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Found Images: 2012 May

Post by owlice » Sat May 05, 2012 12:45 pm

Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look.

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Fly Geyser near Gerlach, Nevada

Post by RJN » Sat May 05, 2012 1:46 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fly_G ... Nevada.jpg
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Post by Rothkko » Sat May 05, 2012 4:12 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/7118799989/
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Post by RJN » Tue May 08, 2012 5:36 pm

All of Earth's Water in a Single Sphere
Credit & Copyright: USGS, Woods Hole
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Post by RJN » Fri May 11, 2012 1:31 pm

Dione's Evander basin caught against Saturn and rings
Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / color composite by Emily Lakdawalla
Link: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-la ... 41544.html
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Post by RJN » Fri May 11, 2012 1:34 pm

The Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Credit: NASA, ESA, ESO, D. Lennon (ESA/STScI), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Link: http://heritage.stsci.edu/2012/01/index.html

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Post by RJN » Fri May 11, 2012 1:39 pm

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NASA Dawn's Virtual Flight Over Asteroid Vesta
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYxPw_T8Vlk
Dawn Link: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/feature_storie ... vealed.asp
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Post by bystander » Fri May 11, 2012 5:01 pm

From Russia With Love Elektro-L: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/elektro.html
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/95108/from ... -of-earth/
Animated gif (huge): http://www.ntsomz.ru/img/electro_071011.gif
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Post by RJN » Fri May 11, 2012 6:51 pm

bystander wrote:From Russia With Love
Cool! Is this image copyrighted? If so, please indicate that in the description, if you can. This may help others to know whether they use this image on their website, Facebook feed, etc. Thanks if you can. - RJN
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Post by bystander » Fri May 11, 2012 6:56 pm

I didn't see any copyright in the source article on Universe Today.

Image credit: Russian Federal Space Agency / Research Center for Earth Operative Monitoring (NTS OMZ)
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Post by RJN » Mon May 14, 2012 4:59 pm

Star Trails and Station Modules
Link: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/ima ... 7_alt.html
Credit: Don Petit, NASA
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Post by RJN » Mon May 14, 2012 8:37 pm

HEIC: Edge-on Beauty (NGC 891)
Link: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1220a/
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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Post by RJN » Tue May 15, 2012 3:16 pm

Cygnus-X: The Cool Swan Glowing in Flight
Credit: ESA/PACS/SPIRE/Martin Hennemann & Frederique Motte, Laboratoire AIM Paris-Saclay, CEA/Irfu -- CNRS/INSU -- Univ. Paris Diderot, France
Link: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15626

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Post by RJN » Tue May 15, 2012 3:39 pm

Glacier Flows in Iceland
Found: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... capes.html
Home: http://www.haarbergphoto.com/galleries/ ... gallery/58
Credit and Copyright: Erlend Haarberg
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Post by bystander » Tue May 15, 2012 8:31 pm

Amateur astronomers boost ESA’s asteroid hunt
ESA Space Situational Awareness | 2012 May 14

Schools and amateurs help boost ESA's asteroid hunt
Faulkes Telescope Project | 2012 May 14

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Post by RJN » Wed May 16, 2012 4:23 pm

Expedition 31 Soyuz Launch
Credit: NASA, BIll Ingalls
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en
Found Link: http://www.universetoday.com/95174/expe ... lasts-off/
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Post by RJN » Wed May 16, 2012 4:36 pm

IC 2944 Thackeray's Globules
Credit & Copyright: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and N.S. van der Bliek (NOAO/AURA/NSF)
Copyright Link: http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/copyright.html
Home Link: http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1101.html
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Post by RJN » Wed May 16, 2012 4:40 pm

Ghost of Jupiter, NGC 3242
Credit & Copyright: T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF, L. Frattare and Z. Levay/STScI/AURA/NASA
Copyright Link: http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/copyright.html
Home Link: http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1091.html
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Post by RJN » Wed May 16, 2012 6:52 pm

Opportunity's Eighth Anniversary View From 'Greeley Haven' (False Color)
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ.
Home Link: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15282
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Post by RJN » Wed May 16, 2012 6:55 pm

Closest Dione Flyby
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Home Link: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA14590
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Post by RJN » Wed May 16, 2012 7:37 pm

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Jupiter and two of its moons (and a sungrazing comet)
Credit: SOHO, Sungrazing Comets Group at NRL
Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5WuOZIRWjI
Found link: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-la ... 60939.html
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Post by bystander » Wed May 16, 2012 9:01 pm

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Annular Solar Eclipse this Weekend
NASA Science News | Dr. Tony Phillips | 2012 May 15

Annular Solar Eclipse over the USA
NASA Science News | Dr. Tony Phillips | 2012 Jan 27

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Post by owlice » Thu May 17, 2012 2:41 am

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA14608
Daphnis and Pan
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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Post by owlice » Thu May 17, 2012 10:12 am

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15416
Andromeda in ultraviolet
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Post by owlice » Thu May 17, 2012 10:19 am

http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/sn2010/
SN 2010jl: A Supernova Cocoon Breakthrough
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Royal Military College of Canada/P.Chandra et al); Optical: NASA/STScI

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28574
http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2012/hgs/
Herschel Galaxy Survey: Overfed Black Holes Shut Down Galactic Star-Making
Credit: Illustration: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/R. Hurt (SSC)

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28507
http://www.gemini.edu/node/11815
Celestial Tapestry is Born of Uncertain Parentage
Credit: Gemini Observatory/AURA

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