All-Request Photos: Aurora Borealis, Blue Frogs, Spacewalks…

Yesterday our resident photography whiz, Alan Taylor, decided to try an experiment: he solicited reader requests for news photos. The response was great, the subject matter varied, and he says the task of finding the images and composing the entry was great fun — images ranged from massive solar flares to tiny insects, taken in places from Thailand to outer space, and much more. Read more.

[Image: Alik Keplicz/AP]

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    Great pictures!!

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