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The
Galactic Center Across the Infrared Credit: 2MASS Project, Umass,
IPAC/Caltech, NSF, NASA Explanation: The center of our Galaxy is obscured
in visible light by dark dust that rotates with the stars in the Galactic
Plane. In this century, however, sensors have been developed that can detect
light more red that humans can see - light called infrared. The above
picture shows what the Galactic Center looks like in three increasingly
red bands of near-infrared light. The picture results from a digital
combination of data recently taken by the 2MASS and MSX Galactic surveys.
In near-infrared light (shown in blue) the dust is less opaque and many
previously shrouded red giant stars become visible. In the mid-infrared
(shown in red) the dust itself glows brightly, but allows us a view very
close to our tumultuous and mysterious Galactic Center. Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay
Norris. Specific rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA/GSFC &
Michigan Tech. U.
Pelican
Nebula Ionization Front Credit: John Bally (U. Colorado), KPNO
0.9-m Telescope, NOAO, AURA, NSF - Explanation: The Pelican Nebula is slowly
being transformed. IC 5070, the official designation, is divided from the
larger North America Nebula by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust.
The Pelican, however, receives much study because it is a particularly
active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The above picture
was produced in two specific colors to better understand these interactions.
Here, hot hydrogen gas glows in red, while cooler Sulfur glows blue-green.
The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming the cold gas
to hot gas, with the advancing boundary between the two known as an ionization
front. Particularly dense filaments of cold gas are seen to still remain.
Millions of years from now this nebula might no longer be known as the
Pelican, as the balance and placement of stars and gas will leave something
that appears completely different. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific
rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA/GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
Desert
Paintbrush & Lupine - Arrowleaf Balsamroot, Indian Paintbrush
and other wildflowers grace a ridge above Blair Lake in the Centennial
Mountains, on the approach to Taylor Mountain. The Continental Divide Trail
- Leland Howard, PhotoTripUSA.
Little
Lake - At Little Lake in the Beaverhead Mountains, the first week
of August is springtime and Lewis' Monkeyflowers line the stream banks.
The leaves of this plant are edible as salad greens and hummingbirds sip
nectar from the deep blossoms. In late afternoon light, Homer Youngs Peak
reflects in the lake. The Continental Divide Trail - Leland Howard, PhotoTripUSA.
Bitterfoot
Range - On the windswept ridge of the Continental Divide, south
of Morrison Lake in the Beaverhead Mountains, an afternoon storm clears
in late August. The mountain range in the background is Idaho's Lemhis.
The Continental Divide Trail - Leland Howard , PhotoTripUSA.
Dead
Limber Pine - A lone tree stands sentinel over Meyers Hill near
Dana Spring. This photo was taken in the evening light, looking eastward
toward Marysville, Montana in the Helena National Forest. The Continental
Divide Trail - Leland Howard , PhotoTripUSA.
Bear
Hat Mountain Reflection - Bearhat Mountain, near Logan Pass in
Glacier National Park, is reflected in numerous shallow tarns and in Hidden
Lake. At this northerly latitude, near the Montana/Canada border, treeline
is at about 6,000 feet. Krummholz (stunted and twisted trees) eke out an
existence wherever the terrain is less steep and rocky. The Continental
Divide Trail - Leland Howard , PhotoTripUSA.
M63:
The Sunflower Galaxy Credit & Copyright:
Satoshi Miyazaki (NAOJ), Suprime-Cam, Subraru Telescope, NOAJ - Explanation:
One of the bright spiral galaxies visible in the north sky is M63, the
Sunflower Galaxy. M63, also catalogued as NGC 5055, can be found with a
small telescope in the constellation of Canes Venaciti. Visible in the
above picture are long winding spiral arms glowing blue from a few bright
young stars, emission nebulae glowing red from hot ionized hydrogen gas,
and dark dust in numerous filaments. M63 interacts gravitationally with
M51 (the Whirlpool Galaxy) and several smaller galaxies. Light takes about
35 million years to reach us from M63, and about 60,000 years to cross
the Sb-type spiral galaxy. Stars in the outer regions of the Sunflower
Galaxy rotate about the center at a speed so high they should fly off into
space, indicating that some sort of invisible, gravitationally-binding,
dark matter is present. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. LHEA at NASA/GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Lemhi
Pass - Sunset as seen from the Continental Divide just south of
Lemhi Pass. This is where Lewis and Clark crossed the Rocky Mountains twice.
On their westward trek, they thought this 7373 foot pass would give them
direct access to the Columbia River drainage, but were discouraged by the
view of Idaho's Lemhi Range, whose snow-covered peaks posed yet another
challenge. The Continental Divide Trail - the Photography of Leland Howard
- PhotoTrip USA.
Solstice
Celebration (Small
Version) Credit: SOHO - EIT Consortium, ESA, NASA - Explanation:
Season's greetings! At 01:48 Universal Time on June 21 the Sun reaches
its northernmost point in planet Earth's sky marking a season change and
the first solstice of the year 2000. In celebration, consider this delightfully
detailed, brightly colored image of the active Sun. From the EIT instrument
onboard the space-based SOHO observatory, the tantalizing picture is a
false-color composite of three images all made in extreme ultraviolet light.
Each individual image highlights a different temperature regime in the
upper solar atmosphere and was assigned a specific color; red at 2 million,
green at 1.5 million, and blue at 1 million degrees C. The combined image
shows bright active regions strewn across the solar disk, which would otherwise
appear as dark groups of sunspots in visible light images, along with some
magnificent plasma loops and an immense prominence at the righthand solar
limb. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell
(USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. A service
of: LHEA at NASA/GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
Ganymede:
The Largest Moon in the Solar System Credit: Galileo Project, JPL,
NASA Explanation: If Ganymede orbited the Sun, it would be considered a
planet. The reason is that Jupiter's moon Ganymede is not only the largest
moon in the Solar System, it is larger than planets Mercury and Pluto.
The robot spacecraft Galileo currently orbiting Jupiter has been able to
zoom by Ganymede several times and snap many close-up pictures. Ganymede,
shown above in its natural colors, sports a large oval dark region known
as Galileo Regio. In general, the dark regions on Ganymede are heavily
cratered, implying they are very old, while the light regions are younger
and dominated by unusual grooves. The origin of the grooves is still under
investigation. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry
Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris.
Hope
Lake - Hope Lake in the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness emerges from
a blanket of clouds at sunset. The Continental Divide Trail passes within
fifty feet of this viewpoint, but trekkers will never know it is there
unless they keep track of their position on a topographical map and climb
a few feet to the ridgeline. The Continental Divide Trail - the Photography
of Leland Howard - PhotoTripUSA.
Photo links 50
Web's Best Photo and Art Links
From Magic Mike
My collection of links to photos of
the best Hubble Space Telescope photos and other NASA photos,
incredible landscapes, scenic wonders
and wildlife animals,
AND Art Masters of the 10th through
20th Centuries from World Museums.
Back
to the full photo list page.
To Magic Mike's Joke
Page Parlor
To Magic Mike's Home Page (See a magic
trick!)
The
Galactic Center Across the Infrared Credit: 2MASS Project, Umass,
IPAC/Caltech, NSF, NASA Explanation: The center of our Galaxy is obscured
in visible light by dark dust that rotates with the stars in the Galactic
Plane. In this century, however, sensors have been developed that can detect
light more red that humans can see - light called infrared. The above
picture shows what the Galactic Center looks like in three increasingly
red bands of near-infrared light. The picture results from a digital
combination of data recently taken by the 2MASS and MSX Galactic surveys.
In near-infrared light (shown in blue) the dust is less opaque and many
previously shrouded red giant stars become visible. In the mid-infrared
(shown in red) the dust itself glows brightly, but allows us a view very
close to our tumultuous and mysterious Galactic Center. Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay
Norris. Specific rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA/GSFC &
Michigan Tech. U.
Pelican
Nebula Ionization Front Credit: John Bally (U. Colorado), KPNO
0.9-m Telescope, NOAO, AURA, NSF - Explanation: The Pelican Nebula is slowly
being transformed. IC 5070, the official designation, is divided from the
larger North America Nebula by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust.
The Pelican, however, receives much study because it is a particularly
active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The above picture
was produced in two specific colors to better understand these interactions.
Here, hot hydrogen gas glows in red, while cooler Sulfur glows blue-green.
The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming the cold gas
to hot gas, with the advancing boundary between the two known as an ionization
front. Particularly dense filaments of cold gas are seen to still remain.
Millions of years from now this nebula might no longer be known as the
Pelican, as the balance and placement of stars and gas will leave something
that appears completely different. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific
rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA/GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
Desert
Paintbrush & Lupine - Arrowleaf Balsamroot, Indian Paintbrush
and other wildflowers grace a ridge above Blair Lake in the Centennial
Mountains, on the approach to Taylor Mountain. The Continental Divide Trail
- Leland Howard, PhotoTripUSA.
Little
Lake - At Little Lake in the Beaverhead Mountains, the first week
of August is springtime and Lewis' Monkeyflowers line the stream banks.
The leaves of this plant are edible as salad greens and hummingbirds sip
nectar from the deep blossoms. In late afternoon light, Homer Youngs Peak
reflects in the lake. The Continental Divide Trail - Leland Howard, PhotoTripUSA.
Bitterfoot
Range - On the windswept ridge of the Continental Divide, south
of Morrison Lake in the Beaverhead Mountains, an afternoon storm clears
in late August. The mountain range in the background is Idaho's Lemhis.
The Continental Divide Trail - Leland Howard , PhotoTripUSA.
Dead
Limber Pine - A lone tree stands sentinel over Meyers Hill near
Dana Spring. This photo was taken in the evening light, looking eastward
toward Marysville, Montana in the Helena National Forest. The Continental
Divide Trail - Leland Howard , PhotoTripUSA.
Bear
Hat Mountain Reflection - Bearhat Mountain, near Logan Pass in
Glacier National Park, is reflected in numerous shallow tarns and in Hidden
Lake. At this northerly latitude, near the Montana/Canada border, treeline
is at about 6,000 feet. Krummholz (stunted and twisted trees) eke out an
existence wherever the terrain is less steep and rocky. The Continental
Divide Trail - Leland Howard , PhotoTripUSA.
M63:
The Sunflower Galaxy Credit & Copyright:
Satoshi Miyazaki (NAOJ), Suprime-Cam, Subraru Telescope, NOAJ - Explanation:
One of the bright spiral galaxies visible in the north sky is M63, the
Sunflower Galaxy. M63, also catalogued as NGC 5055, can be found with a
small telescope in the constellation of Canes Venaciti. Visible in the
above picture are long winding spiral arms glowing blue from a few bright
young stars, emission nebulae glowing red from hot ionized hydrogen gas,
and dark dust in numerous filaments. M63 interacts gravitationally with
M51 (the Whirlpool Galaxy) and several smaller galaxies. Light takes about
35 million years to reach us from M63, and about 60,000 years to cross
the Sb-type spiral galaxy. Stars in the outer regions of the Sunflower
Galaxy rotate about the center at a speed so high they should fly off into
space, indicating that some sort of invisible, gravitationally-binding,
dark matter is present. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. LHEA at NASA/GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Lemhi
Pass - Sunset as seen from the Continental Divide just south of
Lemhi Pass. This is where Lewis and Clark crossed the Rocky Mountains twice.
On their westward trek, they thought this 7373 foot pass would give them
direct access to the Columbia River drainage, but were discouraged by the
view of Idaho's Lemhi Range, whose snow-covered peaks posed yet another
challenge. The Continental Divide Trail - the Photography of Leland Howard
- PhotoTrip USA.
Solstice
Celebration (Small
Version) Credit: SOHO - EIT Consortium, ESA, NASA - Explanation:
Season's greetings! At 01:48 Universal Time on June 21 the Sun reaches
its northernmost point in planet Earth's sky marking a season change and
the first solstice of the year 2000. In celebration, consider this delightfully
detailed, brightly colored image of the active Sun. From the EIT instrument
onboard the space-based SOHO observatory, the tantalizing picture is a
false-color composite of three images all made in extreme ultraviolet light.
Each individual image highlights a different temperature regime in the
upper solar atmosphere and was assigned a specific color; red at 2 million,
green at 1.5 million, and blue at 1 million degrees C. The combined image
shows bright active regions strewn across the solar disk, which would otherwise
appear as dark groups of sunspots in visible light images, along with some
magnificent plasma loops and an immense prominence at the righthand solar
limb. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell
(USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. A service
of: LHEA at NASA/GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
Ganymede:
The Largest Moon in the Solar System Credit: Galileo Project, JPL,
NASA Explanation: If Ganymede orbited the Sun, it would be considered a
planet. The reason is that Jupiter's moon Ganymede is not only the largest
moon in the Solar System, it is larger than planets Mercury and Pluto.
The robot spacecraft Galileo currently orbiting Jupiter has been able to
zoom by Ganymede several times and snap many close-up pictures. Ganymede,
shown above in its natural colors, sports a large oval dark region known
as Galileo Regio. In general, the dark regions on Ganymede are heavily
cratered, implying they are very old, while the light regions are younger
and dominated by unusual grooves. The origin of the grooves is still under
investigation. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry
Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris.
Hope
Lake - Hope Lake in the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness emerges from
a blanket of clouds at sunset. The Continental Divide Trail passes within
fifty feet of this viewpoint, but trekkers will never know it is there
unless they keep track of their position on a topographical map and climb
a few feet to the ridgeline. The Continental Divide Trail - the Photography
of Leland Howard - PhotoTripUSA.
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