The forests of beech, oak, and ash trees that dot the Danish countryside erupt in shades of orange and gold each fall. As beautiful as it is to see from the forest floor, it’s even more impressive from above. “When you look down, the colors are more dense,” says Danish photographer Michael B. Rasmussen. “You see much more of them at once.”

SEE MORE: Fall in Denmark is even more beautiful seen from a drone.

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You would think that Americans would by now know that trying to carry a gun-shaped knife, a bullet-adorned gas mask, or an inert anti-tank mine onto an airliner is a very bad idea. But no. Apparently some people still haven’t received the memo.

READ MORE: Land mines, axes, and other ridiculous things the TSA has confiscated.

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Fifteen hydroelectric plants provide power to the 3 million people of Dagestan, and each of them is a tempting target for terrorists in a Russian republic facing an Islamic insurgency. Their security is paramount, and it starts with dogs. Forty German and Belgian shepherds join guards in safeguarding the plants, sniffing out any sign of trouble.

SEE MORE: The bomb-sniffing dogs that patrol Russia’s power stations.

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Light pollution may block out the stars, but sometimes it puts on a gorgeous show of its own. Chicago photographer Clarissa Bonet celebrates that show in Stray Light, her digital collages of illuminated windows dotting the skyline like stars.

READ MORE: Cities after dark create their own Starry Nights.

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Tucked away on the back streets and alleys of Kinshasa lies a thriving market of vendors selling anything and everything you might need to keep a car running. Wander this warren and you’ll find pistons, camshafts, brake rotors and more stacked in tidy piles or laid out in rows.

READ MORE: The market in the Congo where car parts go to rest.

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Laura Skinner celebrates the wide-eyed joy of childhood science in Experimental, blurring the line between science and magic with cool experiments like making fluorescent ice and creating a tornado in a bottle.

LEARN MORE: You’ve never seen science experiments look quite like this.

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Large, Dangerous Rocket Ships is among the world’s biggest amateur rocketry events. Some 250 rocketeers from as away as the UK and Argentina gathered on a cracked lakebed in the Mojave Desert, where the Federal Aviation Administration cleared the airspace for miles around. That’s essential, because these folks launch rockets capable of reaching 17,000 feet and making Elon Musk smile.

SEE MORE: Blast off with the amateur rocketeers of the Mojave Desert.

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Monday night’s supermoon certainly lived up to its billing. What a show! Oh sure, astronomers and physicists may say the supermoon isn’t all that super, but they’re party poopers. Everyone else looked to the sky with awe, and photographers the world over made amazing images of a moon that hasn’t looked so big or bright since 1948.

SEE MORE: Check out these incredible photos of monday’s Supermoon.

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Palm trees are big business, one Marc Newton explores in his perfectly named series    and . Newton started pondering where palms and cacti come from when he saw them at Home Depot and a CVS in Binghamton, New York. He picked up a pot, read the label, and decided to find out exactly where that cactus came from. 

SEE MORE: The big, thorny business of palm trees and cacti.

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