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Have you ever seen Venus like this?

An impressive near infra-red photo of Venus' nightside captured by the Akatsuki spacecraft. pic.twitter.com/968MxU3pZU

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) March 24, 2024

Aurora Australis/Southern Lights spectacular

One of our staff took this photo yesterday morning:

 

The solar storm that made the Aurora Australis, Southern Lights, so spectacular was only just visible with the naked eye at home last night, but my phone camera captured these shots:

The ODT covered the spectacle here.

The NZ Herald covered it here.

 

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There is an orchid called the Gomesa Jiaho Queen Orchid, and this is what it looks like pic.twitter.com/9q9JJAxGWH

— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) March 22, 2024

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The ladybug resting on a floating dandelion pic.twitter.com/PryNz86XTc

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) March 21, 2024

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One of the most beautiful storms I have ever witnessed. This was also the first time Erin and I had chased in Texas!

Dalhart – June 10th, 2023 pic.twitter.com/G816gap8sm

— Tim Slane (@EvilBill_wx) February 20, 2024

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Blue Tit on a moss-covered branch! 😍
Taken last weekend at Swell Wood in Somerset. 🐦 pic.twitter.com/awOW4dLG5Y

— Carl Bovis (@CarlBovisNature) February 17, 2024

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Mt. Fuji and the sakura blossoms

[📸 Kristina Makeeva / hobopeeba] pic.twitter.com/9mALx0w2E3

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) February 2, 2024

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Pictured behind a darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts

[📷 Jiaqi Sun] pic.twitter.com/UyXT10eHaX

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) February 12, 2024

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Last nights moon halo 😍🌕⭕️
Photo credit Stonehenge Dronescapes on FB 🙏#moon #halo #moonhalo #winter pic.twitter.com/ZjsrqenKWy

— Stonehenge U.K (@ST0NEHENGE) January 24, 2024

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A beautiful rainbow owl. Splendid, isn’t she? 🌈 pic.twitter.com/33uozRGDHv

— Janice Greer (@JaniceGreer34) January 13, 2024

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Frost flowers on frozen water
pic.twitter.com/fnsddeZFXX

— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) January 13, 2024

Milne muses

“One of the most glorious sights on a winter’s day is to see a flock of starlings rise from a field, sweep through the sky, and the settle again as a single entity, as if one single brain directs it, one single set of muscles controls its movement.” ~C.R.Milne #BirdTwitter pic.twitter.com/V198eRpixU

— A.A.Milne (@A_AMilne) February 9, 2024

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This blue iceberg was photographed from a ship off the South Sandwich Islands in Antarctica.

It’s a cathedral of ancient ice, with a little group of Adélie penguins and a whalebird perfectly positioned overhead.

[📸 Cherry Alexander] pic.twitter.com/8xGkeS9vTt

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 26, 2023

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Magnificent view of Mt. Kanchenjunga as seen from Lungthung at East Sikkim 🏔https://t.co/ksNTlYB0kK pic.twitter.com/Kc679gpHC5

— Go Northeast (@GoNorthEastIN) December 26, 2023

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Nacreous clouds over Newcastle right now; portals & rainbows, contours & islands.
Fabulous. pic.twitter.com/D7zHD384aH

— Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane) December 24, 2023

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The Tyne Valley is putting on a bit of a show this morning 🙂 pic.twitter.com/AFQsq0CkWV

— Graeme Peacock (@GraemePeacock1) December 24, 2023

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Spotted my first ever nacreous cloud this morning. Shimmering like mother of pearl in the sky. pic.twitter.com/VQV3BKqlX1

— Michelle Cowbourne (@Glastomichelle) December 23, 2023

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Photographer Daniel Antoniol employs an innovative approach to alter perspective, giving the illusion that the moon is being transported

📸daniel_antoniol pic.twitter.com/YWaVCrus6G

— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) December 18, 2023

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This is a majestic view of Mt. Fuji surmounted by lenticular clouds while reflected in a lake.

[📸 Taitan21] pic.twitter.com/Yq6T4Md5ev

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 31, 2023