clouds
An Early Start for Noctilucent Clouds
The season for noctilucent "night-shining" clouds is arriving in the northern hemisphere, when wispy, glowing tendrils of high-altitude ice crystals…
Astrophoto: Paint the Sky with Clouds
Here’s a great – and beautiful! – example of what you can do with image stacking. Manoj Kesavan, an avid…
Weird Cloud ‘Coils’ Captured by Earth-Observing Satellite
These are some of the strangest looking clouds I've seen from the fleet of Earth-observing satellites. These coil-like or bow-wave-shaped…
A New Look at Saturn’s Northern Hexagon
Freshly delivered from Cassini's wide-angle camera, this raw image gives us another look at Saturn's north pole and the curious…
Take a Rollercoaster Ride Around Venus
If you've ever wanted to see what it's like to buzz Venus like only a spacecraft can, here's your chance:…
Incredible Raw Image of Saturn’s Swirling North Pole
Ok, are you ready for this? I know... WOW. This swirling maelstrom of clouds is what was seen over Saturn's…
Pacific Glory
An optical phenomenon known as a "glory" is seen over a cloud-covered Pacific Ocean in this image from NASA's Aqua…
Blue Marble 2012: The Arctic Edition
This latest portrait of Earth from NASA's Suomi NPP satellite puts the icy Arctic in the center, showing the ice…
On the Edge of Titan
[/caption] Here's a quick look at one of my favorite cosmic photo subjects - the varying layers of atmosphere that…
Today’s Martian Weather: Partly Cloudy
[/caption] Changing seasons in Mars' northern hemisphere brings a change in the weather, and the clouds have rolled in to…