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10 Most Incredible Solar Flares Captured In Pictures

Solar flares are like the Sun's equivalents of Earth's natural hazards, though of course they occur on a much larger scale. It would be nice to say such phenomena have minimal impact on the environment or life on Earth, but solar flares do strongly influence our local space weather – and who knows what a biggie could do? While we wait for the answer, don your protective glasses and prepare for some dazzling images of solar eruptions.

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15 Phenomenal Images of the Aurora Australis

With today’s super telescopes, we are better placed than ever to witness the astonishing celestial beauty of stars, nebulae and quasars. But while telescopes are invaluable to our understanding of the distant Universe, there are luminous cosmic energies at play closer to home that can be seen clearly with the naked eye. Most people have heard tale of the legendary Northern Lights, but their southern cousins, Aurora Australis, make no less magical a spectacle.

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Geography Guide on About.com

If you can’t quite get enough of lava flows, images of Earth from space and weird and wonderful factoids about this awesome planet of ours, then check out the Geography section over at About. Written and managed by Matt Rosenberg, a professional, published geographer who has been the guide on About for over a decade, the collection of articles and images compiled is phenomenal.

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Massive “Laughing Gas” Cloud Released into Atmosphere

image via wikipedia An accident at Albion Chemicals Ltd. in Ireland, caused a massive cloud of ‘laughing gas’ to be released into the atmosphere.

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Mother Earth: From Noxious Fumes to a Breath of Fresh Air

Welcome to the third post in the series we’re calling Mother Earth. So far we have covered the Earth from the big bang to its earliest formation and the role of volcanoes in shaping our world. You can view the

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