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Stunning Photos of Rare Celestial Phenomena

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These incredible sky lights look like
alien spaceships coming to Earth

Sploid - Jesus Diaz, 11/01/13

It looks like a scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but it's real—an awesome view of one of the weirdest sky phenomena you can watch from Earth, witnessed at the Levi ski resort, in the Finnish lapland. Photo by Pauli Hänninen
 

Northern Lights, Seen in US (Photos)

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Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, Seen in US (+Photos)

Epoch Times - Zachary Stieber, 10/04/13

 

 

Aurora Borealis, or northern lights, was seen from multiple states in the U.S. on Oct. 2, lighting up the sky in a magnificent show.

 

Vibrant shots of northern lights in Minnehaha County, S.D., on Tuesday. Photo by Christian Begeman.

 

The natural phenomenon was seen from Minnesota, Iowa, and Montana, among other states.

Can You Handle the Truth — About the End of the Rainbow?

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Weather.com - Allie Goolrick, 9/21/13

 

Ankaroa Bay, Easter Island

Rainbow on beach, Fortescue Bay, Tasman Peninsular. (Flickr/NeilsPhotography)

 

If you’ve ever fantasized about finding the elusive pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, you’re about to be sorely disappointed. Because finding the true end of a rainbow is about as unlikely as stumbling across an unclaimed cauldron of gold doubloons.

Ankaroa Bay, Easter Island

A rainbow is seen over Godewaersvelde, northern France, on Aug. 16, 2013. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

 

Incredible Space Images Win Photo Contest

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Weather.com - Laura Dattaro, 9/19/13

 

'A Quadruple Lunar Halo,' Earth and Space, Highly Commended. Tiny ice crystals high above the ground refract the moonlight, diverting it into a number of beautiful halos. (Dani Caxete, Spain)

 

As much as we love the moon, there’s a lot going on up in the sky besides our orbiting satellite. Entries to The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s fifth annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition are a poignant reminder of that, capturing the eerie green glow of the aurora borealis, the dusty clouds of distant galaxies and nebulae, the streaks of comets as they pass by overhead.

 

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