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The galaxy on view over Germany
The sun slowly disappears below the horizon at the end of the day in the north German state of Brandenburg Aug. 8 as a galaxy of stars appear in the clear night sky over Jacobsdorf.
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An Afghan National Army soldier stands on a roof to look at storm clouds passing over Combat Outpost Nangalam in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Thursday.
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Workers extract salt at a salt mine near the Siberian town of Barnaul on Monday, August 15.
Reflections of the sky at Siberian salt mine
More photos from Siberia here.
Rainbow graces the sky in Minsk
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A rainbow is seen near the village of Stankovo, some 30 km west of Minsk, Belarus, on Aug. 14.
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Two women run along a field while a rainbow stretches across the sky in the background near the village of Stankovo, Belarus, Aug. 14.
David Goldman / AP
Spc. Christopher Aust, 25, of Harrison, Ark., with the US Army's 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Ky., takes a picture of a rainbow at the Transit Center in Manas, Kyrgyzstan, while riding out a layover on the way home after completing a deployment in Afghanistan on Wednesday, Aug. 10. The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division is returning home after a year in Afghanistan as the last brigade to deploy as part of President Obama's 30,000 troop surge.
Rainbow lights up the sky as US Army Specialist heads home
You can see more images of rainbows on PhotoBlog here.
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A windmill is silhouetted against a starry sky during a time exposure in a field near Randolph, Kan., Sunday, Nov. 7.
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Belgian cooks toast at a event known as "Dinner in the Sky" as they are seated around tables that are lifted by a crane in front of the Atomium, a 335-foot tall structure and its nine spheres, built for the 1958 World Fair, in Brussels September 16, 2010.
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The "Dinner in the Sky" platform is suspended in front of the Atomium. The even is hosted at a table that accommodates 26 people around tables suspended at a height of 50 meters by a crane.
Dinner in the Sky
I've heard of "view" restaurants, but this takes it to a whole new level. I'm not sure I would be comfortable fastening my seatbelt before eating dinner.
Kurt Hostetler / The Star Press via AP
Storm clouds roll in on Ind. 67 Monday morning, June 21, 2010 near Muncie, in Delaware County, Ind.
More stormy beauty from the Midwest
Like the photo we posted earlier today from Kansas, this picture is a neat frame about weather from a local newspaper.