by owlice » Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:58 am
Mercury Smiles for MESSENGER
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sci ... age_id=476
Credit: Image acquisition, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington; image extraction, Pierre Charland
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Core of M101: Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M101 ... -Core.html
Copyright: Data, Hubble Legacy Archive; processing, Robert Gendler
Lyrid Meteor
http://www.tonyrowell.com
Copyright: Tony Rowell
[attachment=3]lyrid meteor_eastern sierra_rowell.jpg[/attachment]
Rio Tinto Mission
http://www.starryearth.com/
Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado
[attachment=2]riotintomission.jpg[/attachment]
Between 15 and 25 April 2011 the University of Innsbruck and the Austrian SpaceForum are conducting a series of field tests for a future human mission to Mars in the region of Rio Tinto in southern Spain, one of regions more similar to Mars on Earth.
In collaboration with international research teams, including representatives of U.S. and European space agencies, a prototype for a future spacesuit has been tested as well other devices as the rover can be seen on the left of the image. ~ Juan Carlos Casado
Chaos on the Sun
http://www.astrolab.be
Credit: Sébastien Kersten, Philippe Vercoutter
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Sunset at ALMA
http://www.almaobservatory.org/
Copyright: T. Burchell, NRAO/AUI/NSF
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This shot was taken at sunset on March 13th, and the first quarter Moon seen above the Array Operations Site technical facility is the recent "Super Moon." The Moon appears to be in third quarter phase, because this is the southern hemisphere, so it is upside-down! In the foreground is one of the ALMA telescopes, a North American version of the eventual 66 12-meter telescopes that will cover this ancient volcanic plain. To get this shot, I needed to wear an oxygen tank and several layers of clothing, because there's only about half the air pressure here as compared to sea level, and it's nearly always below freezing up here at 16,500 ft. (Tibet averages about the same altitude as ALMA.) ~ T. Burchell
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[size=120][b]Mercury Smiles for MESSENGER[/b][/size]
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?gallery_id=2&image_id=476
Credit: Image acquisition, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington; image extraction, Pierre Charland
[size=85][attachment=4]z-110420-130304.jpg[/attachment][/size]
[size=120][b]Core of M101: Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major[/b][/size]
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M101-HST-Gendler-7-Core.html
Copyright: Data, Hubble Legacy Archive; processing, Robert Gendler
[img2]http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M101-HST-Gendler-7-CoreSS.jpg[/img2]
[size=120][b]Lyrid Meteor[/b][/size]
http://www.tonyrowell.com
Copyright: Tony Rowell
[size=85][attachment=3]lyrid meteor_eastern sierra_rowell.jpg[/attachment][/size]
[size=120][b]Rio Tinto Mission[/b][/size]
http://www.starryearth.com/
Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado
[float=left][size=85][attachment=2]riotintomission.jpg[/attachment][/size][/float]Between 15 and 25 April 2011 the University of Innsbruck and the Austrian SpaceForum are conducting a series of field tests for a future human mission to Mars in the region of Rio Tinto in southern Spain, one of regions more similar to Mars on Earth.
In collaboration with international research teams, including representatives of U.S. and European space agencies, a prototype for a future spacesuit has been tested as well other devices as the rover can be seen on the left of the image. ~ Juan Carlos Casado
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[size=120][b]Chaos on the Sun[/b][/size]
http://www.astrolab.be
Credit: Sébastien Kersten, Philippe Vercoutter
[size=85][attachment=1]chaos on the sun - sebastien kersten - philippe vercoutter - edf155-extq2x0050 (11-04-18 10-35-05) r3.jpg[/attachment][/size]
[size=120][b]Sunset at ALMA[/b][/size]
http://www.almaobservatory.org/
Copyright: T. Burchell, NRAO/AUI/NSF
[float=left][size=85][attachment=0]apodALMAmoonPreview.jpg[/attachment][/size][/float]This shot was taken at sunset on March 13th, and the first quarter Moon seen above the Array Operations Site technical facility is the recent "Super Moon." The Moon appears to be in third quarter phase, because this is the southern hemisphere, so it is upside-down! In the foreground is one of the ALMA telescopes, a North American version of the eventual 66 12-meter telescopes that will cover this ancient volcanic plain. To get this shot, I needed to wear an oxygen tank and several layers of clothing, because there's only about half the air pressure here as compared to sea level, and it's nearly always below freezing up here at 16,500 ft. (Tibet averages about the same altitude as ALMA.) ~ T. Burchell