ASTRONOMY PICTURE

OF THE DAY

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Clouds

JUN 2, 2003

The Fogs of Mars

JUN 30, 2003

Disappearing Clouds in Carina

SEP 6, 2003

Jupiter Unpeeled

SEP 10, 2003

Aurora Over Clouds

NOV 14, 2003

Jupiter Portrait

FEB 18, 2004

Anvil Cloud Over Sicily

MAY 16, 2004

Venus: Earth’s Cloudy Twin

APR 11, 2005

Clouds, Plane, Sun, Eclipse

SEP 11, 2005

Jupiter’s Clouds from Cassini

OCT 12, 2006

Saturn’s Infrared Glow

OCT 17, 2006

Clouds and Sand on the Horizon of Mars

NOV 14, 2006

Mercury’s Transit: An Unusual Spot on the Sun

MAY 1, 2007

Swirling Clouds Over the South Pole of Venus

MAY 2, 2007

Sunrise from the Surface of Gliese 581c

JUL 11, 2007

Constellations and Cloudy Skies

OCT 15, 2007

Jupiter’s Clouds from New Horizons

DEC 29, 2007

Saturn’s Infrared Glow

DEC 30, 2007

Mammatus Clouds Over Mexico

FEB 26, 2008

Mysterious Acid Haze on Venus

APR 23, 2008

Above the Clouds

SEP 26, 2008

Moon Rays over Byurakan Observatory

FEB 3, 2009

Lenticular Clouds Above Washington

MAY 12, 2009

A Circumhorizontal Arc Over Ohio

JUL 11, 2009

Noctilucent Cloud Storm Panorama

FEB 2, 2010

Mars and a Colorful Lunar Fog Bow

MAY 4, 2010

A Hall of Mountain Fogbows

SEP 15, 2010

Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus

OCT 6, 2010

Aurora Over Alaska

FEB 20, 2011

Mammatus Clouds Over Olympic Valley

MAY 16, 2011

Time Lapse Clouds and Sky Over the Canary Islands

JUL 4, 2011

Southern Ocean Sky

AUG 18, 2011

A Sun Pillar Over Ontario

AUG 24, 2011

A Pileus Iridescent Cloud Over Ethiopia

OCT 23, 2011

Jupiter’s Clouds from New Horizons

NOV 8, 2011

Jumping Sundogs Over Thunderclouds

DEC 3, 2011

As Above, So Below

MAY 31, 2012

Lantern Saturn

JUL 24, 2012

South Polar Vortex Discovered on Titan

AUG 22, 2012

Clouds Near the Edge of Space

NOV 7, 2012

Superstorm Sandy From Formation to Landfall

APR 28, 2013

A Raging Storm System on Saturn

MAY 5, 2013

A Supercell Thunderstorm Cloud Over Montana

JUN 18, 2013

A Supercell Thunderstorm Over Texas

JUN 27, 2013

Noctilucent Clouds over Moscow

NOV 18, 2013

Aurora and Unusual Clouds Over Iceland

APR 15, 2014

Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska

MAY 21, 2014

A Supercell Storm Cloud Forming over Wyoming

JUL 8, 2014

Iridescent Clouds over Thamserku

OCT 29, 2014

Iridescent Cloud Edge Over Colorado

NOV 3, 2014

In Green Company: Aurora over Norway

FEB 15, 2015

Two Hours Before Neptune

MAY 24, 2015

Space Shuttle Rising

JUN 15, 2015

A Colorful Lunar Corona

NOV 24, 2015

Aurora over Clouds

JUN 26, 2016

Jupiter’s Clouds from New Horizons

DEC 5, 2016

Lightning over Colorado

JAN 1, 2017

A Full Sky Aurora Over Norway

FEB 13, 2017

Cloud Swirls around Southern Jupiter from Juno

MAY 23, 2017

Approaching Jupiter

JUN 7, 2017

Orbiting Jupiter

FEB 26, 2018

Passing Jupiter

MAY 21, 2018

Jupiter Cloud Animation from Juno

JUN 5, 2018

Complex Jupiter

JUL 24, 2018

Clouds of Earth and Sky

NOV 21, 2018

Swirls and Colors on Jupiter from Juno

FEB 10, 2019

Venus Unveiled

MAY 19, 2019

A Circumhorizontal Arc Over Ohio

JUN 24, 2019

Anticrepuscular Rays Converge Opposite the Sun

SEP 8, 2019

Perijove 11: Passing Jupiter

DEC 15, 2019

Mammatus Clouds over Nebraska

JAN 6, 2020

Tumultuous Clouds of Jupiter

JAN 15, 2020

Iridescent Clouds over Sweden

MAR 16, 2020

A Moon Dressed Like Saturn

MAR 18, 2020

Anticrepuscular Rays over Florida

MAY 13, 2020

Jupiter in Infrared from Gemini

JUN 24, 2020

Inverted City Beneath Clouds

NOV 23, 2020

A Jupiter Vista from Juno

MAR 23, 2021

Mars over Duddo Stone Circle

MAY 30, 2021

Aurora over Clouds

JUN 8, 2021

A Face in the Clouds of Jupiter from Juno

AUG 30, 2021

A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia

DEC 29, 2021

Giant Storms and High Clouds on Jupiter

MAY 23, 2023

Jupiter’s Swirls from Juno