Tag: sunset

August 8, 2016 at 1:44 pm

A 24 Hour Arctic Timelapse Where the Sun Never Sets

A 24 Hour Arctic Timelapse Where the Sun Never Sets

The polar regions are called the “lands of the midnight sun” because in the summer, the sun never sets

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March 2, 2016 at 4:54 pm

Exploring Yosemite’s Fabled “Firefall”

Exploring Yosemite's Fabled "Firefall"

When the setting sun hits Yosemite’s Horsetail Fall just right, the upper reaches of the waterfall glows gold and red

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March 1, 2016 at 4:18 pm

NASA Shares the 45 Best Pics from Scott Kelly’s #YearInSpace

NASA Shares the 45 Best Pics from Scott Kelly's #YearInSpace

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and his one-year crewmate, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, have spent the last 340 days in space

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February 3, 2016 at 7:47 pm

Picture of the Day: Canary Islands Sunset

Picture of the Day: Canary Islands Sunset

The Canary Islands are a Spanish archipelago situated roughly 100 km west of the southern coast of Morocco and constitutes one of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities

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August 17, 2015 at 5:35 pm

Color Blind Guy Sees Color for First Time at Sunset. Struggles to not Just Stare at the Sun

Color Blind Guy Sees Color for First Time at Sunset. Struggles to not Just Stare at the Sun

Dude you just got to see color for the first time, don’t go blind staring at the sun!

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August 17, 2015 at 11:22 am

Picture of the Day: Cheetah at Sunset

Picture of the Day: Cheetah at Sunset

In this photo by Arturo De Frias, we see a Cheetah (Acinonyx juvatus) silhouetted against a fiery sunset in the Oakavango Delta, Botswana.

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August 12, 2015 at 11:26 am

Picture of the Day: Sassi di Matera, Italy

Picture of the Day: Sassi di Matera, Italy

Across the canyon, we see the ancient city of Matera in southern Italy, where ancient cave dwellings date back over 9000 years.

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July 8, 2015 at 6:45 am

Picture of the Day: Black Rhino at the Watering Hole

Picture of the Day: Black Rhino at the Watering Hole

Sunset photo of a black rhino in Namibia’s Etosha National Park. Photographer Johan Georget waited in the bush for 7 hours to get the shot.

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May 28, 2015 at 5:23 pm

Picture of the Day: Sunset on Mars

Picture of the Day: Sunset on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover recorded this view of the sun setting at the close of the mission’s 956th Martian day, or sol (April 15, 2015), from the rover’s location in Gale Crater.

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April 27, 2015 at 4:19 pm

Picture of the Day: The Dancing Transmission Tower

Picture of the Day: The Dancing Transmission Tower

Photograph by Tuxyso / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0 Seen here is a public art installation entitled Zauberlehrling (sorcerer’s apprentice). It is a 35 meter (115 ft) tall metal sculpture that looks like a dancing transmission tower, grooving out in a field as the sun sets. The artwork was created for the outdoor art exhibit…

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