Light of the world
This composite image shows what Earth looks like at night. City lights highlight developed areas of the planet.
This composite image shows what Earth looks like at night. City lights highlight developed areas of the planet.
| Red Square reflection The Kremlin's Spassky Tower and passers-by are reflected in the wet cobblestones of Moscow's Red Square on Feb. 13. |
Rainbow times two
An afternoon storm brought a double rainbow over downtown Chillicothe, Ohio, on May 27.
An afternoon storm brought a double rainbow over downtown Chillicothe, Ohio, on May 27.
.Puppy love
Crystal, a year-old Labrador-Dalmatian mix, peers through a heart-shaped hole in a fence
Crystal, a year-old Labrador-Dalmatian mix, peers through a heart-shaped hole in a fence
| The little duckling who could Mallard ducklings wait their turn May 14 as a sibling struggles to make it up a curb in South Bend, Ind. The mother, who had already cleared the obstacle, flirted with traffic for 20 minutes before leading her offspring safely across the busy road |
Fury from above
Lightning ripples over the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 14.
Lightning ripples over the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 14.
| Stellar light show From ground-based telescopes, the "ant nebula" resembles the head and thorax of a garden ant. |
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Mother and child
An ethnic Albanian refugee from Selce, Macedonia, and her child look through the window of a bus as they arrive in Prizren in Kosovo on March 27, after fleeing the fighting in Macedonia two days earlier.
An ethnic Albanian refugee from Selce, Macedonia, and her child look through the window of a bus as they arrive in Prizren in Kosovo on March 27, after fleeing the fighting in Macedonia two days earlier.
A useful lessonA German Shepherd named Pepper sits with two endangered Bengal tiger cubs and a cougar cub, far right, at the home of veterinarian Rob Zammit outside Sydney, Australia
Great white whale
A beluga whale swims in a tank at the Vancouver Aquarium.
A beluga whale swims in a tank at the Vancouver Aquarium.
Mother and child
An ethnic Albanian refugee from Selce, Macedonia, and her child look through the window of a bus as they arrive in Prizren in Kosovo on March 27, after fleeing the fighting in Macedonia two days earlier.
An ethnic Albanian refugee from Selce, Macedonia, and her child look through the window of a bus as they arrive in Prizren in Kosovo on March 27, after fleeing the fighting in Macedonia two days earlier.
Mideast flare-up
A Palestinian youth uses a slingshot to fire stones at Israeli soldiers from behind a barricade of burning tires May 23
A Palestinian youth uses a slingshot to fire stones at Israeli soldiers from behind a barricade of burning tires May 23
Moonshot
Flying at nearly 35,000 feet, a jet passes over the disk of a winter half moon above Boston on Jan. 3. The jet leaves contrails in its wake due to the temperature difference between the hot engine exhaust and the cold air
Flying at nearly 35,000 feet, a jet passes over the disk of a winter half moon above Boston on Jan. 3. The jet leaves contrails in its wake due to the temperature difference between the hot engine exhaust and the cold air
A galaxy's sharp edge
An image produced by the Hubble Space Telescope, released March 1, shows a perfect "edge-on" perspective of the galaxy NGC
4013, with huge clouds of dust and gas extending above the galaxy's main disk
An image produced by the Hubble Space Telescope, released March 1, shows a perfect "edge-on" perspective of the galaxy NGC
4013, with huge clouds of dust and gas extending above the galaxy's main disk
Grand old night
Tanner Mann, 8, of Hortonville, Wis., gets a good seat on top of his mother's car July 4 for the fireworks show at Riverside Park in New London,
Tanner Mann, 8, of Hortonville, Wis., gets a good seat on top of his mother's car July 4 for the fireworks show at Riverside Park in New London,
Swallowed whole
A rainbow trout fingerling peers out from the gullet of a northern pike at the Alaska Department of Fish & Game aquarium in Anchorage.
A rainbow trout fingerling peers out from the gullet of a northern pike at the Alaska Department of Fish & Game aquarium in Anchorage.
A romp in Russia
A polar bear cub plays near his mother at the Moscow Zoo.
A polar bear cub plays near his mother at the Moscow Zoo.
The gathering stormDark clouds roll over Blair, Neb., on May 9, bringing thunder and flashes of lightning.
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