SmILP5r.jpg (700×700) NASA Images. Cliff-clavin-buffalo-beer-theory.jpg (500×423) EeE9J.jpg (1200×800) 69in3.jpg (1024×1024) 15 Mind-Blowing Featured Images by NASA. The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the United States’ largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe.
They are also home to some of the most amazing images, visualizations and videos NASA has to offer! Please do yourself a favour and check out their incredible Flickr page which has thousands of images with wonderfully detailed descriptions. Below is a collection of 15 mind-blowing featured images from NASA. Enjoy! 1. The STEREO (Ahead) spacecraft caught this spectacular eruptive prominence in extreme UV light as it blasted away from the Sun (Apr. 12-13, 2010). 2. This is a mosaic image, one of the largest ever taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of the Crab Nebula, a six-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star’s supernova explosion. The orange filaments are the tattered remains of the star and consist mostly of hydrogen. 3. 1312792613_lake-reflection-08.jpg (1024×701) 12 Beautiful Clear Water Beaches and Lakes You Should Visit This Summer.
Fullmoonhike.swf. Hubble Heritage Gallery of Images. 1591454848_1366x768.jpg (1366×768) National Geographic Photo Contest 2011. National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30.
For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Many people pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you've come from. Eruption of the Cordon del Caulle. Beluga whales in the arctic having fun. This is a streetcar in New Orleans traveling back towards The Quarter on St. This image captures almost 6 hours of climbing parties on Rainier going for the summit under starry skies. Russia, polar region of West Siberia, Tazovsky Peninsula. 20-Striking-Natural-Disasters.jpg (900×630)
Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss. 2012 March 12 - The Scale of the Universe Interactive. Discover the cosmos!
Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2012 March 12 The Scale of the Universe - Interactive Flash Animation Credit & Copyright: Cary & Michael Huang Explanation: What does the universe look like on small scales? WhaleBAR_450x592.jpg (450×592) Extreme Mountain Camping. The Top 25 Photo Galleries of 2011. Dec 29, 2011 Below you will find a collection of the Sifter’s top 25 galleries posted in 2011.
Often the most popular posts on the site, the galleries not only take our readers around the world, but back in time as well. Some galleries even show us the farthest reaching points of the Cosmos and the thriving microscopic world invisible to the human eye. Ss-cathedral-peak.jpg (1050×700) 36 Jaw-Dropping Nature Photos. Costa_rica_santa_elena_skywalk-1280-1024.jpg (1280×1024) 25 Most Beautiful Animals Photography on StumbleUpon. I think the most beautiful pictures are those made in nature.
Nothing compares with the expression of a tiger, the majestic flight of an eagle or the strength of a white bear. Below you can see 25 the most beautiful animal photographs that will capture your attention, and were stumbled on StumbleUpon. 04-tyrrel.jpg (900×600) Beautiful Photographs of Star Trails Above Australian Outback - StumbleUpon.