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Nasa image of the day

« on: January 17, 2008, 12:05:45 PM »

i will be posting a Nasa image of the day on a semi-regular basis - check in here if you want to see them!

here is todays:

All Is Illuminated

The Optical Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) camera on board the Rosetta spacecraft observed Earth during its swing-by in November 2007. A sun-illuminated crescent can be seen around Antarctica in this image that is a color composite combining images obtained at various wavelengths.

Rosetta will orbit comet 67P and accompany it on its journey to the sun. Rosetta has a complex trajectory including three Earth and one Mars gravity assist maneuver before finally reaching the comet. On arrival at 67P, Rosetta will enter orbit around the comet and stay with it as it journeys in towards the sun.

This image was taken with Rosetta's Wide Angle Camera, about 2 hours before its closest approach to Earth.

Image Credit: ESA, MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2008, 06:49:08 PM »

very cool! Cheesy


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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2008, 01:58:41 AM »

Thats awsome. Lately I been changing my background with photos from the hubble. The got some pretty cool ones. I will have to see if I can find the site again and post it.


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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2008, 11:49:57 AM »

here is today's image:
Crescent

As MESSENGER neared Mercury on Jan 14, 2008, the spacecraft took this image of the planet's full crescent. The image shows portions of Mercury previously seen by Mariner 10. However, when Mariner 10 flew by the planet at each of its encounters, the sun was nearly overhead. For this MESSENGER flyby, in contrast, the sun is shining obliquely on regions near the day/night boundary (called the terminator) on the right-hand side of the crescent, revealing the surface topography.

This image illustrates how MESSENGER, during its future flybys and subsequent orbital mission, will teach scientists much about the portion of Mercury already imaged by Mariner 10.

Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington


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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2008, 12:10:52 PM »

here is todays niotd:

Hot, Young Stars

Westerlund 2, a young star cluster with an estimated age of about one or two million years, is the subject of study in this Chandra X-ray Observatory image. Until recently little was known about this cluster because it is heavily obscured by dust and gas. However, using infrared and X-ray observations, Westerlund 2 has become regarded as one of the most interesting star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy. It contains some of the hottest, brightest and most massive stars known.

Image Credit: NASA/CXC/Univ. de Liège/Y. Naze et al

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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2008, 07:54:59 PM »

here is today's Nasa pic:

Lightness of Being

The bright sun dissects the airglow above Earth's horizon in this view photographed with a digital still camera from the Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS-107 mission.

Space Shuttle Columbia and the STS-107 crew perished during re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003.

Image Credit: NASA

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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2008, 05:33:58 PM »

here is today's image:

Mysterious Galaxy

This image of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1132 and its surrounding region combines data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. The blue/purple in the image is the x-ray glow from hot, diffuse gas detected by Chandra. Hubble's data reveal a giant foreground elliptical galaxy, plus numerous dwarf galaxies in its neighborhood, and many much more distant galaxies in the background.

Astronomers have dubbed NGC 1132 a "fossil group" because it contains an enormous amount of dark matter, comparable to the dark matter found in an entire group of galaxies. Also, the large amount of hot gas detected by Chandra is usually found for groups of galaxies, rather than a single galaxy.

The origin of such fossil-group systems remains a puzzle. They may be the end products of the complete merging of groups of galaxies. Or, they may be very rare objects that formed in a region or period of time where the growth of moderate-sized galaxies was somehow suppressed, and only one large galaxy formed.

Elliptical galaxies are smooth and featureless. Containing hundreds of millions to trillions of stars, they range from nearly spherical to very elongated shapes. Their overall yellowish color comes from the aging stars. Because elliptical galaxies do not contain much cool gas, they can no longer make large numbers of new stars.

Image Credit: Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/M. West X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State/G. Garmire

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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2008, 06:45:39 PM »

here is today's image:

Mission STS-122 Begins

Against the blue of the Atlantic Ocean, space shuttle Atlantis with its crew of seven rises majestically from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to start the STS-122 mission to the International Space Station. The launch is the third attempt for Atlantis since December 2007 to carry the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station. During the 11-day mission, the crew's prime objective is to attach the laboratory to the Harmony module, adding to the station's size and capabilities.

Image Credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann

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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2008, 10:12:56 PM »

Nothing I love more then the sight of a shuttle launch.


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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2008, 01:03:22 PM »

here is todays image - another shot of the space shuttle taking off yesterday:

Chrysalis

As if emerging from a cocoon, space shuttle Atlantis races into the sky on mission STS-122 to the International Space Station. The launch is the third attempt for Atlantis since December 2007 to carry the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station. During the 11-day mission, the crew's prime objective is to attach the laboratory to the Harmony module, adding to the station's size and capabilities.

Image Credit: NASA/Sandra Joseph, Tony Gray, Robert Murray

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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2008, 12:51:35 PM »

The 'Terrible Twos'

Young stars, like toddlers, want to start showing their independence. This Spitzer view shows a stellar version of the "terrible twos" -- the stars are beginning to move away from their formative cloud, seen in red and green. Jets can be seen coming off the young stars as they make their way into the cosmos.

Located 1,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Perseus, the reflection nebula NGC 1333 epitomizes the beautiful chaos of a dense group of stars being born.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. A. Gutermuth (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)


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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2008, 11:44:30 AM »

Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Outside the ground is frozen, quite possibly covered in snow and ice, and yet, stroll through a supermarket in North America or Europe in February, and you'll be confronted with large displays of roses. We expect flowers in winter, and Kenya helps meet those expectations. Straddling the equator, Kenya gets steady sunlight dealt out in days that vary little in length. It's the perfect climate for flowers year-round. The center of Kenya's flower industry is Lake Naivasha, shown here.

Bright white squares mix with fields of green, tan and purple along the shores of the lake. Sunlight glints off the long rows of glass greenhouses, turning them silvery blue and white in this view from space. Fallow fields are tan and pink, while growing plants turn the ground bright green. Roses, lilies and carnations are the most common flowers grown in the greenhouses and fields scattered around the lake.

The flowers provide an important source of income to Kenya, but the industry comes with a price. Flowers are not held to the same standards for chemical residues as food products. Strong chemical pesticides can be used on the flowers to produce the perfect, pest-free bloom, and this could pose a health risk to workers and local wildlife, including hippos, environmental groups told the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 2002. The chemicals may also threatened the water quality of Lake Naivasha, one of Kenya's few freshwater lakes. The Kenya Flower Council instituted a code of conduct establishing guidelines for pesticide that phases out the use of one of the most toxic pesticides.

Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team, Jesse Allen. Caption based on information from Holli Riebeek.


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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2008, 11:44:35 AM »

In Ultraviolet Light

One of a series, this image of Saturn was taken when the planet's rings were at their maximum tilt of 27 degrees toward Earth. Saturn experiences seasonal tilts away from and toward the sun, much the same way Earth does. This happens over the course of its 29.5-year orbit. Every 30 years, Earth observers can catch their best glimpse of Saturn's South Pole and the southern side of the planet's rings.

Between March and April 2003, researchers took full advantage to study the gas giant at maximum tilt, using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to capture detailed images of Saturn's Southern Hemisphere and the southern face of its rings.

Image Credit: NASA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)