Solar blasts heading toward Earth can stoke up beautiful auroras in the nighttime sky, and wreak havoc on communications satellites and electrical power grids.

CNN: Sun flips magnetic field

And those two things, the title Beautiful Losers from Cohen's book and "reaching for the sky just to surrender, " I can relate to that.

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Cotopaxi, with its white cone brilliant against the blue sky, he found the most beautiful of all.

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But if you hit one of those beautiful winter days when the sea is calm and the sky is blue, continue along the coast path for about two miles until it curves into the hidden bay and tiny old harbour of Lamorna Cove.

BBC: Britain's winter wanderland

It was 8:58 a.m. when I left the office on a (normal) beautiful NYC September day with that signature blue sky.

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Sky today continues to strengthen its leadership in movie content by agreeing a new multi-year deal with the UK's leading independent film distribution company, Entertainment Film Distributors, to bring Sky Movies customers exclusive access to hit movies including The Master, Silver Linings Playbook, Beautiful Creatures and The Host, alongside a wide range of classic titles.

ENGADGET: Sky Movies lands deal with Entertainment Film Distributors to stream top movies

Best supporting actress nominees for drama went to Jennifer Connelly ("A Beautiful Mind"), Cameron Diaz ("Vanilla Sky"), Marisa Tomei ("In The Bedroom") and Kate Winslet ("Iris").

CNN: Globes: 'Beautiful,' 'Moulin' golden