1. A Supercell Thunderstorm Cloud Over Montana
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2. Scientists aiming to tackle the global energy crisis are developing advanced stellarators—nuclear fusion machines. At a German lab, a model was built based on a larger device that hit 54 million°F and became the hottest object in the solar system for 43 seconds.
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3. This looping video shows an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga volcano on January 15, 2022. The GOES-17 satellite captured the series of images, which also depict crescent-shaped shock waves and lightning strikes.
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4. A bird embryo developing inside an egg
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5. During volcanic eruptions, (above, Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano) colliding particles of ash create immense levels of electricity, released as volcanic lightning.
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6. A macro lens, fast shutter speed, and precise lighting brought out dazzling details in this young flounder that weren’t initially apparent
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7. Fireworks illuminate the gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte, Maincy, France. Making smart compositions, such as including reflections.
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8. Red spites, a type of transient luminous event or TLE, appear in the upper atmosphere above a thunderstorm in Oklahoma in April 2025.
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9. A wall of dust, also known as a haboob, approaches the Phoenix metro area as a monsoon storm pushes the dust into the air on Aug. 25, 2025.
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10. Penguin parents share egg-sitting duties, each spending several days on the nest before a shift change. After about 37 days, the chicks hatch.
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10. Penguin parents share egg-sitting duties, each spending several days on the nest before a shift change. After about 37 days, the chicks hatch.
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11. Twice a year in the Gulf of Mexico rays migrate. About 10 thousand stingrays swim from the Yucatan Peninsula to Florida in the spring and back in the fall.
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12. Dot-dash fireflies (Photuris pensylvanica) are seen on Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C., in a composite photograph made from 516 two-second exposures. This species of fireflies glows while flying vertically.
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13. The border between Belgium and the Netherlands in a cafe.
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14. A dying tornado in the “roping out” phase, in Regan, North Dakota, 2011.
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15. Two water fleas under the microscope.
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16. Thor’s Well – “the gates of the dungeon.” Cape Perpetua, Oregon. At moderate tide and strong surf, flowing water creates a fantastic landscape.
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17. NASA's origami-inspired starshade
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18. The opening of a hibiscus flower (Hibiscus moscheutos) in four stages, each taken 10 minutes apart, gradually revealing a head packed with pollen.
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19. Annular solar eclipses (one seen here in 2010 in Qingdao, China) are special because the moon appears smaller than the sun when they overlap, creating a "ring of fire" at the right time and place.
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20. One of my favorite weather phenomenons the Light Pillar. Formed by ice crystals reflecting in light of very cold air.
Sources: nationalgeographic.com, reddit.com