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jtotheizzoe:

Planets viewed from Earth as if they were at the distance of our moon

Of course, they forget to mention that as Jupiter rolls by the gravitational balance on Earth would be completely disrupted, sucking our crust and oceans upward to such a degree that we would instantly be both flooded and earthquaked to death, depending on what side of the planet you were on.

What a night sky, though!

(by 3kingAmazing)

jtotheizzoe: Mt. Vesuvius from Space As Phil Plait informs us at the link above, this gorgeous shot was taken from the International Space Station on Jan 1, 2013. That so many would desire to live in a place so beautiful, with full knowledge of the possible destruction that this active volcano could wreak on their lives (as it did less than two millennia ago), speaks volumes about us. Sometimes when you take a picture of Earth, it can be a self-portrait of humanity itself. It’s a stunningly beautiful place, and that seems to trump danger and risk for a great many people.  (via Bad Astronomy)

jtotheizzoe:

Mt. Vesuvius from Space

As Phil Plait informs us at the link above, this gorgeous shot was taken from the International Space Station on Jan 1, 2013. That so many would desire to live in a place so beautiful, with full knowledge of the possible destruction that this active volcano could wreak on their lives (as it did less than two millennia ago), speaks volumes about us.

Sometimes when you take a picture of Earth, it can be a self-portrait of humanity itself. It’s a stunningly beautiful place, and that seems to trump danger and risk for a great many people. 

(via Bad Astronomy)

discoverynews:

Me: “Uhhhh…. What the what?! That’s beautiful.”
Hillary: “Huh?” *walks over* “Whoa.”
Me: “That’s it? That’s all you got?”
Hillary: “Yep, I’m really deep like that.”

expose-the-light:

Last Launch: Dan Winters and the Shuttle Program

(Source: TIME)

jtotheizzoe: Perseids Meteor Shower Composite This long exposure shot by David Kingham as a friendly reminder that we are orbiting the Sun at 67,000 miles per hour, rocketing around the center of the Milky Way at 490,000 miles per hour, and traveling towards the constellation Leo at a blistering 390 kilometers per second. That means that we happen to pass through the thin, dusty tails of comets long passed, like Swift-Tuttle, the Perseids’ source, we shouldn’t be surprised to see a few fireworks. We’re really moving, folks. (via kottke)

jtotheizzoe:

Perseids Meteor Shower Composite

This long exposure shot by David Kingham as a friendly reminder that we are orbiting the Sun at 67,000 miles per hour, rocketing around the center of the Milky Way at 490,000 miles per hour, and traveling towards the constellation Leo at a blistering 390 kilometers per second.

That means that we happen to pass through the thin, dusty tails of comets long passed, like Swift-Tuttle, the Perseids’ source, we shouldn’t be surprised to see a few fireworks.

We’re really moving, folks.

(via kottke)

“ It’s a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It’s an interesting place to be. I recommend it. ”

Neil Armstrong talking about the Moon (via ikenbot)

scienceisbeauty: Rest in peace, Neil Armstrong. Armstrong took this picture with a 70-millimeter Hasselblad lunar surface camera, one of three Hasselblad cameras the mission carried to the Moon. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the United States flag. (Source-NASA) The Apollo 11 Journey in Photographs (The Atlantic)

scienceisbeauty:

Rest in peace, Neil Armstrong.

Armstrong took this picture with a 70-millimeter Hasselblad lunar surface camera, one of three Hasselblad cameras the mission carried to the Moon. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the United States flag. (Source-NASA)

The Apollo 11 Journey in Photographs (The Atlantic)

discoverynews:

Woooooow………..

expose-the-light:

Milky Way

This name derives from its appearance as a dim “milky” glowing band arching across the night sky, in which the naked eye cannot distinguish individual stars.

(Source: flickr.com)

uraniaproject: Massive Star Blows Fancy Hourglass Nebula The image was captured using four narrow-band filters that have been tuned to see hydrogen as well as ionized helium, sulfur and oxygen. When combined in the top composite, helium is violent, sulfur blue, oxygen green and hydrogen red. Image: Gemini Observatory/AURA

uraniaproject:

Massive Star Blows Fancy Hourglass Nebula

The image was captured using four narrow-band filters that have been tuned to see hydrogen as well as ionized helium, sulfur and oxygen. When combined in the top composite, helium is violent, sulfur blue, oxygen green and hydrogen red.

Image: Gemini Observatory/AURA

logicalterrestrial: ikenbot: Searchlight Beams from the Egg Nebula Nebulae are the star factories. There is an unknown vast amount of nebulae in the universe. Nebulae produce stars and stars occasionally host planets. By experience we know that planets can host life. Just more reasons why we can never determine, no matter how far in the future from now, that there is no other life in the universe.

logicalterrestrial:

ikenbot:

Searchlight Beams from the Egg Nebula

Nebulae are the star factories. There is an unknown vast amount of nebulae in the universe. Nebulae produce stars and stars occasionally host planets. By experience we know that planets can host life. Just more reasons why we can never determine, no matter how far in the future from now, that there is no other life in the universe.

scienceisbeauty: There are 22,000 pieces of useless space junk that are big enough to be tracked from earth. In addition to those, there are more than 100,000 pieces of stuff bigger than 1 cm. That might not seem big, but when it’s moving at hundreds or thousands of miles per hour, it can certainly do some damage. The European Space Operations Centre released the above image, of what space will look like if we curb the problem vs. if we continue on our current path. Source: Our Junk Problem, The Science of Space, Temple University

scienceisbeauty:

There are 22,000 pieces of useless space junk that are big enough to be tracked from earth. In addition to those, there are more than 100,000 pieces of stuff bigger than 1 cm. That might not seem big, but when it’s moving at hundreds or thousands of miles per hour, it can certainly do some damage. The European Space Operations Centre released the above image, of what space will look like if we curb the problem vs. if we continue on our current path.

Source: Our Junk Problem, The Science of Space, Temple University

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