APOD

The APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) picture for 18 July shows Jupiter over the ruins of Ephesus. The pictures on this site are always wonderful, though sometimes the explanations are not so clear for the lay person.

Other highly recommended pictures from the past month are those for:

• 13 July (the night sky over Death Valley)

• 5 July (fireworks, lightning, and a comet, all seen together from a beach in Perth, Western Australia)

• 20 June (moonrise over Cape Sounion -- my personal favourite, I made it my wallpaper).