Why is the Sky Dark at Night?

Astronomy !!! LINK: Youtube

Music used:

Revised Youth - Broken Kites:
http://www.archive.org/details/broken...

Touch the Sky - Iambic^2:
http://www.archive.org/details/larida...

Award-Winning Astronomical Photographs

Every year, the National Maritime Museum of Britain gives awards in the field of astronomical photography. Prizes are awarded in five categories: Earth and Space, People and Space, Our Solar System, Deep Space, Young Astronomy Photographer and Best Newcomer. Pictured above is the grand prize-winning Blazing Bristlecone by Tom Lowe.

Link, Via: The Agitator, Via: Neatorama

Photos of the Northern Lights

James Pugsley's Astronomy North, a lovely site that has some amazing images of the Aurora Borealis.

Besides the many cool pictures, Astronomy North provides time-lapse photography videos of the Aurora Borealis, weather and viewing forecasts, and loads of Canadian astronomy resources. I also found the icon on today's Aurora Forecast page strangely comforting. LINK

Astronomy Pictures of the Year

There was certainly no shortage of breathtaking images to choose from — with robotic cameras orbiting Mars and rolling around its surface, the Cassini spacecraft at Saturn, space telescopes exploring the cosmos, and ground-based imaging with increasingly sophisticated hardware and software. Link
One of those selected was this image of the Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672. Link