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Space Station Flying by the Moon

Here is a great image of the International Space Station photographed from Houston, Texas flying by the Moon. This photo was taken January 4th. NASA – Space Station Flying by the Moon.

Hubble Image of Grand Design Spiral Galaxy M74

Hubble Telescope image of spiral galaxy M74, also known as NGC 628 grand-design spiral galaxy. NASA Image of the Day

A Tour of Earth as Captured by Astronauts

An intimate tour… in 1080p… of Earth’s most impressive landscapes… as captured by astronauts with their digital cameras. Dr. Justin Wilkinson from NASA’s astronaut team describes the special places that spacemen focus on whenever they get a moment. Youtube

Cassini Mission to Saturn

CASSINI MISSION from Chris Abbas on Vimeo. The footage in this little film was captured by the hardworking men and women at NASA with the Cassini Imaging Science System. If you’re interested in learning more about Cassini and the on-going Cassini Solstice Mission, check it out at NASA’s website: saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/​science/​index.cfm

Aurora From Space – NASA

From space, the aurora is a crown of light that circles each of Earth’s poles. The IMAGE satellite captured this view of the aurora australis (southern lights) on September 11, 2005, four days after a record-setting solar flare sent plasma—an ionized gas of protons and electrons—flying towards the Earth. The ring of light that the [...]

Pale Blue Dot

The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken in 1990 by Voyager 1 from a record distance, showing it against the vastness of space. By request of Carl Sagan, NASA commanded the Voyager 1 spacecraft, having completed its primary mission and now leaving the Solar System, to turn its camera around and [...]

Human landscapes in SW Florida – Boston.com

See the rest of the article and pictures at The Big Pitcure via Human landscapes in SW Florida – The Big Picture – Boston.com.

NASA Images Show Oil’s Invasion Along Louisiana Coast – NASA

The left-hand image contains data from MISR's vertical-viewing camera. It is shown in near-true color, except that data from the instrument's near-infrared band, where vegetation appears bright, have been blended with the instrument's green band to enhance the appearance of vegetation. The Mississippi River delta is located below the image center. The slick is seen [...]

Space Bubble – SPACE.com

A spectacular new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a stunning space bubble filled with baby stars. The new space bubble image highlights an area called N11 – a complex network of gas clouds and star clusters within our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. This energetic star-forming region is the second largest [...]

A Hole in the Moon

Impact craters are visible everywhere on the Moon, but pits are rare. This pit in Mare Ingenii (located at -35.95°N, 166.06°E) is about 427 feet (130 meters) in diameter. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University via Space.com.

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