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Photo of the Day : Science & Space

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Photo: Man-made lightning striking a model power line

Lightning Model

Photo of the Day, December 15, 2009

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Westinghouse engineers use this miniature system for tests ...

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Photo: Children exposed to ultraviolet light

Ultraviolet Bath, Russia

Photo of the Day, October 26, 2009

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Make-believe summer lasts for a minute or ...

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Photo: Atom bomb test

Atom Bomb Test, Bikini Atoll

Photo of the Day, October 5, 2009

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The second atomic bomb tested in Operation ...

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Photo: Workers assembling airplane noses

Attack Bomber Assembly, California

Photo of the Day, October 2, 2009

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Nose assemblies for Douglas A-20 attack bombers ...

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Electric Plant, Spain

Photo of the Day, September 14, 2009

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At an electric plant in southern Spain, mirrors as big ...

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Photo: Aerial view of Chicago city lights

Chicago City Lights

Photo of the Day, March 27, 2009

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Chicago at night burns bright under blankets of clouds ...

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Woman Swimming, Berlin

Photo of the Day, March 13, 2009

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Neurobiologist Constance Scharff finds inspiration swimming near her Berlin ...

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Newborn Weigh-In, India

Photo of the Day, March 11, 2009

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Founded in 1970, the Comprehensive Rural Health Project (also ...

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Health Worker Holding a Child, India

Photo of the Day, March 3, 2009

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Her fingers gnarled by leprosy suffered as a teenager ...

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Nuristan, Afghanistan, October 2006.  Blast halo and round exiting mortar tube as US forces engage nearby insurgents.  Mortar systems provide much needed relief for convoys and patrols that come under attack from insurgents.

Mortar System, Afghanistan

Photo of the Day, February 15, 2009

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Nuristan, Afghanistan, October 2006: Blast halo and round exiting mortar tube ...

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Photo: Northern lights above a house

Northern Lights, Trapper Creek, Alaska

Photo of the Day, January 26, 2009

Spectacular sky shows brighten the long winter nights for Alaska's year-round residents. This display of northern lights sets the ...

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Photo: Oil refinery at night

Oil Refinery, Ras Tanurah, Saudi Arabia

Photo of the Day, January 14, 2009

Gas flares fire the night at Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanurah refinery, north of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Each day sparkling ...

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Bioluminescent Organisms, Japan

Photo of the Day, January 5, 2009

The transparent shells of tiny Cypridina hilgendorfii, found in the coastal waters and sands of Japan, hold a creature that ...

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