EarthSky News - Oct 15 - Moon, Planets … Earth

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Next few mornings … Moon, Venus, Mars Don't miss the moon's sweep past dazzling Venus and much fainter Mars, east before sunup. Secret Antarctic ice canyons revealed Ice shelves in Antarctica are like conveyor belts, continually carrying ice to the sea. Scientists have found hidden canyons on their undersides that may affect the shelves fragility. Tropical volcanoes trigger El Niños, says study A new study shows how large volcanic eruptions cool tropical Africa, spawning El Niños. Chasing the northern lights in Alberta A night sky timelapse by Jack Fusco featuring frozen lakes, fog inversions, and of course the northern lights!

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Next few mornings … Moon, Venus, Mars They'll be lovely to view, and you might get a sense of the moon in its orbit around Earth, moving, always, eastward or toward the sunrise direction in your sky.

Chasing the northern lights in Alberta A night sky timelapse by Jack Fusco. Jack wrote, "I got to timelapse something I had never seen in the past. I couldn't believe it when I saw the pillar in the sky!" Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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