Images Dated 2016 September

Blue-winged grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens)

Blue-winged grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens) The colour depends on the terrain it inhabits but all variations - grey, brown, yellow or a mixture - have turquoise hind wings that show when they fly. Aquitaine, France

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Acrididae, African, Animal, Asian, Brown Animal, Coloration, Cryptic, European, Fauna, Full Length, Grasshopper, High Angle View, Insect, Insecta, Oedipoda, Orthoptera, Side View, Wildlife

Night sky in December in the Northern Hemisphere with a zodiacal

Night sky in December in the Northern Hemisphere with a zodiacal light, a very pale glow arching from the top left of the image to the right into a clearer and wider area that is the gegenschein. On the left, the constellations begin to be visible again with Taurus and Orion partially seen on the horizon. Brittany, France

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Night sky in winter in the Northern Hemisphere

Night sky in winter in the Northern Hemisphere. On the horizon are Orion and Gemini just risen, and above, Capella in Auriga (left) and Taurus accompanying the Pleiades. Zodiacal light emits a pale glow from the bottom left to the top right corner of the image. The stars compete with light pollution from towns. Brittany, France

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