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Space Station Meets its Destiny Credit: STS-98 Crew, NASA - Explanation:
The International Space Station (ISS) had a date with Destiny earlier this
month. More specifically, the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis installed
the science laboratory named Destiny on the ISS. Destiny, pictured here,
will also serve as a control center for the Earth orbiting space station.
To help install this module, space shuttle astronauts conducted the 100th
space walk by an American, an event that occurred nearly 40 years after
Ed White first ventured outside of his Gemini 4 spacecraft. The space shuttle's
crew took the above picture after their spacecraft had undocked from the
space station. Over two hundred kilometers below lies the Rio Negro region
of Argentina. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry
Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. Service
of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
The
Sudbury Neutrino Detector Credit: A. B. McDonald (Queen's University)
et al., The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute - Explanation: Two thousand
meters below the ground, a giant sphere has begun to detect nearly invisible
particles. These particles, neutrinos, are extremely abundant in the universe
but usually go right through just about everything. By stocking this 12-meter
sphere with an unusual type of heavy water and surrounding it with light
detectors, astrophysicists hope to catch the occasional collision. Since
the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) is sensitive to all types of neutrinos,
future results might hold clues to how much neutrinos change types on the
fly, how our own Sun emits neutrinos, and even how important neutrinos
are to the composition of the entire 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.
Mt.
Rundle - Mount Rundle is a remarkably obvious landmark in Banff,
Alberta, Canada. It is probably one of the most photographed landmarks
in the area. This picture was taken at dawn (about 4:40am) and it captures
the warmth of the sunset contrasted by the cold starkness of the mountain.
In the Spirit of Nature - by Bert and Mary Anne Sirkin - PhotoTripUSA.
Barred
Owl - This picture of a Barred Owl was taken in Corkscrew Swamp
Sanctuary near Naples, Florida. This Barred Owl was flying back and forth
between several trees eating, what appeared to be, grasshoppers. In the
Spirit of Nature - by Bert and Mary Anne Sirkin - PhotoTripUSA.
Jumbo
Rocks - This was taken at Joshua Tree National Park in an area
called "Jumbo Rocks". The area is aptly named, as there are large
rocks that appear to be piled upon each other in some sort of organized
chaos. The rocks have incredible texture. In the Spirit of Nature - by
Bert and Mary Anne Sirkin - PhotoTripUSA.
Star
Forming Region S106 Credit & Copyright: CISCO, Subaru 8.3-m
Telescope, NAOJ - Explanation: Massive star IRS4 is beginning to spread
its wings. Born only about 100,000 years ago, material streaming out from
this newborn star has formed the nebula dubbed Sharpless 106 Nebula (S106),
pictured above. A large disk of dust and gas orbiting Infrared Source 4
(IRS4), visible in dark red near the image center, gives the nebula an
hourglass shape. S106 gas near IRS4 acts as an emission nebula as it emits
light after being ionized, while dust far from IRS4 reflects light from
the central star and so acts as a reflection nebula. Detailed inspection
of this representative color infrared image has revealed hundreds of low-mass
brown dwarf stars lurking in the nebula's gas. S106 spans about 2 light-years
and lies about 2000 light-years away toward the constellation of Cygnus.
Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA)
NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. A service of: LHEA
at NASA/GSFC.
American
Purple Gallinule - This was taken in Everglades National Park at
the "Anhinga Trail". This Gallinule made a surprise visit - the
first one we had ever seen. He (she??) walked across the water plants with
it's incredibly large yellow feet looking for food. It was out in the open
sun, midday and I was caught with slow film and had to shoot with a 600mm
lens at f16/22 (small aperture required for minimal depth of field at the
close distance). This required the Gallinule to remain perfectly still
for each exposure of about 1/20 second. The slight breeze caused motion
in some of the plants in the picture, but in this shot, the Gallinule remained
still long enough to stay reasonably sharp. In the Spirit of Nature - by
Bert and Mary Anne Sirkin - PhotoTripUSA.
Star Forming Region Hubble-XCredit: C. R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt Univ.) et al., Hubble Heritage Team,
NASA - Explanation: In nearby galaxy NGC 6822, this glowing emission nebula
complex surrounds bright, massive, newborn stars. A mere 4 million years
young, these stars condensed from the galaxy's interstellar gas and dust
clouds. The nebular glow is powered by the bright stars' intense ultraviolet
radiation while its shape is sculpted by the interaction of stellar winds
and radiation with the immense interstellar clouds themselves. Cataloged
as Hubble-X, many skygazers find the appearance of this extragalactic star
forming region reminiscent of the most famous stellar nursery in our own
galaxy, the Orion Nebula. Hubble-X is intrinsically much brighter than
Orion though, and at a distance of 1.6 million light-years it is about
1,000 times farther away. Hubble-X is also about 100 light-years across
compared to 10 light-years for the Orion Nebula. Why is it called Hubble-X?
X is the Roman numeral 10, this nebula's designation in a catalog of similar
objects for galaxy NGC 6822. 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.
Mountains
Recede Into Sunset - I have gazed westwards into the Nisqually
Valley southeast of Seattle many times from this viewpoint, but on this
night the contrast of lovely pink light behind the layers of blue mountains
made for a memorable sunset.Meditations on the Great Northwest -
by Ross Martin, PhotoTripUSA.
Rainier
Shines Through Morning Fog - Working full time at my day
job doesn't always leave much time for photography, so even though I had
to be at work in Seattle by 8:30am the next day, I chose to make the 2
1/2 hour drive the night before to Chinook Pass on the east side of Mount
Rainier, where I curled up in the seat of my car for a few hours of sleep
before rising at 5am to prepare for this sunrise shot. I set up where I
hoped the mountain would show itself despite the heavy fog, and all the
effort was more than rewarded as a glowing Mt. Rainier shone through the
parting mist. Meditations on the Great Northwest - by Ross Martin, PhotoTripUSA.
NEAR
Spacecraft Survives Landing on Asteroid Eros Credit:
NEAR Project, JHU APL, NASA - Explanation: Yesterday NEAR-Shoemaker became
the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid and send signals back from
its surface. Since the robot spacecraft was not designed for such a contingency,
the success of the landing on asteroid 433 Eros was not assured. Shown
above is the last picture taken by NEAR-Shoemaker before its touchdown.
The streaking on the lower part of the image was caused by the loss of
telemetry as the satellite impacted the surface. The image was taken 130
meters above the surface and spans 6 meters across. Rocks as small as a
human hand are visible. As engineers continue to try to communicate with
the beached car-sized spacecraft, scientists will work to understand features
visible in the highest resolution photographs ever taken of an asteroid.
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.
Near-Shoemaker
Views Eros Credit: NEAR Project, JHU APL, NASA - Explanation:
Orbiting asteroid 433 Eros, 145 million miles from Earth, NASA's NEAR spacecraft
has been returning stunning views as its year long mission of exploration
nears completion. A mosaic of NEAR images recorded at a range of about
127 miles, this picture illustrates some of the amazing contrasts which
apparently exist within the domain of this diminutive world. Features as
small as 65 feet are visible here, while long shadows emphasize the differences
in the cratered regions at the left and smooth grooved terrain at right.
Up close, the undulating surface seems flecked with bright deposits and
peppered with enormous boulders. Last year, NASA changed the spacecraft
name from NEAR to NEAR-Shoemaker in honor of the late Dr. Eugene M. Shoemaker,
legendary geologist, comet hunter, and inspirational pioneer in the field
of interplanetary science. Tomorrow, NEAR-Shoemaker will complete its scheduled
mission as it will be commanded to descend to the surface of the ancient
asteroid. 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.
Nashville
Four Planet Skyline Credit & Copyright:
Larry Koehn - Explanation: So far this February, evening skies have
been blessed with a glorious Moon and three bright planets; Venus, Jupiter,
and Saturn. But just last week, on January 30th, an extreme wide-angle
lens allowed astrophotographer Larry Koehn to capture this twilight view
of Moon and four planets above Nashville, Tennessee, USA. These major solar
system bodies lie along the ecliptic plane and so follow a diagonal line
through the picture. Starting near the upper left corner is bright Jupiter,
which takes on a slightly triangular shape due to the lens distortion.
Just below and right of Jupiter is Saturn. Continuing along the diagonal
toward the lower right is an overexposed, six day old Moon and brilliant
Venus seemingly embedded in clouds. The fourth planet pictured is Mercury.
Notoriously hard to see from planet Earth because it never wanders far
from the Sun, Mercury is visible just above the lower right corner. The
line from Jupiter to Mercury spans about 92 degrees across the Nashville
sky. 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.
Planetary
Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula Credit: R. Sahai (JPL) et al., Hubble
Heritage Team, ESA, NASA - Explanation: Why isn't this ant a big sphere?
Planetary nebula Mz3 is being cast off by a star similar to our Sun that
is, surely, round. Why then would the gas that is streaming away create
an ant-shaped nebula that is distinctly not round? Clues might include
the high 1000-kilometer per second speed of the expelled gas, the light-year
long length of the structure, and the magnetism of the star visible above
at the nebula's center. One possible answer is that Mz3 is hiding a second,
dimmer star that orbits close in to the bright star. A competing hypothesis
holds that the central star's own spin and magnetic field are channeling
the gas. Since the central star appears to be so similar to our own Sun,
astronomers hope that increased understanding of the history of this giant
space ant can provide useful insight into the likely future of our own
Sun and Earth. 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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My collection of recommended links
to photos of the best Hubble Space Telescope photos and other NASA photos,
incredible landscapes, scenic wonders and wildlife animals,
AND the Renaissance Art Masters, art work of the 10th through 20th Centuries
from World Museums.
These photos are links, to sites owned by other people.
The photos are for private viewing, not for commercial use.
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Space Station Meets its Destiny Credit: STS-98 Crew, NASA - Explanation:
The International Space Station (ISS) had a date with Destiny earlier this
month. More specifically, the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis installed
the science laboratory named Destiny on the ISS. Destiny, pictured here,
will also serve as a control center for the Earth orbiting space station.
To help install this module, space shuttle astronauts conducted the 100th
space walk by an American, an event that occurred nearly 40 years after
Ed White first ventured outside of his Gemini 4 spacecraft. The space shuttle's
crew took the above picture after their spacecraft had undocked from the
space station. Over two hundred kilometers below lies the Rio Negro region
of Argentina. Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry
Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. Service
of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
The
Sudbury Neutrino Detector Credit: A. B. McDonald (Queen's University)
et al., The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute - Explanation: Two thousand
meters below the ground, a giant sphere has begun to detect nearly invisible
particles. These particles, neutrinos, are extremely abundant in the universe
but usually go right through just about everything. By stocking this 12-meter
sphere with an unusual type of heavy water and surrounding it with light
detectors, astrophysicists hope to catch the occasional collision. Since
the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) is sensitive to all types of neutrinos,
future results might hold clues to how much neutrinos change types on the
fly, how our own Sun emits neutrinos, and even how important neutrinos
are to the composition of the entire 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.
Mt.
Rundle - Mount Rundle is a remarkably obvious landmark in Banff,
Alberta, Canada. It is probably one of the most photographed landmarks
in the area. This picture was taken at dawn (about 4:40am) and it captures
the warmth of the sunset contrasted by the cold starkness of the mountain.
In the Spirit of Nature - by Bert and Mary Anne Sirkin - PhotoTripUSA.
Barred
Owl - This picture of a Barred Owl was taken in Corkscrew Swamp
Sanctuary near Naples, Florida. This Barred Owl was flying back and forth
between several trees eating, what appeared to be, grasshoppers. In the
Spirit of Nature - by Bert and Mary Anne Sirkin - PhotoTripUSA.
Jumbo
Rocks - This was taken at Joshua Tree National Park in an area
called "Jumbo Rocks". The area is aptly named, as there are large
rocks that appear to be piled upon each other in some sort of organized
chaos. The rocks have incredible texture. In the Spirit of Nature - by
Bert and Mary Anne Sirkin - PhotoTripUSA.
Star
Forming Region S106 Credit & Copyright: CISCO, Subaru 8.3-m
Telescope, NAOJ - Explanation: Massive star IRS4 is beginning to spread
its wings. Born only about 100,000 years ago, material streaming out from
this newborn star has formed the nebula dubbed Sharpless 106 Nebula (S106),
pictured above. A large disk of dust and gas orbiting Infrared Source 4
(IRS4), visible in dark red near the image center, gives the nebula an
hourglass shape. S106 gas near IRS4 acts as an emission nebula as it emits
light after being ionized, while dust far from IRS4 reflects light from
the central star and so acts as a reflection nebula. Detailed inspection
of this representative color infrared image has revealed hundreds of low-mass
brown dwarf stars lurking in the nebula's gas. S106 spans about 2 light-years
and lies about 2000 light-years away toward the constellation of Cygnus.
Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA)
NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. A service of: LHEA
at NASA/GSFC.
American
Purple Gallinule - This was taken in Everglades National Park at
the "Anhinga Trail". This Gallinule made a surprise visit - the
first one we had ever seen. He (she??) walked across the water plants with
it's incredibly large yellow feet looking for food. It was out in the open
sun, midday and I was caught with slow film and had to shoot with a 600mm
lens at f16/22 (small aperture required for minimal depth of field at the
close distance). This required the Gallinule to remain perfectly still
for each exposure of about 1/20 second. The slight breeze caused motion
in some of the plants in the picture, but in this shot, the Gallinule remained
still long enough to stay reasonably sharp. In the Spirit of Nature - by
Bert and Mary Anne Sirkin - PhotoTripUSA.
Star Forming Region Hubble-XCredit: C. R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt Univ.) et al., Hubble Heritage Team,
NASA - Explanation: In nearby galaxy NGC 6822, this glowing emission nebula
complex surrounds bright, massive, newborn stars. A mere 4 million years
young, these stars condensed from the galaxy's interstellar gas and dust
clouds. The nebular glow is powered by the bright stars' intense ultraviolet
radiation while its shape is sculpted by the interaction of stellar winds
and radiation with the immense interstellar clouds themselves. Cataloged
as Hubble-X, many skygazers find the appearance of this extragalactic star
forming region reminiscent of the most famous stellar nursery in our own
galaxy, the Orion Nebula. Hubble-X is intrinsically much brighter than
Orion though, and at a distance of 1.6 million light-years it is about
1,000 times farther away. Hubble-X is also about 100 light-years across
compared to 10 light-years for the Orion Nebula. Why is it called Hubble-X?
X is the Roman numeral 10, this nebula's designation in a catalog of similar
objects for galaxy NGC 6822. 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.
Mountains
Recede Into Sunset - I have gazed westwards into the Nisqually
Valley southeast of Seattle many times from this viewpoint, but on this
night the contrast of lovely pink light behind the layers of blue mountains
made for a memorable sunset.Meditations on the Great Northwest -
by Ross Martin, PhotoTripUSA.
Rainier
Shines Through Morning Fog - Working full time at my day
job doesn't always leave much time for photography, so even though I had
to be at work in Seattle by 8:30am the next day, I chose to make the 2
1/2 hour drive the night before to Chinook Pass on the east side of Mount
Rainier, where I curled up in the seat of my car for a few hours of sleep
before rising at 5am to prepare for this sunrise shot. I set up where I
hoped the mountain would show itself despite the heavy fog, and all the
effort was more than rewarded as a glowing Mt. Rainier shone through the
parting mist. Meditations on the Great Northwest - by Ross Martin, PhotoTripUSA.
NEAR
Spacecraft Survives Landing on Asteroid Eros Credit:
NEAR Project, JHU APL, NASA - Explanation: Yesterday NEAR-Shoemaker became
the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid and send signals back from
its surface. Since the robot spacecraft was not designed for such a contingency,
the success of the landing on asteroid 433 Eros was not assured. Shown
above is the last picture taken by NEAR-Shoemaker before its touchdown.
The streaking on the lower part of the image was caused by the loss of
telemetry as the satellite impacted the surface. The image was taken 130
meters above the surface and spans 6 meters across. Rocks as small as a
human hand are visible. As engineers continue to try to communicate with
the beached car-sized spacecraft, scientists will work to understand features
visible in the highest resolution photographs ever taken of an asteroid.
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.
Near-Shoemaker
Views Eros Credit: NEAR Project, JHU APL, NASA - Explanation:
Orbiting asteroid 433 Eros, 145 million miles from Earth, NASA's NEAR spacecraft
has been returning stunning views as its year long mission of exploration
nears completion. A mosaic of NEAR images recorded at a range of about
127 miles, this picture illustrates some of the amazing contrasts which
apparently exist within the domain of this diminutive world. Features as
small as 65 feet are visible here, while long shadows emphasize the differences
in the cratered regions at the left and smooth grooved terrain at right.
Up close, the undulating surface seems flecked with bright deposits and
peppered with enormous boulders. Last year, NASA changed the spacecraft
name from NEAR to NEAR-Shoemaker in honor of the late Dr. Eugene M. Shoemaker,
legendary geologist, comet hunter, and inspirational pioneer in the field
of interplanetary science. Tomorrow, NEAR-Shoemaker will complete its scheduled
mission as it will be commanded to descend to the surface of the ancient
asteroid. 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.
Nashville
Four Planet Skyline Credit & Copyright:
Larry Koehn - Explanation: So far this February, evening skies have
been blessed with a glorious Moon and three bright planets; Venus, Jupiter,
and Saturn. But just last week, on January 30th, an extreme wide-angle
lens allowed astrophotographer Larry Koehn to capture this twilight view
of Moon and four planets above Nashville, Tennessee, USA. These major solar
system bodies lie along the ecliptic plane and so follow a diagonal line
through the picture. Starting near the upper left corner is bright Jupiter,
which takes on a slightly triangular shape due to the lens distortion.
Just below and right of Jupiter is Saturn. Continuing along the diagonal
toward the lower right is an overexposed, six day old Moon and brilliant
Venus seemingly embedded in clouds. The fourth planet pictured is Mercury.
Notoriously hard to see from planet Earth because it never wanders far
from the Sun, Mercury is visible just above the lower right corner. The
line from Jupiter to Mercury spans about 92 degrees across the Nashville
sky. 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.
Planetary
Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula Credit: R. Sahai (JPL) et al., Hubble
Heritage Team, ESA, NASA - Explanation: Why isn't this ant a big sphere?
Planetary nebula Mz3 is being cast off by a star similar to our Sun that
is, surely, round. Why then would the gas that is streaming away create
an ant-shaped nebula that is distinctly not round? Clues might include
the high 1000-kilometer per second speed of the expelled gas, the light-year
long length of the structure, and the magnetism of the star visible above
at the nebula's center. One possible answer is that Mz3 is hiding a second,
dimmer star that orbits close in to the bright star. A competing hypothesis
holds that the central star's own spin and magnetic field are channeling
the gas. Since the central star appears to be so similar to our own Sun,
astronomers hope that increased understanding of the history of this giant
space ant can provide useful insight into the likely future of our own
Sun and Earth. 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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