moon

In case you missed it: Some time-lapse footage from yesterday's solar eclipse.

Check the via link for more great pictures by Clint Melander!

There's an Olympic Ring you don't see every day.

Strand managed to capture a similar halo around the moon and sun in Östersund, Sweden 10 hours apart. Put the two together, and you have a cool-looking surreal skyscape!

Via Laughing Squid:

Yummy Moon by artist Yona Lee uses 450 partially eaten Nilla Wafers to depict the different phases of the Moon. A photo on Lee's site shows the artist using a projector to map the image and match the shape of the cookies to various shapes needed to display the Moon's phases.