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The Cygnus Wall is in the southern  area of NGC7000 also known as the North America Nebula. It is approximately 1800 light years from Earth, and is in the constellation Cygnus. The Wall is an energized shock front and contains the most concentrated star formations in the nebula. The size of the North America Nebula is about 4 full moons. (Bill Snyder)

Amateur astronomer Bill Snyder has been involved with astrophotography since 2007. Photo: The Cygnus Wall is in the southern area of NGC7000 also known as the North America Nebula. It is approximately 1800 light years from Earth, and is in the constellation Cygnus. The Wall is an energized shock front and contains the most concentrated star formations in the nebula. The size of the North America Nebula is about 4 full moons. (Photo and caption by Bill Snyder)
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30 Oct 2013 09:15:00
Chamonix Mont Blanc, France

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. The commune's population of around 9,800 ranks 865th within the country of France.
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27 Nov 2013 12:55:00
Olga Gharkova enters a aromatherapy room at the British Banya bathhouse, Saturday, February 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, just a few miles away from the ski slopes where athletes are competing for Olympic medals. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)

Olga Gharkova enters a aromatherapy room at the British Banya bathhouse, Saturday, February 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, just a few miles away from the ski slopes where athletes are competing for Olympic medals. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)
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17 Feb 2014 12:51:00
A man invades the Red Carpet and is held by security at the “How To Train Your Dragon 2” Premiere at the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2014 in Cannes, France. The man stuck his head up America`s skirt before being dragged away by security. Pictured: Djimon Hounsou, Cate Blanchett, America Ferrera and Kit Harington. (Photo by Camilla Morandi/IPA)

A man invades the Red Carpet and is held by security at the “How To Train Your Dragon 2” Premiere at the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2014 in Cannes, France. The man stuck his head up America`s skirt before being dragged away by security. Pictured: Djimon Hounsou, Cate Blanchett, America Ferrera and Kit Harington. (Photo by Camilla Morandi/IPA)
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17 May 2014 13:33:00
Untitled. (Photo by Ravshaniya)

Amazing gravity-defying photo manipulations by Ravshaniya, a photographer from Uzbekistan, teeters on the edge of levitation. Photo: Untitled. (Photo by Ravshaniya)
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27 Jun 2014 10:48:00
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11 May 2012 03:39:00
Dramatic changes spotted in HD 189733b exoplanet atmosphere

This artist's rendering illustrates the evaporation of HD 189733b's atmosphere in response to a powerful eruption from its host star. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected the escaping gases and NASA's Swift satellite caught the stellar flare. (Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center)
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29 Jun 2012 09:45:00


The Mad Hatter's tea party, a scene from a theatre production of “Alice In Wonderland”. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1910
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08 Apr 2011 09:17:00