The Most Amazing Images of the Week, November 14-18, 2011

This week’s image roundup brings some amazing stuff, including this shot of a moonbow (shot at night, lit by the moon), a waterfall, and an aurora, all at once. But also robots, time-lapse space videos, beautiful ocean worms, the world’s lightest material, and so much more.

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30,000-Pound Bomb
Boeing
He's Doing It!
DigInfo
New Worms
David Shale
The World's Lightest Material
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Snow Launch
NASA/Carla Cioffi
Burning Garbage Better
Office of Naval Research
SciTatt
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Spinning Globe
Michael Konig
Brilliant Teenagers
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