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We were lucky to find this critter right outside where we were staying, and they were friendly enough to stick around for a few clips and photos.
Trichosurus vulpecula (Australian Possum) at night
Juvenile black-crowned night heron in the Everglades at Royal Palm Visitor Center.
Juvenile black-crowned night heron
Conceptual diagram illustrating nighttime foraging by lobsters. Lobsters are most active at night, leaving their den to look for food.
Lobster nighttime foraging
Illustration of the Pleiades constellation.
Constellation: Pleiades
Illustration of a waning gibbous moon.
Moon
Moonrise over the Choptank River at Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge
Moonrise over the Choptank River
Moonrise over the Choptank River at Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge
Moonrise over the Choptank River
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases; first quarter is heading towards a full moon.
Moon: first quarter
Illustration of a full moon
Moon: full
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases: last quarter is heading towards a new moon.
Moon: last quarter
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases: new moon. The Moon, in its monthly orbital motion around Earth, lies between Earth and the Sun, and is therefore in conjunction with the Sun as seen from Earth. At this time, the dark (unilluminated) portion of the Moon faces almost directly toward Earth, so that the Moon is not visible to the naked eye.
Moon: new
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases; waning (decreasing in size) crescent (name of shape), heading towards a new moon.
Moon: waning crescent
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases; waning (decreasing in size) gibbous (name of shape), heading towards a new moon.
Moon: waning gibbous
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases; waxing (increasing) crescent (shape), heading towards a full moon.
Moon: waxing crescent
Illustration of the moon undergoing phases; waxing (increasing in size) gibbous (name of shape), heading towards a full moon.
Moon: waxing gibbous

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