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epa03586135 A 25-minute-long exposure shows stars trailing across the sky over a chapel near Sofia, Bulgaria, 15 February 2013. EPA/VASSIL DONEV
A 25-minute-long exposure shows stars trailing across the sky over a chapel near Sofia, Bulgaria, 15 February 2013.
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The Russian Soyuz TMA-20 space capsule lands about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan on May 24, 2011. A Soyuz space capsule carrying an Italian, a Russian and an American back from the International Space Station (ISS) has landed safely in Kazakhstan, Russian mission control said.
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US astronaut, flight engineer Catherine "Cady" Coleman (L), Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli (R) and the Expedition 27 Commander, Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev , sit inside their Soyuz TMA-20 capsule just after the landing in Kazakhstan on May 24.
Mikhail Metzel / AP
Russian space agency rescue team help U.S. astronaut Cady Coleman leave the capsule after Soyuz capsule's landing about 93 miles south-east of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. The Soyuz capsule carrying Italian, American and Russian back to Earth from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Tuesday.
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epa02748728 The International Space Station crew of US astronaut Cady Coleman Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratiev, and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli are seen after Soyuz capsule's landing 80 miles south-east of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on May 24, 2011.
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Grant Kaye / Courtesy of TWAN
The Second International Earth and Sky Photo Contest celebrates images that combine the beauties of the night sky with a notable location or landmark on Earth.
Star trails whirl around the north celestial pole in the skies above Mono Lake in California. This photo, by Grant Kaye, won fifth place in the "Beauty of the Night Sky" category.
See slideshow for more photographs from this year's contest. Also, for more information about the Earth and Sky Photo Contest, visit the website for The World at Night.
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An orbital sunrise brightens this view of space shuttle Discovery's vertical stabilizer, orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods, docking mechanism, remote manipulator system/orbiter boom sensor system (RMS/OBSS) and payload bay in this photo provided by NASA and taken March 7, 2011. Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery prepared on Tuesday to bring NASA's most-traveled spacecraft back to Earth, wrapping up its 39th and final mission.
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Photographers take photos of the Rotating Service Structure as it rolled back from the space shuttle Discovery, Wednesday night, Feb. 23, 2011 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. After 143 million miles (230 million kilometers) and nearly a year all told in orbit, space shuttle Discovery is poised to blast off Thursday one last time.
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