Photo of the Day : Science & Space
(33 photos)
Sunset, South Africa
Photo of the Day, May 5, 2013
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In the southern summer of 2012, I spent ...
MikroKopter Drone
Photo of the Day, March 18, 2013
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With eight arms spanning less than a yard, a ...
Methane Ignition, Alaska
Photo of the Day, March 16, 2013
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Methane is bubbling from lakes all over the warming ...
Warren Cave, Antarctica
Photo of the Day, October 21, 2012
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A mix of ropes and ladders eases access to ...
Northern Lights, Iceland
Photo of the Day, August 31, 2012
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On this night northern lights had been predicted, so I decided ...
Redwood Tree, California
Photo of the Day, May 26, 2012
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Partway up a 350-foot tree, botanist Marie Antoine (at ...
Mutnovsky Volcano, Kamchatka
Photo of the Day, May 24, 2012
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A volcanologist strides through a murky expanse of steam ...
Nuclear Explosion Simulation, New Mexico
Photo of the Day, October 26, 2011
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Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory study ...
Ivanhoe Reservoir, Los Angeles
Photo of the Day, October 8, 2011
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In 2007, high levels of bromate—a ...
Nyiragongo Volcano, Congo
Photo of the Day, March 24, 2011
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An expedition member walks on the cooled lava floor ...
Diprotodon Tracks, Australia
Photo of the Day, March 6, 2011
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On a drying lake bed in Victoria, a farmer ...
Butterfly Egg
Photo of the Day, October 23, 2010
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Dryas iulia
Perched on the tendril of a Passiflora ...
Empire State Building, New York
Photo of the Day, October 15, 2010
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In the city that never sleeps a new awareness ...
Endeavour Shuttle Launch
Photo of the Day, August 15, 2010
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A tail of smoke chases the ...
Lightning Model
Photo of the Day, December 15, 2009
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Westinghouse engineers use this miniature system for tests ...
Ultraviolet Bath, Russia
Photo of the Day, October 26, 2009
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Make-believe summer lasts for a minute or ...
Atom Bomb Test, Bikini Atoll
Photo of the Day, October 5, 2009
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The second atomic bomb tested in Operation ...
Attack Bomber Assembly, California
Photo of the Day, October 2, 2009
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Nose assemblies for Douglas A-20 attack bombers ...
Electric Plant, Spain
Photo of the Day, September 14, 2009
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At an electric plant in southern Spain, mirrors as big ...
Chicago City Lights
Photo of the Day, March 27, 2009
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Chicago at night burns bright under blankets of clouds ...
Woman Swimming, Berlin
Photo of the Day, March 13, 2009
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Neurobiologist Constance Scharff finds inspiration swimming near her Berlin ...
Newborn Weigh-In, India
Photo of the Day, March 11, 2009
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Founded in 1970, the Comprehensive Rural Health Project (also ...
Health Worker Holding a Child, India
Photo of the Day, March 3, 2009
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Her fingers gnarled by leprosy suffered as a teenager ...
Mortar System, Afghanistan
Photo of the Day, February 15, 2009
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Nuristan, Afghanistan, October 2006: Blast halo and round exiting mortar tube ...
Northern Lights, Trapper Creek, Alaska
Photo of the Day, January 26, 2009
Spectacular sky shows brighten the long winter nights for Alaska's year-round residents. This display of northern lights sets the ...
Oil Refinery, Ras Tanurah, Saudi Arabia
Photo of the Day, January 14, 2009
Gas flares fire the night at Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanurah refinery, north of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Each day sparkling ...
Bioluminescent Organisms, Japan
Photo of the Day, January 5, 2009
The transparent shells of tiny Cypridina hilgendorfii, found in the coastal waters and sands of Japan, hold a creature that ...
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