a very clear night before moonrise. The centre of the Galaxy area in Sagittarius is setting in the southwest behind the Icefields. The foreground light on the moraines is wash from lights on the Glacier View Inn and Icefields Centre. Other ground illumination on the peaks is from starlight though the tops of the peaks are just being lit by light from the rising waning Moon which is also beginning to light the sky a deep blue. Mt. Andromeda is at left. The Summer Triangle stars are at centr

13899985 - The Milky Way over Athabasca Glacier and the Columbia Icefields in Jasper National Park, Sept 14, 2014 on a very clear night before moonrise. The centre of the Galaxy area in Sagittarius is setting in the southwest behind the Icefields. The foreground light on the moraines is wash from lights on the Glacier View Inn and Icefields Centre. Other ground illumination on the peaks is from starlight though the tops of the peaks are just being lit by light from the rising waning Moon which is also beginning to light the sky a deep blue. Mt. Andromeda is at left. The Summer Triangle stars are at centr

This is a panorama of Peyto Lake in Banff National Park, on the Icefields Parkway in Alberta, taken at moonrise on a very clear and mild mid-October evening. The glacier-fed lake appears its characteristic blue even when lit by starlight. It is not blended in from an earlier "blue hour" shot.

13897570 - This is a panorama of Peyto Lake in Banff National Park, on the Icefields Parkway in Alberta, taken at moonrise on a very clear and mild mid-October evening. The glacier-fed lake appears its characteristic blue even when lit by starlight. It is not blended in from an earlier "blue hour" shot.

These weevils are among the most colorfull ones in the world, the colour may serve as a warning to predators that they do not taste very well.

13848763 - These weevils are among the most colorfull ones in the world, the colour may serve as a warning to predators that they do not taste very well.

71436811 - India, Jaisalmer, old town, fort, with very narrow streets, selling clothes and sacred cows

The waxing crescent Moon setting over a nearby farm, on June 26, 2017. Shot at the start of a time-lapse sequence, and shot in haste from home as the Moon appeared from beneath an otherwise very cloudy sky. The dark side of the Moon is lit by Earthshine, prominent despite the Moon’s low altitude and bright twilight sky.

13898856 - The waxing crescent Moon setting over a nearby farm, on June 26, 2017. Shot at the start of a time-lapse sequence, and shot in haste from home as the Moon appeared from beneath an otherwise very cloudy sky. The dark side of the Moon is lit by Earthshine, prominent despite the Moon’s low altitude and bright twilight sky.

13846068 - Very steep stairs in front of Temple II at the ruins of the Mayan city of Bonampak in Chiapas, Mexico.

71443361 - A very small person stands under a large rock arch in front of a blue sky. Corona Arch.

The stars of the Big Dipper over the iconic peak of Pyramid Mountain from Pyramid Island, a popular location in Jasper National Park, Alberta, for nightscape and aurora photography. This was on a very clear night in mid-October, 2022, with many aspen stands still in full autumn colour. The images for this scene were shot at moonrise, with the waning gibbous Moon off frame at right lighting the sky blue and landscape with warm alpenglow moonlight. As bonus, a short bright meteor and its orange "smoke" trail appeared on the sky exposures. I shot this during the first weekend of the 2022 Jasper D

13900261 - The stars of the Big Dipper over the iconic peak of Pyramid Mountain from Pyramid Island, a popular location in Jasper National Park, Alberta, for nightscape and aurora photography. This was on a very clear night in mid-October, 2022, with many aspen stands still in full autumn colour. The images for this scene were shot at moonrise, with the waning gibbous Moon off frame at right lighting the sky blue and landscape with warm alpenglow moonlight. As bonus, a short bright meteor and its orange "smoke" trail appeared on the sky exposures. I shot this during the first weekend of the 2022 Jasper D

This is the Milky Way of the autumn season in the Northern Hemisphere, on a late September night, from the very dark site of Red Rock Canyon, in Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada. The scene is a crop from the full 360° rectangular panorama, taken about 11:00 pm. Illumination is solely by starlight. Being autumn, the larches and aspens are in autumn colours. Snow is on Mount Blakiston at left, while the sharp peak at centre is Anderson Peak.

13899941 - This is the Milky Way of the autumn season in the Northern Hemisphere, on a late September night, from the very dark site of Red Rock Canyon, in Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada. The scene is a crop from the full 360° rectangular panorama, taken about 11:00 pm. Illumination is solely by starlight. Being autumn, the larches and aspens are in autumn colours. Snow is on Mount Blakiston at left, while the sharp peak at centre is Anderson Peak.

A 300° panorama of an aurora from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, in Churchill, Manitoba on February 26, 2022. This aurora was at Kp1 level (very low) and appeared only as featureless grey arcs to the eye. But the camera picked up unusual red colouration, and even some yellow-oranges, along with the more normal greens. The reds are odd for such a low-level aurora as the oxygen reds typically appear only when the aurora gets very active and energetic. The display did brighten more later this night when it took on the more classic green arcs, with occasional lower fringes of nitrogen pink

13898575 - A 300° panorama of an aurora from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, in Churchill, Manitoba on February 26, 2022. This aurora was at Kp1 level (very low) and appeared only as featureless grey arcs to the eye. But the camera picked up unusual red colouration, and even some yellow-oranges, along with the more normal greens. The reds are odd for such a low-level aurora as the oxygen reds typically appear only when the aurora gets very active and energetic. The display did brighten more later this night when it took on the more classic green arcs, with occasional lower fringes of nitrogen pink

Calliphora vicina or blue bottle fly; takes its common name from the blue/gray coloration inthorax and abdomen, it has very characteristic bright orange cheeks

13847702 - Calliphora vicina or blue bottle fly; takes its common name from the blue/gray coloration inthorax and abdomen, it has very characteristic bright orange cheeks

A jaguar (Panthera onca) cooling down in the water, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The temperatures in the Pantanal forest are very hot and humid. To cool down, the jaguars rest in the water in shaded areas along the river. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

13834633 - A jaguar (Panthera onca) cooling down in the water, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The temperatures in the Pantanal forest are very hot and humid. To cool down, the jaguars rest in the water in shaded areas along the river. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

13820470 - Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) on Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Arctic Terns nest commonly in Northern Manitoba, Nunavut, and the Northwest territories. They defend their nests and young very aggressively against all predators and threats including humans.

Photographers photographing the Karl G. Jansky, Very Large Array (VLA), National Radio Astronomy Observatory, The dishes, 82 feet or 25 meters in diameter and in a Y-shaped configuration in the plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

13812299 - Photographers photographing the Karl G. Jansky, Very Large Array (VLA), National Radio Astronomy Observatory, The dishes, 82 feet or 25 meters in diameter and in a Y-shaped configuration in the plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

Juvenile Striated Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) or Johnny Rook, considered as very intelligent and curious, one of the rarest birds of prey in the world. In the background, Tussock Grass. Falkland Islands

13806382 - Juvenile Striated Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) or Johnny Rook, considered as very intelligent and curious, one of the rarest birds of prey in the world. In the background, Tussock Grass. Falkland Islands

13795656 - Antarctica, Snow Hill. A very small chick sits on its parent's feet.

13386253 - Very berry nice cream

71443362 - A very small person stands under a large rock arch in front of a blue sky. Corona Arch.

Cafe Buza, aka Buza Bar, Dubrovnik, Croatia. This is a photo of Buza Bar (Cafe Buza), a very popular bar in Dubrovnik. It is perched on a cliff and people can regularly be seen cliff jumping from the rocks at Buza Bar (Cafe Buza) into the beautiful blue Meditarranean Sea below. Directly opposite Buza Bar (Cafe Buza) is Lokrum Island, just off the Adriatic Coast of Dubrovnik, Croatia.

13847651 - Cafe Buza, aka Buza Bar, Dubrovnik, Croatia. This is a photo of Buza Bar (Cafe Buza), a very popular bar in Dubrovnik. It is perched on a cliff and people can regularly be seen cliff jumping from the rocks at Buza Bar (Cafe Buza) into the beautiful blue Meditarranean Sea below. Directly opposite Buza Bar (Cafe Buza) is Lokrum Island, just off the Adriatic Coast of Dubrovnik, Croatia.

13820592 - Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) on Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Arctic Terns nest commonly in Northern Manitoba, Nunavut, and the Northwest territories. They defend their nests and young very aggressively against all predators and threats including humans.

Karl G. Jansky, Very Large Array (VLA), National Radio Astronomy Observatory, The dishes, 82 feet or 25 meters in diameter and in a Y-shaped configuration in the plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

13812300 - Karl G. Jansky, Very Large Array (VLA), National Radio Astronomy Observatory, The dishes, 82 feet or 25 meters in diameter and in a Y-shaped configuration in the plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

One of the 27 antennas of the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope complex in New Mexico (with others in the distance at lower right) illuminated by moonlight, on December 13, 2013, peak night for the Geminid meteor shower. A single exposure of 30 seconds with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Orion is rising a lower centre. The Moon is the bright object at upper right. The Pleiades and Hyades are above centre.

13899753 - One of the 27 antennas of the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope complex in New Mexico (with others in the distance at lower right) illuminated by moonlight, on December 13, 2013, peak night for the Geminid meteor shower. A single exposure of 30 seconds with the Rokinon 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Orion is rising a lower centre. The Moon is the bright object at upper right. The Pleiades and Hyades are above centre.

The Milky Way, often described in mythologies as a river in the sky, shines over the Bow River in Banff National Park on a very clear night in early June.

13898919 - The Milky Way, often described in mythologies as a river in the sky, shines over the Bow River in Banff National Park on a very clear night in early June.

13898683 - A statue of the Vigin Mary in the nave of the very modern San Juan de Cuyo Cathedral in San Juan, Argentina.

The Messier star cluster M35 at top right, along with nearby faint nebulas: IC 443, the arc of nebulosity left of centre, and NGC 2174 at bottom right, all set in a very colourful starfield.

13897488 - The Messier star cluster M35 at top right, along with nearby faint nebulas: IC 443, the arc of nebulosity left of centre, and NGC 2174 at bottom right, all set in a very colourful starfield.

13844648 - A true bug Nymph on a wild flower, you can see its camuflage makes it very difficult to be found

A small cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) still in its egg, about 1 cm whole size. Eyes, head and tentacles are already perfectly formed and defined, this means that only a few days are left to hatch, although the little cephalopod is still connected to its yolk sac. This picture is part of a work that features a special Italian place, Numana, on the Adriatic sea, where very specific geographical conditions make this spot a realm for underwater macro subjects, pretty much like Philippines or Indonesia.

13821208 - A small cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) still in its egg, about 1 cm whole size. Eyes, head and tentacles are already perfectly formed and defined, this means that only a few days are left to hatch, although the little cephalopod is still connected to its yolk sac. This picture is part of a work that features a special Italian place, Numana, on the Adriatic sea, where very specific geographical conditions make this spot a realm for underwater macro subjects, pretty much like Philippines or Indonesia.

13821196 - An iconic shot of a very common mediterranean subject, the red sea fan (Paramuricea clavata), Italy

13820459 - Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) on Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Arctic Terns nest commonly in Northern Manitoba, Nunavut, and the Northwest territories. They defend their nests and young very aggressively against all predators and threats including humans.

This is the active Sun on July 9,2023,with numerous sunspot groups across the disk,including the very large region AR3363 at lower left that had just turned into view. At top is the pair of spots comprising AR3361,and at lower right another pair AR3366. Bright faculae are visible on the darker limbs of the Sun as well as the general fine granulation across the surface. North is approximately up here.

13999448 - This is the active Sun on July 9,2023,with numerous sunspot groups across the disk,including the very large region AR3363 at lower left that had just turned into view. At top is the pair of spots comprising AR3361,and at lower right another pair AR3366. Bright faculae are visible on the darker limbs of the Sun as well as the general fine granulation across the surface. North is approximately up here.

The open star cluster NGC 1528,at left,accompanied by the emission nebula NGC 1491,at right,aka the Fossil Footprint Nebula,both in Perseus. The very red star below NGC 1528 is SY Persei. The faint nebula at centre is unidentified – the nebulas Sharpless 2-209 and Sharpless 2-206 are in the area but their positions on the TriAtlas do not coincide with the nebula recorded here. Nor is it marked on any other atlas I was able to check. But the TriAtlas might plot the Sharpless nebulas incorrectly. But photos on-line label this object as Sh2-209. The bright star at bottom right is Lambda Persei.

13999258 - The open star cluster NGC 1528,at left,accompanied by the emission nebula NGC 1491,at right,aka the Fossil Footprint Nebula,both in Perseus. The very red star below NGC 1528 is SY Persei. The faint nebula at centre is unidentified – the nebulas Sharpless 2-209 and Sharpless 2-206 are in the area but their positions on the TriAtlas do not coincide with the nebula recorded here. Nor is it marked on any other atlas I was able to check. But the TriAtlas might plot the Sharpless nebulas incorrectly. But photos on-line label this object as Sh2-209. The bright star at bottom right is Lambda Persei.

The Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope in New Mexico, at sunset, March 17, 2013, with the Earth shadow rising at right and the pink Belt of Venus along the eastern horizon. This is a 2-section panorama, hand-held, with the 14mm lens and Canon 60Da camera.

13899984 - The Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope in New Mexico, at sunset, March 17, 2013, with the Earth shadow rising at right and the pink Belt of Venus along the eastern horizon. This is a 2-section panorama, hand-held, with the 14mm lens and Canon 60Da camera.

Bright rainbow created by Sun low in west just about to set with raindrops in the air to the east, and light rain falling at the time. Taken with Canon 7D and 10-22mm lens at 10mm, in two sections, stitched together in Photoshop. Note: bright interior region inside inner bow, darker exterior region, supernumerary arcs along inside edge of inner bow at top, reversal of colours in two bows, and bright red portion of the spectrum from very red sunlight from low sun angle. Taken from southern Alberta, Canada.

13898551 - Bright rainbow created by Sun low in west just about to set with raindrops in the air to the east, and light rain falling at the time. Taken with Canon 7D and 10-22mm lens at 10mm, in two sections, stitched together in Photoshop. Note: bright interior region inside inner bow, darker exterior region, supernumerary arcs along inside edge of inner bow at top, reversal of colours in two bows, and bright red portion of the spectrum from very red sunlight from low sun angle. Taken from southern Alberta, Canada.

The stars of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, over the waters of Peyto Lake, Banff, in deep twilight. Arcturus in Böotes, the Bear Driver, is setting over the peak at left. Ursa Major contains the seven stars that make up the Big Dipper, aka the Plough or the Wagon. This was October 13, 2022 on a very clear night in the Rocky Mountains.

13898308 - The stars of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, over the waters of Peyto Lake, Banff, in deep twilight. Arcturus in Böotes, the Bear Driver, is setting over the peak at left. Ursa Major contains the seven stars that make up the Big Dipper, aka the Plough or the Wagon. This was October 13, 2022 on a very clear night in the Rocky Mountains.

The Milky Way over Upper Waterton Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, on August 29, 2013. This is a US World Heritage Site. Taken with the 14mm lens and Canon 5D MkII for 60 seconds at ISO 3200 and f/2.8. Light from town streetlights provides the illumination. The Moon was not up. It was a very windy night!

13897965 - The Milky Way over Upper Waterton Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, on August 29, 2013. This is a US World Heritage Site. Taken with the 14mm lens and Canon 5D MkII for 60 seconds at ISO 3200 and f/2.8. Light from town streetlights provides the illumination. The Moon was not up. It was a very windy night!

A striped marlin (Kajikia audax) chases a group of very fast mackerel (Scomber Disbrus) in the waters of Magdalena Bay, off the village of Puerto San Carlo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

13821203 - A striped marlin (Kajikia audax) chases a group of very fast mackerel (Scomber Disbrus) in the waters of Magdalena Bay, off the village of Puerto San Carlo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

13814044 - Cowboy horse drive on Hideout Ranch, Shell, Wyoming. Very cold morning with herd of horses with mist and frost

Very high magnification shot of a silverfish eye; a special technique was used to reveal all the eye surface texture in order to get a SEM like image, but with colour.

13849299 - Very high magnification shot of a silverfish eye; a special technique was used to reveal all the eye surface texture in order to get a SEM like image, but with colour.

13844865 - These weevils are among the most colorfull ones in the world, very high magnification shot of the scales. They do look like jewels

Very nice place, very far from common turistic destinations; these natural waterfalls are from Volturno river, which the longest river in South of Italy

13821294 - Very nice place, very far from common turistic destinations; these natural waterfalls are from Volturno river, which the longest river in South of Italy

13812742 - USA, Pennsylvania. Looking up at a very tall and old tree from below.

Falkenstein Castle in the Harz Mountains is a very popular tourist destination because of the falconry that takes place there, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

71445882 - Falkenstein Castle in the Harz Mountains is a very popular tourist destination because of the falconry that takes place there, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

71442700 - The satelite dishes of the Very Large Array in New Mexico.

Mercury (on the right) and Jupiter in a close conjunction just 1.3° apart but very low in the west in the evening twilight,on March 27,2023. Taken from home in southern Alberta. Mercury was ascending higher each night,beginning its best evening apparition for the year,while Jupiter was dropping out of sight ending its months-long appearance. Jupiter was magnitude -2 this night,while Mercury was -1.4.

13998881 - Mercury (on the right) and Jupiter in a close conjunction just 1.3° apart but very low in the west in the evening twilight,on March 27,2023. Taken from home in southern Alberta. Mercury was ascending higher each night,beginning its best evening apparition for the year,while Jupiter was dropping out of sight ending its months-long appearance. Jupiter was magnitude -2 this night,while Mercury was -1.4.

13849250 - Calliphora vicina or blue bottle fly; with its very characteristic bright orange cheeks

71408492 - Very cold sunrise over the South Fork of the Flathead River in Hungry Horse, Montana, USA

The aptly-named Coathanger Cluster,a more properly an asterism of stars in Vulpecula. A true star cluster,NGC 6802,lies at the left end of the coathanger arm. The field contains diffuse blue reflection nebulosity which appears to not have a catalogue number. The small round emission nebula at bottom is Sharpless 2-82. A very small round red nebula above the right end of the Coathanger is Sh2-83.

13999628 - The aptly-named Coathanger Cluster,a more properly an asterism of stars in Vulpecula. A true star cluster,NGC 6802,lies at the left end of the coathanger arm. The field contains diffuse blue reflection nebulosity which appears to not have a catalogue number. The small round emission nebula at bottom is Sharpless 2-82. A very small round red nebula above the right end of the Coathanger is Sh2-83.

The stars setting into the west over the Columbia Icefields and Athasbasca (left) and Stutfield (right) glaciers, and Snowdome peak. I shot this Sept 6 under very clear skies and a bright waxing gibbous Moon off frame at left. I shot this from the moraine at the upper parking lot.

13899184 - The stars setting into the west over the Columbia Icefields and Athasbasca (left) and Stutfield (right) glaciers, and Snowdome peak. I shot this Sept 6 under very clear skies and a bright waxing gibbous Moon off frame at left. I shot this from the moraine at the upper parking lot.

A dim aurora from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, in Churchill, Manitoba on February 26, 2022. This aurora was at Kp1 level (very low) and appeared only as featureless grey arcs to the eye. But the camera picked up unusual red colouration, and even some yellow-oranges, along with the more normal greens. The reds are odd for such a low-level aurora as the oxygen reds typically appear only when the aurora gets very active and energetic. The display did brighten later this night when it took on the more classic green arcs, with occasional lower fringes of nitrogen pinks. But at the start o

13898079 - A dim aurora from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, in Churchill, Manitoba on February 26, 2022. This aurora was at Kp1 level (very low) and appeared only as featureless grey arcs to the eye. But the camera picked up unusual red colouration, and even some yellow-oranges, along with the more normal greens. The reds are odd for such a low-level aurora as the oxygen reds typically appear only when the aurora gets very active and energetic. The display did brighten later this night when it took on the more classic green arcs, with occasional lower fringes of nitrogen pinks. But at the start o

The galactic centre region of the Milky Way in Sagittarius and Scorpius, over the upper field of the Texas Star Party, near Fort Davis, Texas, May 13, 2015. About 600 people gather here each spring for a star party under very dark skies near the MacDonald Observatory. Sagittarius is left of centre and Scorpius is right of centre with the planet Saturn the bright object at the top edge right of centre. The dark lanes of the Dark Horse and Pipe Nebula areas lead from the Milky Way to the stars of Scorpius, including Antares. The semi-circular Corona Australis is just clearing the hilltop at left

13897445 - The galactic centre region of the Milky Way in Sagittarius and Scorpius, over the upper field of the Texas Star Party, near Fort Davis, Texas, May 13, 2015. About 600 people gather here each spring for a star party under very dark skies near the MacDonald Observatory. Sagittarius is left of centre and Scorpius is right of centre with the planet Saturn the bright object at the top edge right of centre. The dark lanes of the Dark Horse and Pipe Nebula areas lead from the Milky Way to the stars of Scorpius, including Antares. The semi-circular Corona Australis is just clearing the hilltop at left

A true bug nymph on a wild flower, Its camouflage is makes it very dificult to spot. True bug nymphs go through a lot different stages before becoming an adult

13848849 - A true bug nymph on a wild flower, Its camouflage is makes it very dificult to spot. True bug nymphs go through a lot different stages before becoming an adult

13795658 - Antarctica, Snow Hill. A very small chick sits on its parent's feet.

Orion and Sirius over the moonlit badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park,Alberta on Feb. 4,2023 with the waxing gibbous Moon providing the illumination on this very clear and mild night.

13998770 - Orion and Sirius over the moonlit badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park,Alberta on Feb. 4,2023 with the waxing gibbous Moon providing the illumination on this very clear and mild night.

A panorama of the northern stars in autumn over and reflected in the calm waters of Lake Edith in Jasper National Park, in the deep twilight. The Big Dipper and Ursa Major are at left, with Arcturus over Pyramid Mountain at far left. Capella is rising at right, and above it are the stars of Perseus and Cassiopeia. This was on a very clear mid-October night in 2022.

13900148 - A panorama of the northern stars in autumn over and reflected in the calm waters of Lake Edith in Jasper National Park, in the deep twilight. The Big Dipper and Ursa Major are at left, with Arcturus over Pyramid Mountain at far left. Capella is rising at right, and above it are the stars of Perseus and Cassiopeia. This was on a very clear mid-October night in 2022.

Orion and Taurus rising in the moonlight over a snowy landscape at at my house in southern Alberta, on a very cold and frosty -20° C night on January 3, 2017. Illumination is from the waxing crescent Moon. Orion is below with Taurus at top.

13898473 - Orion and Taurus rising in the moonlight over a snowy landscape at at my house in southern Alberta, on a very cold and frosty -20° C night on January 3, 2017. Illumination is from the waxing crescent Moon. Orion is below with Taurus at top.

13848288 - Portrait of a Grasshoper; it has a very unusual nuclear symbol like vertex

71408494 - Snowghosts catch the very last sunlight at Whitefish Mountain Resort in Whitefish, Montana, USA

What started out the night as a dim aurora brightened later and here appears over the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, in Churchill, Manitoba on February 26, 2022. This aurora was at Kp2 level (very low) at best.

13900067 - What started out the night as a dim aurora brightened later and here appears over the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, in Churchill, Manitoba on February 26, 2022. This aurora was at Kp2 level (very low) at best.

The small constellation of Sagitta the Arrow, in the Milky Way. The small globular cluster, Messier 71, is between Gamma Sagittae and Delta Sagittae. Below M71 is the very sparse star cluster Harvard 20. The emission nebula Sharpless 2-84 is supposedly at centre but does not show up here except perhaps as a dim blue area of reflection nebulosity, though there is some faint red emission nebulosity at lower right.

13899970 - The small constellation of Sagitta the Arrow, in the Milky Way. The small globular cluster, Messier 71, is between Gamma Sagittae and Delta Sagittae. Below M71 is the very sparse star cluster Harvard 20. The emission nebula Sharpless 2-84 is supposedly at centre but does not show up here except perhaps as a dim blue area of reflection nebulosity, though there is some faint red emission nebulosity at lower right.

$Open cluster pair of NGC 2451 (right), a bright loose cluster, and NGC 2477 (left), a fainter but very rich open cluster. The field is also filled with faint emission nebulosity. Taken from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, December 12, 2010. This is a stack of 5 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 1600 with Canon 5D MkII camera on 105mm Astro-Physics Traveler apo refractor at f/5.8 with 6x7 field flattener.$

13898239 - Open cluster pair of NGC 2451 (right), a bright loose cluster, and NGC 2477 (left), a fainter but very rich open cluster. The field is also filled with faint emission nebulosity. Taken from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, December 12, 2010. This is a stack of 5 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 1600 with Canon 5D MkII camera on 105mm Astro-Physics Traveler apo refractor at f/5.8 with 6x7 field flattener.

Very old stone carvings near the ruins of the Mayan city of Muyil or Chunyaxche in the Sian Ka'an UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve in Quintana Roo, Mexico.

13846445 - Very old stone carvings near the ruins of the Mayan city of Muyil or Chunyaxche in the Sian Ka'an UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve in Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Mars (at left in clouds) and the summer Milky Way over Lake Herbert and reflected in the still waters this night. This is in Banff National Park, Alberta. I shot this July 17, 2018 on a night that gradually clouded up, after a run of two very good nights previous to this.

13900174 - Mars (at left in clouds) and the summer Milky Way over Lake Herbert and reflected in the still waters this night. This is in Banff National Park, Alberta. I shot this July 17, 2018 on a night that gradually clouded up, after a run of two very good nights previous to this.

The rising Full Moon of September 9, 2022, the Harvest Moon for 2022, coming up over a rolling harvested prairie field near home in southern Alberta, on a very clear evening.

13899756 - The rising Full Moon of September 9, 2022, the Harvest Moon for 2022, coming up over a rolling harvested prairie field near home in southern Alberta, on a very clear evening.

Astronomer Vance Petriew at the eyepiece of his 20-inch Dobsonian reflector telescope, at the 2012 Saskatchewan Summer Star Party in Cypress Hills, SK. This is a single 20 second exposure with the Canon 5DMkII at ISO 4000, and 24mm Canon L-series lens at f/2. A faint aurora adds the horizon colours. The photo was taken on the occasion of the second return of Comet Petriew 185/P since its discovery 11 years earlier in 2001 at this very same location.

13899463 - Astronomer Vance Petriew at the eyepiece of his 20-inch Dobsonian reflector telescope, at the 2012 Saskatchewan Summer Star Party in Cypress Hills, SK. This is a single 20 second exposure with the Canon 5DMkII at ISO 4000, and 24mm Canon L-series lens at f/2. A faint aurora adds the horizon colours. The photo was taken on the occasion of the second return of Comet Petriew 185/P since its discovery 11 years earlier in 2001 at this very same location.

A 200+ degree panorama of the arch of the winter Milky Way, from south (left) to northwest (ar right) with the Zodiacal Light to the west at centre. This was from Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta on February 28, 2017. A spell of warm weather left very little snow, so the landscape does not look like winter here. But the sky is!

13898407 - A 200+ degree panorama of the arch of the winter Milky Way, from south (left) to northwest (ar right) with the Zodiacal Light to the west at centre. This was from Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta on February 28, 2017. A spell of warm weather left very little snow, so the landscape does not look like winter here. But the sky is!

A selfie of me operating the Celestron C8 GoTo system to find targets, for a book illustration. Taken July 21, 2019 from the backyard on a very clear night just before moonrise.,

13898275 - A selfie of me operating the Celestron C8 GoTo system to find targets, for a book illustration. Taken July 21, 2019 from the backyard on a very clear night just before moonrise.,

Badlands formations in Dinosaur Provincial Park lit by the light from the July 2022 "supermoon" Full Moon off frame at right and behind the hill, on a very clear night. The stars of the northern sky are set in a deep blue sky. Arcturus is at far left; the Big Dipper is at left (distorted somewhat by the panorama projection); Polaris is left of centre at top; Cassiopeia is right of center; Andromeda and Pegasus are below the W of Cassiopeia, and at far right is the star Altair.

13898004 - Badlands formations in Dinosaur Provincial Park lit by the light from the July 2022 "supermoon" Full Moon off frame at right and behind the hill, on a very clear night. The stars of the northern sky are set in a deep blue sky. Arcturus is at far left; the Big Dipper is at left (distorted somewhat by the panorama projection); Polaris is left of centre at top; Cassiopeia is right of center; Andromeda and Pegasus are below the W of Cassiopeia, and at far right is the star Altair.

13847688 - Old Man's Beard, Usnea barbata, is commonly called a tree lichen. It is very common on the trees in the lenga forests of Patagonia.

Blatta orientalis, also known as black beetle or oriental cockroach; before was very common in Spain but is being displaced by the stronger Periplaneta americana (American cockroach)

13844335 - Blatta orientalis, also known as black beetle or oriental cockroach; before was very common in Spain but is being displaced by the stronger Periplaneta americana (American cockroach)

13820475 - Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) on Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Arctic Terns nest commonly in Northern Manitoba, Nunavut, and the Northwest territories. They defend their nests and young very aggressively against all predators and threats including humans.

A panorama of the summer Milky Way from Sagittarius up to Cepheus,over the Southern Alberta Star Party,September 13,2023. The star party is held at a church camp near Elkwater,Alberta in the Cypress Hills. The sky is very dark there! About 80 people attended this year. Most are looking after their astrophoto rigs. The camp has a number of cabins for accommodation and a main service building at centre here.

13998616 - A panorama of the summer Milky Way from Sagittarius up to Cepheus,over the Southern Alberta Star Party,September 13,2023. The star party is held at a church camp near Elkwater,Alberta in the Cypress Hills. The sky is very dark there! About 80 people attended this year. Most are looking after their astrophoto rigs. The camp has a number of cabins for accommodation and a main service building at centre here.

The rising "supermoon" of July 12, 2022 embedded in the blue arc of Earth's shadow, rimmed by the pink Belt of Venus band of twilight colours, all over the badlands formations of Dinosaur Provincial Park on the Red Deer River in Alberta, Canada. The blue band on the horizon is the shadow of the Earth cast onto the atmosphere opposite the sunset point. The pink Belt of Venus above the shadow is from red sunlight still illuminating the upper atmosphere, an effect that lasts only a few minutes at sunset or sunrise, and requires a very clear sky to show up, as it was this night.

13898804 - The rising "supermoon" of July 12, 2022 embedded in the blue arc of Earth's shadow, rimmed by the pink Belt of Venus band of twilight colours, all over the badlands formations of Dinosaur Provincial Park on the Red Deer River in Alberta, Canada. The blue band on the horizon is the shadow of the Earth cast onto the atmosphere opposite the sunset point. The pink Belt of Venus above the shadow is from red sunlight still illuminating the upper atmosphere, an effect that lasts only a few minutes at sunset or sunrise, and requires a very clear sky to show up, as it was this night.

A 360° panorama of Bow Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta on a very dark and clear night, July 17, 2018. The Milky Way toward the galactic core lies above Bow Glacier at right. Saturn is reflected in the still waters.

13898634 - A 360° panorama of Bow Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta on a very dark and clear night, July 17, 2018. The Milky Way toward the galactic core lies above Bow Glacier at right. Saturn is reflected in the still waters.

13898075 - Venus and Jupiter in a very close conjunction (20 arc minutes apart) at dawn on November 13, 2017, from home in Alberta.

Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) over the still waters this night of Crawling Lake in southern Alberta. The Big Dipper is at top. Even in this short exposure, the two tails — dust and ion — are visible. This was July 20, 2020. The blue ion tail is extending up into the Bowl of the Big Dipper, for some 20° in length. Very impressive!

13897728 - Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) over the still waters this night of Crawling Lake in southern Alberta. The Big Dipper is at top. Even in this short exposure, the two tails — dust and ion — are visible. This was July 20, 2020. The blue ion tail is extending up into the Bowl of the Big Dipper, for some 20° in length. Very impressive!

Italy, Puglia, Brindisi, Itria Valley, Ostuni. Green door and a red door surrounded by very ornate carvings along the streets and alleyways of old town Ostuni.

71412260 - Italy, Puglia, Brindisi, Itria Valley, Ostuni. Green door and a red door surrounded by very ornate carvings along the streets and alleyways of old town Ostuni.

13873197 - A wooden bridge crossing a small creek alongside a dirt path in a very green, lush forest setting.

13875589 - USA, Alaska. A very light colored female brown bear cub is nervous about other bears.

Karl G. Jansky, Very Large Array (VLA), National Radio Astronomy Observatory. 82 feet or 25 meters in diameter in the plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

13812295 - Karl G. Jansky, Very Large Array (VLA), National Radio Astronomy Observatory. 82 feet or 25 meters in diameter in the plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

13812296 - Karl G. Jansky, Very Large Array (VLA), National Radio Astronomy Observatory. 82 feet or 25 meters in diameter in the plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

Neuenburg Castle in the Saale Valley near Freyburg dates back to the 11th century and was built in the 14th century. expanded into a castle complex, very popular as a wedding location, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

71445894 - Neuenburg Castle in the Saale Valley near Freyburg dates back to the 11th century and was built in the 14th century. expanded into a castle complex, very popular as a wedding location, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

71442075 - Guadix Andalusia, modernized, old, cave dwelling, very much in demand again today, Spain

71442057 - Cordoba, Spain, Calle de Flores, alley of flowers, very famous, near the Mesquita, Spain