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« Reply #15 on: May 09, 2008, 12:13:26 AM »

me too, the colors are beautiful!


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« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2008, 11:46:49 AM »

Nardo Ring, Italy

The Nardo Ring is a striking visual feature from space, and astronauts have photographed it several times. The Ring is a race car test track that is steeply banked to reduce the amount of active steering needed by drivers. The Ring lies in a remote area on the heel of Italy's "boot," east of the naval port of Taranto and encompasses a number of active (green) and fallow (brown to dark brown) agricultural fields. In this zone of intensive agriculture, farmers gain access to their fields through the Ring via a series of underpasses. Winding features within the southern section of the Ring appear to be smaller, unused race tracks.

Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

and here is another shot of it:


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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #17 on: May 20, 2008, 03:29:06 PM »

Pipsqueak Star Unleashes Monster Flare

For many years scientists have known that our sun gives off powerful explosions, known as flares, that contain millions of times more energy than atomic bombs.

But when astronomers compare flares from the sun to flares on other stars, the sun's flares lose. On April 25, 2008, NASA's Swift satellite picked up a record-setting flare from a star known as EV Lacertae. This flare was thousands of times more powerful than the greatest observed solar flare. But because EV Lacertae is much farther from Earth than the sun, the flare did not appear as bright as a solar flare. Still, it was the brightest flare ever seen from a star other than the sun.

What makes the flare particularly interesting is the star. EV Lacertae is much smaller and dimmer than our sun. In other words, a tiny, wimpy star is capable of packing a very powerful punch.

How can such a small star produce such a powerful flare? The answer can be found in EV Lacertae's youth. Whereas our sun is a middle-aged star, EV Lacertae is a toddler. The star is much younger than our sun, and is still spinning rapidly. The fast spin, together with its churning interior, whips up gases to produce a magnetic field that is much more powerful than the sun's magnetic field.

Image Credit: Casey Reed/NASA


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Mars Phoenix pic

« Reply #18 on: May 28, 2008, 12:02:46 PM »

check out this pic of Phoenix on Mars:

Phoenix and the American Flag on Mars

This image, released on America's Memorial Day, May 26, 2008, shows the American flag and a mini-DVD on the Phoenix's deck, which is about 3 feet above the Martian surface. The mini-DVD from the Planetary Society contains a message to future Martian explorers, science fiction stories and art inspired by the Red Planet, and the names of more than a quarter million Earthlings.

Mars, a cold desert planet with no liquid water on its surface, has water ice that lurks just below ground level in its arctic region. Discoveries made by the Mars Odyssey Orbiter in 2002 show large amounts of subsurface water ice in the northern arctic plain. Phoenix will use its robotic arm to dig through the protective top soil layer to the water ice below and ultimately, to bring both soil and water ice to the lander platform for sophisticated scientific analysis.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona


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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2008, 12:26:54 PM »

Upward

Above Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery emerges from behind a growing cloud of smoke as it races toward space on its STS-124 mission to the International Space Station.

Liftoff was on time at 5:02 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 31, 2008. Discovery is making its 35th flight. The STS-124 mission is the 26th in the assembly of the space station. It is the second of three flights launching components to complete the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory. The shuttle crew will install Kibo's large Japanese Pressurized Module and its remote manipulator system, or RMS. The 14-day flight includes three spacewalks.

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


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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #20 on: June 04, 2008, 09:55:11 PM »

These are some really cool pictures yanges! Kudos to you thumbs up


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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #21 on: June 04, 2008, 10:48:32 PM »

Quote from: callmemrbill on June 04, 2008, 09:55:11 PM

These are some really cool pictures yanges! Kudos to you thumbs up

Thanks callmemrbill!!

i enjoy space stuff and love to share it with those who do also


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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #22 on: June 06, 2008, 02:56:18 PM »

In a Day's Work

Astronaut Ron Garan participated in the first of STS-124's three planned spacewalks as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 48-minute spacewalk, Garan and fellow astronaut Mike Fossum loosened restraints holding the Orbiter Boom Sensor System in its temporary stowage location on the space station's starboard truss, prepared the Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module for its installation to the space station, demonstrated cleaning techniques for the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint's (SARJ) race ring and installed a replacement SARJ Trundle Bearing Assembly. Kibo was officially opened during a ceremony performed by astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and the Expedition 17 and STS-124 crews the next day.

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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2008, 01:22:30 PM »

Working

Astronaut Ron Garan works on assigned tasks during the last scheduled spacewalk of the STS-124 mission specialist. During the six-hour, 33-minute spacewalk, Garan and fellow astronaut Mike Fossum exchanged a depleted Nitrogen Tank Assembly for a new one, removed thermal covers and launch locks from the Kibo laboratory, reinstalled a repaired television camera onto the space station's left P1 truss,and retrieved samples of a dust-like substance from the left Solar Alpha Rotary Joint for analysis by experts on the ground.

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Re: Nasa image of the day

« Reply #24 on: June 12, 2008, 12:02:54 PM »

Crew Mobility Chassis Prototype

The Crew Mobility Chassis Prototype is NASA's new concept for a lunar truck. Researchers are trying it out at Moses Lake, Wash., this week as part of a series of tests of lunar surface concepts. One feature is its high mobility. Each set of wheels can pivot individually in any direction, giving the vehicle the ability to drive sideways, forward, backward and any direction in between -- important if the truck becomes mired in lunar dust, needs to zigzag down a steep crater wall or parallel park at its docking station. NASA currently is building the spacecraft and systems to return to the moon by 2020.


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