Amazing Things That Everyone Should See
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.
Flickr Photo Photographer Eric Fischer is doing some pretty darn cool data visualization in his set, The Geotaggers’ World Atlas. Using geo-tagging tools, his imagination and some fancy Perl scripts, Eric is plotting Flickr photos on a map and highlighting 50 major cities in a vector view. Beauty in vectors « Flickr Blog.
For a long time, it was thought that the only creation grand enough to be visible from space was the Great Wall of China–but it turns out that humans aren't the only ones capable of such large-scale constructions. A group of enterprising beavers have built an enormous dam, over a half mile long, in a [...]
A movie of the March 30, 2010 prominence eruption, starting with a zoomed in view. The twisting motion of the material is the most noticeable feature. The viewpoint then pulls out to show the entire Sun. via A Solar Prominence [HD Video] on Flickr – Photo Sharing!.
That’s the impact scar of the third stage of the Saturn V rocket (technically designated S-IVB) that carried Apollo 13 to — but sadly, not on — the Moon. Earlier missions had placed seismic instruments on the lunar surface to measure if the Moon had any activity. They found it did, and in fact several [...]
The crater is 35 kilometres wide and has a maximum depth of approximately 2 kilometres beneath the crater rim. The circular patch of bright material located at the centre of the crater is residual water ice. via ESA – Mars Express – Water ice in crater at Martian north pole – images.
In Iceland the bountiful Kolgrima River inscribes the earth on its seaward path. (Hans Strand, © National Geographic) via World Water Day – The Big Picture – Boston.com.
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A Burst of Spring Spring has sprung on Mars, bringing with it the disappearance of carbon dioxide ice (dry ice) that covers the north polar sand dunes. In spring, the sublimation of the ice (going directly from ice to gas) causes a host of uniquely Martian phenomena. “rats’ feet over broken glass” – A Burst [...]
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