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Klyuchevskaya Sopka eruption
Goðafoss Waterfall, Iceland
Grand Central Terminal, New York, 1941
The sun can’t shine through like that now due to the surrounding tall skyscrapers.
New York
M87 Black Hole
This photograph of the M87 galaxy black hole is the first image of a black hole in history! This first image of a black hole shows a bright ring with […]
View from the Window at Le Gras, Nicéphore Niépce, 1827
View from the Window at Le Gras (french: Point de vue du Gras) is the first successful permanent photograph created by Nicéphore Niépce in 1827, in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. Captured on 20×25 cm oil-treated […]
Firefalls, Yosemite
For two weeks out of the year, the sun aligns just right with Horsetail Falls in Yosemite National Park where the waterfall glows like lava a few minutes before sunset.
Jellyfish under Aurora
Jellyfish under the Aurora Borealis off the coast of Northern Norway, close to Tromsø.
Distant Earth
On July 19, 2013, NASA spacecraft got one rare and unique view of Earth. While exploring Saturn, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft took the image of Earth from a distance of about 1.45 billion […]