The fortnight from across the globe (January 15-January 31)

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on January 20, 2015. The unmanned rocket blasted off with a next-generation communications satellite designed to provide cellular-like voice and data services to US military forces around the world. Picture taken using long exposure, looking over the campus of Florida Institute of Technologies in Melbourne, about 40 miles from the launch pad