EarthSciPictureofDay

Since 2000, Earth Science Picture of the Day features images that highlight the processes and phenomena that shape our planet. New image everyday!

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Photographer: Linsday Hank

The photo shows a particularly colorful, pileus type cloud was taken from Ashburn, Virginia, as a thunderstorm approached just before 7:00 p.m. local time on August 9, 2022.

https://t.co/JbCTIlNllG

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By: Giovanni Tumino
This flow emanated from a new eruptive mouth from Mt Etna (Sicily, Italy) that opened at approximately the 2,800 m (9,186 ft) level on May 29, 2022...

https://t.co/LrHexk6bCY

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By: Thomas McGuire
First Light on the Circle Cliffs Anticline
https://t.co/NeiTNPemCB

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By: Jean-François Gely
The photo shows the view from the top of Pain de Sucre (located in the French Alps at an altitude of 10,525 ft or 3,208 m)...
https://t.co/PEr8I5K1nt

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By: Ray Boren
High above a rural road southwest of Twin Falls, Idaho, rises a huge, precariously poised hoodoo shaped somewhat like the continent of Africa.

https://t.co/mLP8VZVRVe

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Photo: Stromy
The photo shows a classic precipitation shaft from a strong storm cell as observed from near the Gandy Bridge in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 30, 2022.
https://t.co/DdkxRq2YeC

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Eastern Flank of Mt. Etna by Rosario Catania.
Photo shows Mt. Etna as seen in its eastern guise, above its ancient eruptive centers. This depression dates back between 7-10,000 yrs.
In the distance: city of #Catania; Ionian Sea; coast of #Calabria. #italy
https://t.co/T5WzNw09Dd

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By: Carlos Di Nallo
Carachipampa Volcano, #Argentina. Pumice stone fields surround the volcanic cone, showing that, in the past, the area was the scene of considerable volcanic activity...https://t.co/5fOhIj9CPN

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By: Lorenzo Busilacchi

The atmosphere acts to flatten the apparent lunar disk when it’s on or close to the horizon. This photo was captured at Porto Ottiolu, Sardinia...

https://t.co/ev7L3pnpMk

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Photographer: Denis Huber
Summary Author: Denis Huber; Jim Foster

The photo shows a "red" salt marsh as seen along the Mediterranean coast, near Aigues-Mortes, France on May 27, 2022...

https://t.co/LLbLNJkpjj

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Fogbow Observed from the Ground and from a Tower By: Marco Meniero
When bows form in fog or mist, the cloud droplets are so small, (smaller than about 0.5 mm in diameter) that their familiar arch appears whitish and is usually inconspicuous...
https://t.co/yV1YWcTAaK

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Photographer/Author: Alessandra Masi
Featured in this EPOD is the partially eclipsed Moon, about to set near the Marmolada (10,968 ft or 3,343 m), the highest mountain in the Dolomites Range of the Alps Mountains...
https://t.co/T2l41HDdTz

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By Thomas McGuire: For 5 miles (8 km), Utah’s Route 12. between Escalante and Boulder, Utah, follows the narrow 1,000 ft (305 m) high Hogback Ridge of Navajo Sandstone... https://t.co/rnu4IeO7F0

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Photographer: Tomas Slovinsky
Summary Author: Tomas Slovinsky; Jim Foster

The photo above showing a reddened twilight sky over a barren landscape comes from San Pedro de Atacama, #Chile. It was taken on April 22, 2022.

https://t.co/bIzmKGJlWD

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Today's Earth Science Pic of the Day
Archive- Inside Kawah Ijen's Crater 💧
Every weekend we present a notable item from our archives. This EPOD was originally published on September 13, 2015.

Photographer: João Manuel Pires dos Santos
https://t.co/NTsdmH629v

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Today's Earth Science Picture of the Day
The Bolide: Make a "Very Light" Wish ☄️
Photographer: Orazio Mezzio
https://t.co/XLJUAVXL6C

#EarthSciPicofDay #bolidemeteor #nightsky

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Today's Earth Science Pic of the Day
Snowflakes on Mount Etna ❄
Photographer: Cinzia Lo Certo
https://t.co/yQslhDFH42

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Today's Earth Science Picture of the Day
Multicolored Aurora Over Finland ✨
Photographer: Dennis Lehtonen
https://t.co/M65td6SWhn

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Today's Earth Science Picture of the Day
Reflections on the Southern Wasatch Mountains 🗻
Photographer: Ray Boren
https://t.co/7S6UlIbqRs

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Today's Earth Science Picture of the Day
Ice Crystal Formation on Frozen Soap Bubble ❄️
Photographer: Patricia Rasmussen
https://t.co/H11hp8N5kG

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