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Earth Science Picture of the Day - a service of USRA

Highlights the diverse processes and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system.

  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly five posts per week
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Jan 2023 15
Feb 2023 21
Mar 2023 22
Apr 2023 21
May 2023 23
Jun 2023 22
Jul 2023 21
Aug 2023 23
Sep 2023 9
Oct 2023 23
Nov 2023 22
Dec 2023 7

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

Big Dipper over Roques de Garcia
Photographer: Tomas Slovinsky Summary Author: Tomas Slovinsky Even simple photographs can be very beautiful. More important than over-powering and over-processing the image is to be in the right place at the right time -- and …
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Crab Spider
Photographer: Michela Meda Summary Author: Michela Meda The Thomisus Onustus is widespread throughout almost all of Europe and northern Africa. Because of its forwards and sideways movements, it’s also called the crab spider. To feed …
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Distant Thunderstorm over the Mediterranean Sea and Lunar Corona
Photographer: Alessia Scarso Summary Author: Alessia Scarso The photo above shows a distant thunderstorm over the Mediterranean Sea as observed from the seafront of Maganuco, Sicily on the evening of September 25, 2023. It’s a …
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