Astronomy Photographer of the Year The Royal Observatory has announced the Astronomy Photographers of the Year for 2011. A BBC slideshow talks you through the category winners, casting more light on the judges decisions. [more inside]
posted by biffa on Sep 10, 2011 - 20 comments

1,512 high-resolution images of Mars from the viewpoint of an airplane passenger. Previous photos: 1 2 3
posted by msalt on Sep 4, 2009 - 14 comments

The World at Night is a collection of astrophotography from around the world.
posted by Upton O'Good on Jan 29, 2008 - 9 comments

There was a lovely total solar eclipse over parts of Africa, Europe, and Asia yesterday. See the photo galleries from Spaceweather, BBC, various Flickr users, and the International Space Station.
posted by brownpau on Mar 29, 2006 - 12 comments

Astronomy Picture of the Day is ten years old today, and over its long life has featured great photos of Earth, the Milky Way, the Sun, Stars - and even Water on Mars.
Happy Birthday APOD.
posted by Mwongozi on Jun 16, 2005 - 5 comments

planetary photojournal
posted by crunchland on Nov 18, 2003 - 1 comment

Spectacular atmospheric optics.
Beautiful pictures of atmospheric phenomena, common and rare. You can also run your own halo simulations if you like... (Found in New Scientist's Weblinks, an extensive, annotated collection of all kinds of science links from all over the web.)
posted by talos on Sep 12, 2002 - 13 comments