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Morning on Mars
6 Martian sunrises, as seen by the HiRISE orbiter. Once again, not artist’s renditions.
Alan Moore talking about science and imagination
Interviewed backstage at Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People, December 2011
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Laser Strike at the Galactic Center
Astronomers at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) site in Chile are trying to measure the distortions of Earth’s ever changing atmosphere. Constant imaging of high-altitude atoms excited by the laser — which appear like an artificial star — allow astronomers to instantly measure atmospheric blurring.
Credit: Yuri Beletsky (ESO)
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Man, I miss Seattle.
(Source: meghangentz)
Made some animated GIFs out of the videos provided below, click on each of the GIF for the titles.
“Remember the amazing night-time timelapse video that James Drake stitched together from space station photos? Well, he’s gone back through the astronaut photographs and created six more videos. They’re shorter… but they’re AMAZING. Daytime, night time, auroras, it’s all there. Check them out via UniverseToday.”
(Source: ikenbot)
Mentougou Eco Valley: China’s planned ”Ecological Silicon Valley” in the Miaofeng mountains.
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