... On January 25th, light from a first quarter Moon illuminated this dreamlike landscape looking across the rugged, snow-covered peaks of the Alborz Mountain Range in northern Iran. ... Flame Nebula Close Up . ... A Tail of Two Hemispheres . ... Movie: Cassini Crosses Saturns Ring Plane . ... Movie: A Green Flash Over Italy . ... While Comet McNaught ruled southern skies, last week's conjunction of the Moon and Venus could be enjoyed by denizens of both hemispheres of planet Earth. ... January . ...