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		| STEVE over Copper Harbor
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		| Flying Over the Earth at Night II
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		| An Analemma of the Sun
  
  This week the equinox found the Sun near the middle.   
     
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		| Atlas at Dawn
  
  This single, 251-second long exposure follows the early flight of an Atlas V rocket on August 8.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Cold River to Orion
  
  Ice is forming on the river Lielupe as it flows through the landscape in this winter's night scene.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Ice Halos at Yellowknife
  
  You've probably seen a circle around the Sun before. More common than rainbows, ice halos, like a 22 degree circular halo for example, can be easy to spot, especially if you can shade your eyes from direct sunlight.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Fire on Earth
  
  Sometimes, regions of planet Earth light up with fire.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Glowing Elements in the Soul Nebula
  
  Stars are forming in the Soul of the Queen of Aethopia.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Northern Summer's Night
  
  Near a summer's midnight a mist haunts the river bank in this dreamlike skyscape taken on July 3rd from northern Denmark.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Countryside Mars and Milky Way
  
  Mars shines brightly now in planet Earth's sky.   
     
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