The rise and fall of ocean tides here on Earth is caused by the Moon's gravitational pull...
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The craters of the Moon captured with clarity from here on Earth
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A parhelion, or "sun dog" is captured here. This is an atmospheric optical illusion that consists of a bright spot to one or both sides of the Sun. Sun dogs are a members of the family of halos, and are caused by the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
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Did you know the moon has its own kind of earthquake? Small "moonquakes", originating several miles below the Moon's surface, are thought to be caused by the gravitational pull of Earth.
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The rings around Saturn are formed mostly out of floating ice particles! At least 62 moons are known to orbit Saturn too.
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The Pleiades, or "Seven Sisters" are a star cluster - the easiest to see from Earth with the naked eye. The cluster is dominated by hot blue and luminous stars as seen above.
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A star is born: Some scientists estimate up to a 1000 stars are being born in  the Orion Nebula pictured above.
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Every star you see in the night sky is bigger and brighter than our sun. How's that for perspective!
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The Andromeda galaxy - the nearest galaxy next to the MIlky Way.
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Phases of the moon....
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Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System, with 2.5 times the mass of all the other planets combined.
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The Flame and Horsehead Nebulas
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Alien hues of midnight blue and luminous green highlight the skies with a supernatural mystique
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You don't need to travel all the way to Iceland to see the Northern Lights, as this gorgeous shot captured by Nadine proves!
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The Northern Lights as captured from Perth's very own skies
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Out of this world photography

05 December 2018

You may remember Nadine from our recent Workdays & Weekends feature with her this year. By day a high school English teacher, by night she pursues a very unique hobby in astrophography.

"I like to dabble in daytime photography, but my passion is for astrophotography. It’s so exciting being able to capture the swirling cloud bands of Jupiter or the distant glow from galaxies millions of light-years away all from your back garden.", Nadine told us.

We were so blown away by the images she sent us that we asked her if she'd like to share some of her photography with us for this week's gallery - and she happily obliged!

Celestial skies and alien hues of neon light are captured; star clusters pinpricks of light illuminating the infinity of our Universe.

It can be really humbling to think about the massive size of the universe - we really are just a tiny dot. 

The galaxy that our solar system resides in is, as you may know, the Milky Way. The upper estimate of stars it contains is 400 billion. Given this, you may be surprised to know that the Milky Way has been estimated to make up...wait for it..... 

0.00000000000000042% of the Universe. Yep. It's hard to even conceive.

Another mind-bending fact: you could fit 1,300,000 "Earths" inside our Sun - but each star we can see in the night sky with the naked eye is bigger than our Sun. 

Food for thought the next time you're gazing up at the night sky, right?

We invite you to lose yourself in the swirling galaxies, nebulas, and celestial neon skies captured through Nadine's lens. Nature really is mind-blowing, strange and beautiful all at once.

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