Three-banded plover, Charadrius tricollaris, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa September 2018

Auroral curtains at the zenith, with shades of green and cyan, from the display of September 8, 2018 taken from the Tibbitt Lake site near Yellowknife, NWT.

The large star-forming region of IC 1396 in Cepheus, taken September 5, 2018 from home in southern Alberta. The wide field includes the bright orange star Mu Cephei, or Herschel's Garnet Star, at top. The Elephant Trunk Nebula is at centre. North is at top.

A aurora group is taking their aurora selfie shots on the boardwalk at Rotary Park in Yellowknife, NWT, under a grand sweep of an auroral arc. This was September 11, 2018 under a mild display of Lights. Illumination is from the aurora and from urban lighting nearby.

BepiColombo spacecraft integration before launch

Branched lightning in front of Portofino (Italy). Lightning branched on the sea, facing Portofino (Liguria), during the very electric storm of September 02, 2018