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Say “Freeze!”: An Innovative High-Resolution Camera Captures the Stunning Intricacies of Snowflakes

Ice Queen, by Nathan Myhrvold.

Say “Freeze!”: An Innovative High-Resolution Camera Captures the Stunning Intricacies of Snowflakes

What Did the Hubble Telescope See on Your Birthday? This NASA Website Will Show You

A 2010 Hubble-captured image of a pillar of gas and dust in a stellar nursery called Carina Nebula.

What Did the Hubble Telescope See on Your Birthday? This NASA Website Will Show You

15 of the World's Most Popular Beaches as Seen From Above

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15 of the World's Most Popular Beaches as Seen From Above

Amazing Time-Lapse Shows Leaves Dramatically Changing Color During Fall

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Amazing Time-Lapse Shows Leaves Dramatically Changing Color During Fall

Architect Creates Renderings of Frank Lloyd Wright Designs That Were Never Built

See How Metros in the World's Biggest Cities Intersect on Aerial Maps

Paris

Look Closely—Every Point of Light in This Image Is a Galaxy

ESA/Herschel/SPIRE; M. W. L. Smith et al 2017

Unwind With 10 Hours of Soothing Ocean Footage From BBC Earth

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Photographer's Amazing Snap of an Osprey Is Holding Two Big Surprises

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It's So Cold In One Part of Russia That People's Eyelashes Are Freezing

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Even in Real Time, the Northern Lights Look Like a Beautiful Timelapse Video

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Watch Christmas Island’s Annual Crab Migration on Google Street View

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Check Out These Images of Last Night's Spectacular Harvest Moon

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7 Throwback Photos of 1980s NYC Subway Graffiti

7 Weird, Beautiful Tents We'd Love to Take Camping

Bolt Half, Kama Jania, Finland, 2015. Waterproof plastic, aluminum, PVC, Mylar.

This Is What Flowers Look Like When Photographed With an X-Ray Machine

Dr. Dain L. Tasker, “Peruvian Daffodil” (1938)