Starship Asterisk*

4 and 5 get my vote but since I can only choose one, I voted for #5. Our rocky neighbor is truly a world being discovered but the vast cosmos is something so mysterious I had to go for #5.

I voted for #5 because I'm hungry!! :D

I voted for #4 because of the high resolution!

[size=150][b]Tadpole Nebula[/b][/size]
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/?IDNumber=pia13110
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/WISE
[url=http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA13110.jpg][img]http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA13110_modest.jpg[/img][/url]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=19392&start=0]this thread[/url] for more information.


[size=150][b]Moscow at Night[/b][/size]
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/spiderweb-space-photo-moscow-100507.html
Credit: Soichi Noguchi
[url=http://i.space.com/images/spiderweb-moscow-photo-100507-02.jpg][img]http://i.space.com/images/spiderweb-moscow-photo2-100507-05.jpg[/img][/url]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=19330&start=0]this thread[/url] for more information.


[size=150][b]IC 1795[/b][/size]
http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_IC1795.html
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team
[url=http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_images/WISE2010-012-lg.jpg][img]http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_images/WISE2010-012-sm.jpg[/img][/url]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=19371&start=0]this thread[/url] for more information.


[size=150][b]Volcanic Ash in Meridiani Planum[/b][/size]
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMOSA19Y8G_index_0.html
Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)
[url=http://download.esa.int/images/marsexpress/464-20100804-2097-6-co-01-MeridianiPlanum_H1.jpg][img]http://www.esa.int/images/464-20100804-2097-6-co-01-MeridianiPlanum_L.jpg[/img][/url]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19382&start=0]this thread[/url] for more information.


[size=150][b]Cannibalistic Galaxy Reveals Its Monstrous Appetite[/b][/size]
http://www.gemini.edu/node/11467
Credit: Gemini Legacy Image: R. Carrasco et al., Gemini Observatory/AURA
[url=http://www.gemini.edu/images/pio/press_release/pr2010-05/originals/20100506_abel3827_overlay.jpg][img]http://www.gemini.edu/images/pio/press_release/pr2010-05/fig1.jpg[/img][/url]
See [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19381&start=0]this thread[/url] for more information.