Eyes to the skies as Comet PANSTARRS becomes visible during March

Luis Argerich from Buenos Aires, Argentina, captured Comet PANSTARRS in the sky above Mercedes, Argentina, on February 11, 2013. The comet shone at magnitude 4.5 to the left of an Iridium flare.

The long wait is nearly over. Northern Hemisphere skygazers haven’t seen a bright comet with a long tail since Comet Hale-Bopp graced the night sky in 1997. But if predictions hold, Comet PANSTARRS (C/2011 L4) should be a nice naked-eye object and look impressive through binoculars after sunset starting in the second week of March.

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WORLD FROM SPACE - Condensation Trails over Spain and Portugal

The condensation trails that form behind high-altitude aircraft, or contrails, are one of the most visible signs of the human impact on the atmosphere. On February 15, 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this view of numerous contrails over Portugal and Spain.

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Ireland, UK And Planet Earth From Space, 7 September 2012

Ireland and Britain, as seen from space by the MODIS Terra satellite at 1pm on Friday, 07 September 2012.

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WORLD FROM SPACE - 22 August 2012

The above image from the NEODAAS Geostationary Archive shows how the planet looked from space at 1pm today (Wednesday, 22 August 2012).  Click on the image for a closer view.

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The Azores Avoid Major Damage From Hurricane Gordon

Gordon formed as a tropical depression over the Atlantic Ocean on August 15, 2012, and strengthened to a tropical storm the next day.

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Hurricane Gordon Takes Aim At The Azores

Tropical Storm Gordon strengthened rapidly during Saturday to become a Category 2 Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. A hurricane alert has been put in place for The Azores where the Hurricane is expected to hit on Sunday night.

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Gordon Tracks Quickly Eastward Over The Atlantic

A mid-Atlantic Tropical Storm is forecast to approach The Azores late on Sunday before tracking east to affect Spain and Portugal as an extra-Tropical Storm during the middle of next week. The system will not affect the UK or Ireland.

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Atlantic Storm Gordon Could Become Hurricane This Weekend

Tropical Storm Gordon (circled) on Thursday morning. Image NOAA

The U.S. National Hurricane Centre (NHC) has said that a tropical storm that formed overnight in the mid-Atlantic could become a hurricane over the weekend as it tracks toward southern Europe and North Africa.

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