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An octopus changing its colors while sleeping (dreaming).

The clearest photo of Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. Credits: NASA

The Milky Way core over an abandoned house! -Credits: Mike Abramyan

The Australian giant cuttlefish is a living kaleidoscope of color.

A flyby of Earth from the International Space Station. Credits: NASA

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." -Marie Curie

A flyby of Earth from the International Space Station. Credits: NASA

The crow knows exactly what it needs

One of the most beautiful pictures of Jupiter ever taken. Credits: NASA

One of the clearest images of Venus taken by Japan's Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter. -Credits: JAXA

A close-up of a wolf spider.

Milky Way Core rising above a sailing stone in Death Valley National Park. -Credits: Marcin Zajac

This is Hokkaido beach in Japan, where sand, sea, and snow meet.

View of the Earth as captured from Mt Everest.

"Blind obedience to authority is the greatest enemy of truth." - Albert Einstein

Jupiter as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. -Credits: NASA

Old Harry Rocks, Dorset, England.

The "Wrap-around Spider" flattens its body and wraps around tree branches or trunks, making it look like bark or a bump.

The place in Iceland where Green fields, Yellow river, Black beach, and Blue sea meet. -Credits: @sebastianmzh

A leopard and a black panther spotted together. Credit: M. Hunugund

“South Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas as seen from the International Space Station. -Credits: NASA/Terry Virts

Jupiter's moon Io as imaged by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Credits: NASA/JPL

Ever seen a sunset and a solar eclipse at the same time? Well, now you have.

Milky Way as visualized through the entrance of a huge sea cave, on the rugged South Australian coastline. 📸 Tom Rae

The River of Five Colors! In central Colombia, a river called Caño Cristales displays its finest colors.

Rate it! The red-lipped batfish (Ogcocephalus darwini) of the Galapagos Islands that walks on the ocean floor.

A window view from space: Africa to the left, Europe to the right. -Credits: NASA

Pluto as visualized by NASA's New Horizons. -Credits: NASA

Rate it! This Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul).

This is what Jupiter looks like from the south pole. -Credits: NASA

A spectacular view of New Zealand from the International Space Station (ISS). Credits: NASA

This volcanic lightning over Colima volcano, Mexico. -Credits: Sergio Tapiro

The moon: same time, same place, 28 days.

The side of the moon you have never seen with your own eyes.

The Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302). Its wingspan covers over 3 light-years. -Credits: NASA

This volcanic lightning over Colima volcano, Mexico. -Credits: Sergio Tapiro

A spectacular view of New Zealand from the International Space Station (ISS). Credits: NASA

You can't see me! Rate this owl camouflage.

Milky Way over Mount Cook, New Zealand. Credits: Tom Rae

The side of the moon you have never seen with your own eyes.

Saying goodbye to a species, moments before the last male northern white rhino on the planet passed away. -Credits: Ami Vitale

The moon: same time, same place, 28 days.

The Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, Japan.

Perseid meteor shower over Stonehenge. Credits: Josh Dury

Stunning! Jupiter and its moon Io. -Credits: NASA

Rate it! Quokkas, the happiest animal on Earth.

The Hexagon! One of the clearest and beautiful images of Saturn. -Credits: NASA

48 different colors of the moon, all photographed in a period of 10 years. -Credits: Giulia Pace

The beautiful Rose Galaxy (UGC 1813) as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. -Credits: NASA

A thermal Image of a sleeping Husky.