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First
Light - First light on the sand dunes. Image shot at the Eureka
Sand dunes section of Death Valley N.P. Getting a bit of elevation on the
dunes before sunrise offers more possibilities to catch the first light
contrasting with the rest of the dunes still in he shade. Also, in shooting
downward and eliminating the sky, you can preserve detail in the shadow
area. Sand Dunes of the Southwest - by Laurent Martrès, PhotoTripUSA.
NGC
6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula (Large
Version) Credit &
Copyright: Robert Gendler - Explanation: Ten thousand years ago, before
the dawn of recorded human history, a new light must suddenly have appeared
in the night sky and faded after a few weeks. Today we know this light
was an exploding star and record the colorful expanding cloud as the Veil
Nebula. Pictured above is the west end of the Veil Nebula known technically
as NGC 6960 but less formally as the Witch's Broom Nebula. The rampaging
gas gains its colors by impacting and exciting existing nearby gas. The
supernova remnant lies about 1400 light-years away towards the constellation
of Cygnus. This Witch's Broom actually spans over three times the angular
size of the full Moon. The bright blue star 52 Cygnus is visible with the
unaided eye from a dark location but unrelated to the ancient supernova.
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.
NGC
2244: A Star Cluster in the Rosette Nebula Credit & Copyright:
J. C. Cuillandre & G. Fahlman (CFHT Staff), CFHT - Explanation: In
the heart of the Rosette Nebula lies a bright open cluster of stars that
lights up the nebula. The stars of NGC 2244 formed from the surrounding
gas only four million years ago and emit light and wind that define the
nebula's appearance today. High energy light from the bright young stars
of NGC 2244 ionizes the surrounding hydrogen gas clouds to create the red
emission nebula appearance. The hot wind of particles that streams away
from the cluster stars contributes to an already complex menagerie of gas
and dust filaments while slowly evacuating the cluster center. NGC 2244
measures about 50 light-years across, lies about 4500 light-years away,
and is visible with binoculars towards the constellation of Monoceros.
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.
A
Perseid Aurora Credit & Copyright: Jimmy Westlake (Colorado
Mountain College) - Explanation: Just after the Moon set but before the
Sun rose in the early morning hours of August 12, meteors pelted the Earth
from the direction of the constellation Perseus, while ions pelted the
Earth from the Sun. The meteors were expected as sub-sand grains long left
behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle annually create the Perseids Meteor Shower.
The aurorae were unexpected, however, as electrons, protons, and heavier
ions raced out from a large Coronal Mass Ejection that had occurred just
days before on the Sun. In the foreground is Hahn's Peak, an extinct volcano
in Colorado, USA. 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.
X-Rays
From Antennae Galaxies (Big
Vervsion) Credit: G. Fabbiano (CfA) et al., CXC, SAO, NASA - Explanation:
A bevy of black holes and neutron stars shine as bright, point-like sources
against bubbles of million degree gas in this false-color x-ray image from
the orbiting Chandra Observatory. The striking picture shows the central
regions of two galaxies, NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, locked in a titanic collision
some 60 million light-years distant in the constellation Corvus. In visible
light images, long, luminous, tendril-like structures emanating from the
wreckage lend the pair their popular moniker, the Antennae Galaxies. Galactic
collisions are now thought to be fairly common, but when they happen individual
stars rarely collide. Instead gas and dust clouds merge and compress, triggering
furious bursts of massive star formation with thousands of resulting supernovae.
The exploding stars litter the scene with bubbles of shocked hot gas and
collapsed stellar cores. Transfixed by this cosmic accident astronomers
watch and are beginning to appreciate the collision-driven evolution of
galaxies, not unlike our own. 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.
Mount
Megantic Magnetic Storm Credit & Copyright:
Sebastien Gauthier (Observatoire Astronomique du Mont-Megantic) Explanation:
Plasma from the Sun and debris from a comet both collided with planet Earth
last Saturday morning triggering magnetic storms and a meteor shower in
a dazzling atmospheric spectacle. The debris stream from comet Swift-Tuttle
is anticipated yearly, and many skygazers already planned to watch the
peak of the annual Perseids meteor shower in the dark hours of August 11/12.
But the simultaneous, widely reported auroras were triggered by the chance
arrival of something much less predictable -- a solar coronal mass ejection.
This massive bubble of energetic plasma was seen leaving the active Sun's
surface on August 9, just in time to travel to Earth and disrupt the planet's
magnetic field triggering extensive auroras during the meteor shower's
peak! Inspired by the cosmic light show, Sebastien Gauthier photographed
the colorful auroral displays above the dramatic dome of the Mount-Megantic
Popular Observatory in southern Quebec, Canada. Bright Jupiter and giant
star Aldebaran can be seen peering through the shimmering northern lights
at the upper right. 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.
Unusual
Giant Galaxy NGC 1316 Credit: FORS1, VLT ANTU, ESO - Explanation:
Can unusual giant galaxy NGC 1316 help calibrate the universe? Quite possibly
-- if it turns out this atypical galaxy is composed of typical stars. NGC
1316, pictured above, is most obviously strange because it has a size and
shape common for an elliptical galaxy but dust lanes and a disk more commonly
found in a spiral galaxy. These attributes could be caused by interactions
with another galaxy over the past billion years. Most recently, NGC 1316
has been monitored to find novae, explosions emanating from white dwarf
stars that should have a standard brightness. Again, NGC 1316 was found
atypical in that the nova rate was unexpectedly high. If, however, the
stars and white dwarfs that compose NGC 1316 are typical, then the novae
observed should be just as bright as novae in other galaxies so that astronomers
can use them to compute an accurate distance. This distance can then be
used to calibrate other distance indicators and result in a more accurate
scale for distances throughout the universe. 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.
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Mushrooms - Reiner's Photo Gallery.
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Schank - Reiner's Photo Gallery
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Web's Best Photo and Art LinksFrom 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.
| First
Light - First light on the sand dunes. Image shot at the Eureka
Sand dunes section of Death Valley N.P. Getting a bit of elevation on the
dunes before sunrise offers more possibilities to catch the first light
contrasting with the rest of the dunes still in he shade. Also, in shooting
downward and eliminating the sky, you can preserve detail in the shadow
area. Sand Dunes of the Southwest - by Laurent Martrès, PhotoTripUSA. NGC 6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula (Large Version) Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler - Explanation: Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light must suddenly have appeared in the night sky and faded after a few weeks. Today we know this light was an exploding star and record the colorful expanding cloud as the Veil Nebula. Pictured above is the west end of the Veil Nebula known technically as NGC 6960 but less formally as the Witch's Broom Nebula. The rampaging gas gains its colors by impacting and exciting existing nearby gas. The supernova remnant lies about 1400 light-years away towards the constellation of Cygnus. This Witch's Broom actually spans over three times the angular size of the full Moon. The bright blue star 52 Cygnus is visible with the unaided eye from a dark location but unrelated to the ancient supernova. 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. NGC 2244: A Star Cluster in the Rosette Nebula Credit & Copyright: J. C. Cuillandre & G. Fahlman (CFHT Staff), CFHT - Explanation: In the heart of the Rosette Nebula lies a bright open cluster of stars that lights up the nebula. The stars of NGC 2244 formed from the surrounding gas only four million years ago and emit light and wind that define the nebula's appearance today. High energy light from the bright young stars of NGC 2244 ionizes the surrounding hydrogen gas clouds to create the red emission nebula appearance. The hot wind of particles that streams away from the cluster stars contributes to an already complex menagerie of gas and dust filaments while slowly evacuating the cluster center. NGC 2244 measures about 50 light-years across, lies about 4500 light-years away, and is visible with binoculars towards the constellation of Monoceros. 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. A Perseid Aurora Credit & Copyright: Jimmy Westlake (Colorado Mountain College) - Explanation: Just after the Moon set but before the Sun rose in the early morning hours of August 12, meteors pelted the Earth from the direction of the constellation Perseus, while ions pelted the Earth from the Sun. The meteors were expected as sub-sand grains long left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle annually create the Perseids Meteor Shower. The aurorae were unexpected, however, as electrons, protons, and heavier ions raced out from a large Coronal Mass Ejection that had occurred just days before on the Sun. In the foreground is Hahn's Peak, an extinct volcano in Colorado, USA. 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. X-Rays From Antennae Galaxies (Big Vervsion) Credit: G. Fabbiano (CfA) et al., CXC, SAO, NASA - Explanation: A bevy of black holes and neutron stars shine as bright, point-like sources against bubbles of million degree gas in this false-color x-ray image from the orbiting Chandra Observatory. The striking picture shows the central regions of two galaxies, NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, locked in a titanic collision some 60 million light-years distant in the constellation Corvus. In visible light images, long, luminous, tendril-like structures emanating from the wreckage lend the pair their popular moniker, the Antennae Galaxies. Galactic collisions are now thought to be fairly common, but when they happen individual stars rarely collide. Instead gas and dust clouds merge and compress, triggering furious bursts of massive star formation with thousands of resulting supernovae. The exploding stars litter the scene with bubbles of shocked hot gas and collapsed stellar cores. Transfixed by this cosmic accident astronomers watch and are beginning to appreciate the collision-driven evolution of galaxies, not unlike our own. 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. Mount Megantic Magnetic Storm Credit & Copyright: Sebastien Gauthier (Observatoire Astronomique du Mont-Megantic) Explanation: Plasma from the Sun and debris from a comet both collided with planet Earth last Saturday morning triggering magnetic storms and a meteor shower in a dazzling atmospheric spectacle. The debris stream from comet Swift-Tuttle is anticipated yearly, and many skygazers already planned to watch the peak of the annual Perseids meteor shower in the dark hours of August 11/12. But the simultaneous, widely reported auroras were triggered by the chance arrival of something much less predictable -- a solar coronal mass ejection. This massive bubble of energetic plasma was seen leaving the active Sun's surface on August 9, just in time to travel to Earth and disrupt the planet's magnetic field triggering extensive auroras during the meteor shower's peak! Inspired by the cosmic light show, Sebastien Gauthier photographed the colorful auroral displays above the dramatic dome of the Mount-Megantic Popular Observatory in southern Quebec, Canada. Bright Jupiter and giant star Aldebaran can be seen peering through the shimmering northern lights at the upper right. 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. Unusual Giant Galaxy NGC 1316 Credit: FORS1, VLT ANTU, ESO - Explanation: Can unusual giant galaxy NGC 1316 help calibrate the universe? Quite possibly -- if it turns out this atypical galaxy is composed of typical stars. NGC 1316, pictured above, is most obviously strange because it has a size and shape common for an elliptical galaxy but dust lanes and a disk more commonly found in a spiral galaxy. These attributes could be caused by interactions with another galaxy over the past billion years. Most recently, NGC 1316 has been monitored to find novae, explosions emanating from white dwarf stars that should have a standard brightness. Again, NGC 1316 was found atypical in that the nova rate was unexpectedly high. If, however, the stars and white dwarfs that compose NGC 1316 are typical, then the novae observed should be just as bright as novae in other galaxies so that astronomers can use them to compute an accurate distance. This distance can then be used to calibrate other distance indicators and result in a more accurate scale for distances throughout the universe. 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. Fungi, Mushrooms - Reiner's Photo Gallery. Cape Schank - Reiner's Photo Gallery |
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