Ed Ahern

Editorial & Commercial Photographer, Suburban Chicago IL USA

[U.S. Army @USArmy]

82 years ago today, nearly 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, launching the liberation of Europe.

We are free because they were brave. 🇺🇸

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

Look up . The sky is putting on a show you won't see again until 2028.

A rare Blue Moon is rising on May 30, peaking in the early hours of May 31 at 8:45 UTC.

It's the second full moon of May, and the first time two full moons have shared a single calendar month since August 2023.

But the moon isn't doing this alone.

Venus and Jupiter are lining up low in the western sky just after sunset. Mars and Saturn are climbing in the east before dawn. Mercury joins the western evening lineup too.

Four planets. One Blue Moon. One sky.

Here's the kicker — this isn't just any full moon. It's the smallest full moon of the entire year, sitting roughly 252,360 miles away at its farthest point from Earth.

A micromoon. A Blue Moon. A planet parade. All at once.

The moon will glow right next to Antares, the red heart of Scorpius, on May 30. For the best view of the planetary lineup, step outside 30 to 45 minutes after sunset and look west. Set an alarm before dawn if you want to catch Mars and Saturn rising in the east.

And no, despite the name, the moon won't actually look blue. The name comes from the calendar quirk, not the color.

The next one like this won't happen until December 2028.

Don't blink.

[MLB @MLB]

There is a baseball game in Alaska played at MIDNIGHT under SUNLIGHT 🤯

The Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks, Alaska is a 120-year-old tradition where baseball is played on the summer solstice, under Alaska’s 24-hour sunlight

Since 1960, the game has been hosted by the Alaska Goldpanners, a collegiate summerball team with alumni that includes Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Tom Seaver and many more

The game starts at 10 p.m. and usually ends around 1:00 a.m.

[DocumentingLibs @HistorianUSA1]

🇺🇸 Take a minute to reflect on the hallowed grounds of the Normandy American Cemetery in France on this Memorial Day. Perched on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach — the very site where our heroes launched the greatest assault for liberty in human history — lie the final resting places of 9,389 American warriors who gave their last full measure of devotion during D-Day in World War II.

These are not just graves. They are monuments to American courage, sacrifice, and the fierce belief that freedom is worth dying for. Among them:

• 307 Unknown Soldiers — forever honored, never forgotten.
• 1,557 names inscribed on the Walls of the Missing — their spirits still watching over the cause they served.
• 45 pairs of brothers who fought and fell together.
• Three Medal of Honor recipients and four heroic American women buried side by side with their brothers-in-arms.

This sacred cemetery was established on June 8, 1944, just days after the invasion. This was the first American WWII cemetery on European soil. A permanent reminder that when evil threatened the world, America answered the call.

To every American who stormed those beaches, climbed those cliffs, and never came home: Your blood bought our tomorrow. Because of you, the light of liberty still shines bright across the globe.
We will never forget. We will never falter.
God Bless our Fallen Heroes. God Bless the United States of America. ❤️🤍💙

[Ed Ahern @Edward_Ahern]

#Sunset #Sunrise #WheatonIL #Midwest #May #Spring #AhernMedia

[NWS Fairbanks @NWSFairbanks]

☀️ Today in Utqiagvik (the northernmost city in the United States), the sun rose above the horizon at 2:57 AM and won’t set again for 84 straight days or until August 2nd! Here's a look at a timelapse showing the sunset and sunrise this morning. #akwx

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

This dog is a genius, look at the technique he uses to remove that wheel. ❤️

[Ed Ahern @Edward_Ahern]

#WheatonIL #Midwest #Horse #DanadaEquestrian #AhernMedia #May #Sky #Illinois

[Taylor McGregor @Taylor_McGregor]

The #Cubs just got their 24th win of their first 36 games for just the third time in the Live Ball Era (since 1920). The two other seasons: 1969 and the 2016 World Championship season.

[Chicago Cubs @Cubs]

BACK-TO-BACK, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

[America'sBestRacing @ABRLive]

For the first time in 152 years — HISTORY IS MADE!!!

Trainer Cherie DeVaux watches Golden Tempo and Jose Ortiz get up at the wire to win the Kentucky Derby at odds of 23-1.

🎥: Reaction footage owned by America’s Best Racing.

@reredevaux | @jose93_ortiz | @PhippsStableFan

[NBC Sports @NBCSports]

FROM LAST PLACE TO KENTUCKY DERBY GLORY, WHAT A RACE FOR GOLDEN TEMPO! 🐎

📺 The 152nd Kentucky Derby on NBC and Peacock

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Training pool for coast guard rescue swimmers

[Chicago Cubs @Cubs]

A double digit team.

[Nightingale Associates @FCNightingale]

Chicago Office Building Sales

401 S. State St. ↓94%
$4.2M vs $68.1M in 2016

300 W. Adams St ↓92%
$4M vs $51M in 2012

100 N. Riverside Plaza ↓87%
$22M vs $165M in 2005

175 W. Jackson Blvd ↓87%
$41M vs $306M in 2018

311 S. Wacker Drive ↓85%
$45M vs $302M in 2014

600 W. Chicago Ave ↓82%
$89M vs $510M in 2018

111 W. Jackson Blvd ↓81%
$25M vs $135M in 2013

70 W. Madison St. ↓77%
$85M vs $377M in 2014

250 S. Wacker Drive ↓74%
$23.8M vs $90M in 2011

200 S. Wacker Drive ↓68%
$68M vs $215M in 2013

161 N. Clark St. ↓62%
$125M vs $331M in 2013

401 N. Michigan Ave. ↓53%
$132.5M vs adjusted $281M in 2017

@julie_kelly2 @Chicago1Ray

#commercialrealestate

[NASA Earth @NASAEarth]

New record🥇

The Artemis II astronauts are now farther from Earth than humans have ever been! At 1:57 p.m. EDT, they broke the record set by Apollo 13 in 1970.

Their journey around the far side of the Moon today will take them a maximum distance of 252,752 miles from Earth.

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

There are no words.

[NASA Earth @NASAEarth]

That's us! 🌍

The Artemis II crew captured beautiful, high-resolution images of our home planet during their journey to the Moon. As @Astro_Christina put it: "You guys look great."

[Ian Oliver @IanOliverWX]

This is actually outrageous - the five hottest March days on record in Phoenix (by a significant margin) have all happened in the past week. 🌡️

Reliable weather records there go back to 1896. 😬 @foxweather

[NWS Phoenix @NWSPhoenix]

As of 2:57 pm MST Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport has reached 100°. This is not only the first 100° day of 2026, but it is also the earliest occurrence of 100° in Phoenix (which last occurred on March 26, 1988). #azwx