Stunning Astronomy Pictures

Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:11 pm » by **Timewarp**

Take a look at some of these stunning pictures.Breath taking :flop:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:51 am » by **Dank1**

I could look at those for days , i like the pic( ancient layered hills) it totally looks
like a shallow lake with crystal clear water

Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:04 am » by **Lowsix**

Man...thanks for reminding me of that site.
There are some of the most amazing images ever taken on there..

Jst astounding.

But I noticed something.
Anyone else note how HIGH the resolution is on the images of the spacestation?
Same for several pictures in there..

So someone has some VERY high resolution, High detail images of the shit flying around the shuttle and space station..without doubt.

That pisses me off.

I wanna see 'em.
I'm not gonna get to.

that really pisses me off.

Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:46 am » by **jetxvii**

LowSix wrote:Man...thanks for reminding me of that site.
There are some of the most amazing images ever taken on there..

Jst astounding.

But I noticed something.
Anyone else note how HIGH the resolution is on the images of the spacestation?
Same for several pictures in there..

So someone has some VERY high resolution, High detail images of the shit flying around the shuttle and space station..without doubt.

That pisses me off.

I wanna see 'em.
I'm not gonna get to.

that really pisses me off.

I would have to agree, it reminds me alot of the moon photos, I know for a fact the first thing I would want to see on the moon from a probe is the first time man went there.

Apollo 11 as yet of this date we have no High resolution shots of the initial landing on the moon, but we can see a one mile high dust plume (later) when they bombed it????

Something fishy this way comes.

Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:06 am » by **Opiwan**

May be a giant turd.

Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:21 am » by **jetxvii**

@ slush I bet that is what the crashed roswell vehicle looked like. and it does look like a side crashed UFO..

@ Opiwan, LMAO!

@ Slush, LMAO

Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:27 am » by **bugmenot**

The International Space Station Over the Horizon

Ice Moon Tethys from Saturn Orbiting Cassini

Ancient Layered Hills on Mars

Bright Sun and Crescent Earth from the Space Station

Crescent Earth from the Departing Rosetta Spacecraft

Moon and Planets in the Morning

Fireball Meteor Over Groningen

The International Space Station Over Earth

Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this close-up of spacesuited NASA astronaut John Olivas outside the International Space Station

The Milky Way Over Devils Tower Famous for its appearance in films such as Close Encounters,

Volcanic Terrain on Mercury

Above Earth, Fixing Hubble

These two frames, taken with a video camera and a telescope, reveal remarkable details of the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting some 350 kilometers above planet Earth.

The Seagull Nebula

Astronaut's Head Upgraded During Spacewalk :lol:

Saturn: Moons in Transit

Crescent Moon and Venus

Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota
Explanation: What in heaven's blazes is that? When landing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA in 2002, just before his flight ascended above cloud level in the early evening, passenger Tyler Blessing saw and photographed "huge curved sheets of glowing light extending from cloud to ground." The glow appeared unlike other unusual lights more typically seen, including crepuscular rays, anticrepuscular rays and the glory. A leading possibility, mentioned initially by the photographer, is that the light sheets are setting sunlight scattered off of falling rain. Alternatively, the phenomenon could just be a peculiar window reflection. APOD readers, who have previously shown an impressive ability to pool their collective intelligence to create a better understanding of photographed sky anomalies, are invited to discuss this online. It might help to know that EXIF data indicates that the image was captured on 2002 September 23 at about 8:07 pm in the evening (local time), and that the camera was reported to be pointing north of west at that time. The oval on the ground, visible in the lower right of the above image, is Canterbury Downs race track.

Largest Full Moon of 2009

A Spectacular Rayed Crater on Mercury

Amazing Comet Holmes

Fireball at Ayers Rock

just a few pics timewarp
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:50 am » by **bugmenot**

instead of creating a new thread i may aswell post this here :flop:

Saturn's mysterious hexagon crown lit up as 30-year winter ends

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... -ends.html

Stunning images of the intriguing hexagon shape crowning Saturn have been captured by Nasa's Cassini spacecraft.

Scientists have waited nearly 30 years for the Sun to illuminate the ringed planet's north pole, which heralds the arrival of spring on Saturn.

It has allowed them to take the most detailed pictures yet of the hexagon phenomenon, which has a diameter wider than two Earths. The images, taken from 475,000 miles away, have revealed concentric circles, curlicues, walls and streamers within the hexagon.

The hexagon jet stream has flowed around Saturn's north pole for at least 30 years. This image was captured by the Cassini spacecraft

The data will help shed light on space weather and unanswered questions about the same processes on Earth.

The unusual shape is created by a jet stream flowing around the north pole, but scientists are baffled by what causes the hexagon and where it sucks in and expels its energy.

They are also intrigued by how it has managed to stay organised for so long. The last visible-light images of the entire hexagon were captured by Nasa's Voyager spacecraft nearly 30 years ago, the last time spring began on Saturn.

After the sunlight faded, darkness shrouded the north pole for 15 years. Much to the delight of Cassini scientists, the location and shape of the hexagon in the latest images match up with what they saw in the Voyager pictures.

'The longevity of the hexagon makes this something special, given that weather on Earth lasts on the order of weeks,' said Kunio Sayanagi, from the Cassini imaging team at the California Institute of Technology.

'It's a mystery on par with the strange weather conditions that give rise to the long-lived Great Red Spot of Jupiter.'

A view of Saturn from the Cassini spacecraft taken today. Cassini has studied the planet and its moons since 2004

The hexagon was originally discovered in images taken by the Voyager spacecraft in the early 1980s. It encircles Saturn at about 77 degrees north latitude. The jet stream is believed to whip along the hexagon at around 220 miles per hour.

Saturn should give scientists a good model to study the physics of circulation patterns and atmosphere, before it does not have land masses or oceans on its surface to complicate weather the way Earth does.

Cassini has shown Saturn's region of space to be active. In a November fly-by it recorded jets of water vapour spewing from fissures on the surface of the moon Enceladus

Nasa scientist Kevin Baines has studied the hexagon with Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer.

He said: 'Now that we can see undulations and circular features instead of blobs in the hexagon, we can start trying to solve some of the unanswered questions about one of the most bizarre things we've ever seen in the solar system.

'Solving these unanswered questions about the hexagon will help us answer basic questions about weather that we're still asking about our own planet.'

The Cassini team plan to search the new images for clues, taking an especially close look at the newly identified waves that radiate from the corners of the hexagon - where the jet takes its hardest turns - and the multi-walled structure that extends to the top of Saturn's cloud layer in each of the hexagon's six sides.

Scientists are also particularly intrigued by a large dark spot that appeared in a different position in a previous infrared image from Cassini. In the latest images, the spot appears in the 2 o'clock position.

The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... -ends.html

Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:54 am » by **Opiwan**

It's awe inspiring. More stars (with planets!!!) than grains of sand on our beaches.

We are so small.

Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:57 am » by **Cornbread714**

Just had to throw this one in...