2018’s New Year’s supermoon: It was a great way to start 2018! The year started with a full moon that happened also to be the year’s closest and brightest supermoon. See photos.
Neeti Kumthekar in Belmar, New Jersey, caught the January 2018 supermoon rising with a mirage effect. The rising or setting moon or sun can exhibit a mirage when there are air layers of different temperatures near your horizon – for example, over an ocean. Read more about mirages from Atmospheric Optics.
Late April moon and Jupiter: The moon swept past the very bright planet Jupiter in late April, shortly before the giant planet was at its closest and brightest for the year. See photos.
Full moon and Jupiter – April 29, 2018 – shining through the hazy night over Oklahoma, captured by Mike O’Neal.
Full moon eclipse and Mars in late July: Mars was brighter in late July than it had been since 2003. Then – on July 27 – that very bright Mars appeared near the moon as it was undergoing a total eclipse. See photos.
Prabhakaran A wrote from Trichy, India: “The full moon on the night of July 27-28, 2018, presented the longest and darkest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century. Totality spanned 1 hour 42 minutes and 57 seconds. The most distant and smallest full moon of the year passed through the center of the Earth’s dark umbral shadow which reached its maximum length and width for the year. This beautiful eclipse happened on the same night of Mars opposition.”
Favorite Perseid meteor shower photos: 2018 was an exceptional year for August’s tried and true Perseid meteor shower. See photos.
Nicholas Holshouser wrote: “The Jerry Lee Lewis Memorial ‘Great Ball of Fire’ Perseid meteor. Looking west towards the Great Smoky Mountains from an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken at 4:38 a.m. on August 13, 2018. The bright train was visible for over a minute and it formed a high vapor cloud and was visible above me for more than 20 minutes as it went overhead.”
SpaceX’s cool night launch and landing on October 7: Night launches are always fun, and this October 7 launch by SpaceX – from Vandenberg Air Force Base, north of Los Angeles, California – generated more than its fair share of awesome images. See photos.
Allan Der sent in this photo from Downey, California, on October 7, 2018: “SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage rocket. I was not expecting to shoot the event, but happen to have my camera handy.”
See it! Images of comet 46P/Wirtanen: Look here for photos and video of 2018’s Christmas comet and brightest comet 46P/Wirtanen. See photos.
Comet 46P/Wirtanen on December 15, 2018 – hours before it came closest to Earth – via Juan Gonzalez-Alicea in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.
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Bottom line: Most popular EarthSky photos from 2018.
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2018’s New Year’s supermoon: It was a great way to start 2018! The year started with a full moon that happened also to be the year’s closest and brightest supermoon. See photos.
Neeti Kumthekar in Belmar, New Jersey, caught the January 2018 supermoon rising with a mirage effect. The rising or setting moon or sun can exhibit a mirage when there are air layers of different temperatures near your horizon – for example, over an ocean. Read more about mirages from Atmospheric Optics.
Late April moon and Jupiter: The moon swept past the very bright planet Jupiter in late April, shortly before the giant planet was at its closest and brightest for the year. See photos.
Full moon and Jupiter – April 29, 2018 – shining through the hazy night over Oklahoma, captured by Mike O’Neal.
Full moon eclipse and Mars in late July: Mars was brighter in late July than it had been since 2003. Then – on July 27 – that very bright Mars appeared near the moon as it was undergoing a total eclipse. See photos.
Prabhakaran A wrote from Trichy, India: “The full moon on the night of July 27-28, 2018, presented the longest and darkest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century. Totality spanned 1 hour 42 minutes and 57 seconds. The most distant and smallest full moon of the year passed through the center of the Earth’s dark umbral shadow which reached its maximum length and width for the year. This beautiful eclipse happened on the same night of Mars opposition.”
Favorite Perseid meteor shower photos: 2018 was an exceptional year for August’s tried and true Perseid meteor shower. See photos.
Nicholas Holshouser wrote: “The Jerry Lee Lewis Memorial ‘Great Ball of Fire’ Perseid meteor. Looking west towards the Great Smoky Mountains from an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken at 4:38 a.m. on August 13, 2018. The bright train was visible for over a minute and it formed a high vapor cloud and was visible above me for more than 20 minutes as it went overhead.”
SpaceX’s cool night launch and landing on October 7: Night launches are always fun, and this October 7 launch by SpaceX – from Vandenberg Air Force Base, north of Los Angeles, California – generated more than its fair share of awesome images. See photos.
Allan Der sent in this photo from Downey, California, on October 7, 2018: “SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage rocket. I was not expecting to shoot the event, but happen to have my camera handy.”
See it! Images of comet 46P/Wirtanen: Look here for photos and video of 2018’s Christmas comet and brightest comet 46P/Wirtanen. See photos.
Comet 46P/Wirtanen on December 15, 2018 – hours before it came closest to Earth – via Juan Gonzalez-Alicea in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.
EarthSky 2019 lunar calendars are cool! Order now. Going fast!
Bottom line: Most popular EarthSky photos from 2018.
from EarthSky http://bit.ly/2Ais4aV
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