SPACE.com. Operational Significant Event Imagery. The Operational Significant Event Imagery (OSEI) team produced high-resolution, detailed imagery of significant environmental events which were visible in remotely-sensed data. These images provided members of the public and media with broadcast, print and web-quality imagery created by the OSEI team of particularly significant or newsworthy environmental events which were visible in satellite data. During some hurricane events, multiple images were generated. The last image to update the OSEI site was generated in July, 2010. Since August 1, 2010, the image of the day and other significant images have been generated by the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory (EVL) and placed on their site. For daily Significant Event Imagery, please visit the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory (EVL).
Astronomy Picture of the Day. Space Station Sightings. HQ Moon Photo. Seen the full Moon lately? Maybe you have, but I can pretty much guarantee you’ve never seen it like this: [Click to enlunanate.] Sure, that may just look like another full Moon picture, but it’s much more extraordinary than that: it’s one of the highest resolution pictures of the entire near side of the Moon ever compiled!
This is actually a mosaic of about 1300 separate images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Wide-Angle Camera — the total size is a whopping 24,000 x 24,000 pixels, producing a resolution of about 145 meters/pixel. The full-size version is a monster 550 Mb TIF file (seriously, don’t grab that one unless you need it!) The images were taken over the course of two weeks in December 2010. But it’s not: when you see the full Moon from Earth, that means the Sun is shining straight down on the Moon — the Earth is essentially directly between the Moon and Sun. But it’s also one of the highest resolution image ever made too! Amazing. Related posts: Scientific-Altanta WebStar Modem. Snopes: Urban Legends Reference Pages.
Cryptozoology.com.