A NASA Hubble space
telescope photo reveals the spiral galaxy NGC 4603, the most distant galaxy
in which a special class of pulsating stars called Cepheid variables have
been found.
Falling for color Hundreds
of cars jam a road in Nikko, Japan, on Nov. 3, as drivers slow down to
admire the colorfully tinted leaves of autumn.
Black sun The last solar
eclipse of the millennium is seen in this multiple exposure photograph
as it appeared from the famous Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on Aug.
11.
Singers perform on a
giant stage on Lake Constance during a rehearsal of Giuseppe Verdi's opera
'Ein Maskenball' on July 15. The design of the stage in the lake shows
'Death' reading the book of life.
Pilot Ron Candiloro
breaks through the sound barrier in an F/A-18 Hornet fighter plane over
the Pacific Ocean on July 7. The cloud ball effect is caused when forward
sound waves squeeze moisture in the air.
A room with a view French
jets fly over Dubai's Burj Al-Arab, the world's tallest sea-based hotel,
on Nov. 12 during preparations for the Dubai Air Show.
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