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FEATURE - Clouds of Hydrogen Gas ? Simon Tang Clouds of hydrogen gas give way as the magnetic field lines of the sun snap and clash together. This display of nature creates astonishing features, known as prominences, on the limb of the Sun. Taken with QHYCCD QHY5III-174M camera, 5040mm f/33.6, 1000 x 12-millisecond frame exposures Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

Stunning solar prominences shine in photography competition

5 July 2022

This photograph of solar features called prominences is one of the dazzling cosmic images shortlisted for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in the UK
Earthrise

How the stunning Earthrise became the world’s most famous photograph

18 December 2018

On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 became the first crewed spacecraft to circle the moon. Emerging from its dark side, one astronaut reached for his camera

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