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Launch of the Mars InSight mission on May 5, 2018 from Vandenberg Air Force Base SLC 3E Note! If you can distinctly see clouds out to the edge of the photo, your monitor is probably set too bright, and will not represent what you'll see on a print. The edges of the photo should be very nearly black.
The reddish chromosphere of the sun is visible for only a few moments at the beginning and end of totality. From the "Great American Eclipse" of August 21, 2017.
A Snowy Owl perches on a cemetery fence outside Barrow, Alaska
The Falcon 9 exhaust plume looks rather like a jellyfish. This shot from the Iridium NEXT 4 launch on December 22, 2017.
A pika surveys its rocky domain
Endeavour's Final Flight - Palmdale
The Space Shuttle Endeavour on her final ferry flight, September 21, 2012. Here, the flight makes a low pass at Palmdale Regional Airport and Plant 42, where the shuttles were built.
Endeavour's Final Flight - Glendale
The Space Shuttle Endeavour on her final ferry flight, September 21, 2012.
Falcon 9 Iridium NEXT 1 Launch
First launch of the Iridium NEXT flights, each carrying a payload of 10 new Iridium satellites.
After the Iridium NEXT 3 launch, the Falcon 9 Core 1041 returns to the Port of Los Angeles on Just Read The Instructions
The Falcon 9 exhaust plume just after staging during the early morning launch of the PAZ mission.
A sunrise launch of the Iridium NEXT 5 mission, March 30, 2018.
A juvenile bald eagle looks on as a beached salmon thrashes.
Grebe chicks ride on their parents' backs when young. This not-so-young one is still enjoying a free ride.
Wizard Island sits in the deep blue waters of Crater Lake