Newly released timelapse imagery gives a days-long view of the destructive wildfires spreading in the greater Los Angeles area. The images, released by the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CSU/CIRA), depicts the fires from January 7-11. By January 13, the fires had burned over 38,000 acres and claimed at least 25 lives. Credit: CSU/CIRA & NOAA via Storyful | KTVU Fox 2

A brightly lit Mars could be seen passing behind the full moon during a rare lunar occultation on Monday, January 13, footage captured in San Francisco shows. NASA defines an occultation as when one celestial object passes directly in front of another. This one was visible from North America and parts of Africa, and happened with Mars nearing opposition to the sun, meaning the planet was near its brightest in the sky. The footage here was captured by local resident Shreenivasan Manievannan, who