Found Images: 2012 June
Found Images: 2012 June
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A closed mouth gathers no foot.
Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Know the quiet place within your heart and touch the rainbow of possibility; be
alive to the gentle breeze of communication, and please stop being such a jerk. — Garrison Keillor
alive to the gentle breeze of communication, and please stop being such a jerk. — Garrison Keillor
Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Bystander, you really 'tugged' on my funny-bone with this one.bystander wrote:
To find the Truth, you must go Beyond.
Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
Credit: NASA
Astronaut opens up the window to see the Moon rise
Discover Blogs | Bad Astronomy | 2012 Jun 01
Know the quiet place within your heart and touch the rainbow of possibility; be
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Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Earth and Sky Photo Contest 2012
Credit: Babak Tafreshi and The World at Night (TWAN)
Base link: http://vimeo.com/41781867
TWAN link: http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6071
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=28508
Found Images: 2012 June
Venus, from one side of the Sun to another
Credit: Cenk E. Tezel & Tunç Tezel
Base Link: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... o-another/
TWAN Link: http://twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003606
Credit: Cenk E. Tezel & Tunç Tezel
Base Link: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... o-another/
TWAN Link: http://twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003606
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Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565)
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxies/ ... GC4565.htm
Copyright: Ken Crawford
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxies/ ... GC4565.htm
Copyright: Ken Crawford
Re: Found Images: 2012 June
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Re: Found Images: 2012 June
A truly unique perspective on astronomy and art, astronaut Don Pettit's beautiful star trail pictures taken from on board the ISS!
Image copyright: Don Pettit/NASA Image copyright: Don Pettit/NASA
more of his astounding images can be viewed at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa_jsc_p ... 257865460/
Image copyright: Don Pettit/NASA Image copyright: Don Pettit/NASA
more of his astounding images can be viewed at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa_jsc_p ... 257865460/
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Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Star Trails over Mexican Hat
Copyright: Greg Brush This was an all night capture of the stars over Mexican Hat, Utah.
["My God, It's Full of Stars!"]
Copyright: Greg Brush This was an all night capture of the stars over Mexican Hat, Utah.
["My God, It's Full of Stars!"]
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Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Atacama crescents near Cerro Armazones (E-ELT site in Chile)
http://www.capella-observatory.com/Imag ... scents.htm
Copyright: Rainer Sparenberg and Stefan Binnewies
http://www.capella-observatory.com/Imag ... scents.htm
Copyright: Rainer Sparenberg and Stefan Binnewies
Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Uncovering the Veil (Nebula)
NASA Image of the Day | 2012 June 12
The Veil Nebula, left behind by the explosion of a massive star thousands of years ago, is one of the largest and most spectacular supernova remnants in the sky.
The image was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in November 1994 and August 1997.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University)
NASA Image of the Day | 2012 June 12
The Veil Nebula, left behind by the explosion of a massive star thousands of years ago, is one of the largest and most spectacular supernova remnants in the sky.
The image was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in November 1994 and August 1997.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University)
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Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Proposed European Extremely Large Telescope (39.3-meter)
Illustration Credit :ESO
Found link: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1225/
Note the comparative size of the cars!
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=28868
Illustration Credit :ESO
Found link: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1225/
Note the comparative size of the cars!
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=28868
Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Chance Alignment Between Galaxies Mimics a Cosmic Collision
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama)
Base Link: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv ... 9/image/a/
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(Hubble Space Telescope Image)
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama)
Base Link: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv ... 9/image/a/
Asterisk Cross Post: http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=28888
(Hubble Space Telescope Image)
Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Cassini Sees Tropical Lakes on Saturn Moon
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Base Link: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/newsrel ... e20120613/
Asterisk Cross Post: http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28884
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Base Link: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/newsrel ... e20120613/
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Coffee Bean Nebula (RCW 98) widefield
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/rcw9 ... FSQ106.htm
Copyright: Steve Crouch
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/rcw9 ... FSQ106.htm
Copyright: Steve Crouch
Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Late Afternoon Shadows at Endeavour Crater on Mars
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"My Blue Mars"
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ.
Found: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15684
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28679
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"My Blue Mars"
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ.
Found: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15684
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28679
Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Dusty Mars Rover's Self Portrait
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ.
Found: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15115
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 67#p175267
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ.
Found: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15115
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 67#p175267
Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
Credit: ESO/MPE/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)/VISTA/J. Emerson/Digitized Sky Survey
Found: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhHUNvEKUY8
Saturn, raw
Saturn, raw | Discover Blogs | Bad Astronomy | 2012 June 17
W00074443.jpg | NASA JPL-Caltech | Cassini Solstice Mission | 2012 June 15
W00074443.jpg | NASA JPL-Caltech | Cassini Solstice Mission | 2012 June 15
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Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Dark Horse Nebula
http://www.astro-austral.cl/imagenes/wi ... l/info.htm
Copyright: José Joaquín Pérez
http://www.astro-austral.cl/imagenes/wi ... l/info.htm
Copyright: José Joaquín Pérez
Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Know the quiet place within your heart and touch the rainbow of possibility; be
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Re: Found Images: 2012 June
Milky Way to Concordia Base… Come In, Concordia Base…
Universe Today | Jason Major | 2012 June 18
Universe Today | Jason Major | 2012 June 18
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