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PHOThis image of Earth's city lights was created with data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS). Or...
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PHOThe Cassini spacecraft surveys Saturn's outstretched ring system in the infrared from a vantage point high above the planet's northern latitudes. Near...
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PHOAfter more than 9,000 years of silence, Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile erupted on May 2, 2008. The plume of ash and steam rose 10.7 to 16.8 kilomet...
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PHOIn May 2008, the 4,000 residents of the fishing town of Chaiten were evacuated after the eruption of Chaiten Volcano 10 kilometers (5.4 miles) to the...
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PHOThe Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, is one of the brightest and most extreme planetary nebulae known. The fiery, dying star at its center is shrouded by a blank...
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PHOAstronaut Ron Garan participated in the first of STS-124's three planned spacewalks as construction and maintenance continue on the International Spac...
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PHOAstronaut Mike Fossum used a digital camera to create this self-portrait during the STS-124 mission's first scheduled spacewalk. During the six-hour,...
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PHOAbove 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...
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PHOThis image shows a polygonal pattern in the ground near NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, similar in appearance to icy ground in the arctic regions of Earth...
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PHOA cyclone is a low-pressure area of winds that spiral inwards. Although tropical storms most often come to mind, these spiraling storms can also form...
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PHOSince the spring of 2005, the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Volcano Observatory has detected increasing volcanic unrest at Augustine Volcano in Cook...
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PHOSTS-116 Mission Specialists Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (left) and Christer Fuglesang participate in the first of the mission's three planned sessions of e...
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PHOAs Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter in 1979, it captured this photo of the Great Red Spot. The Great Red Spot is an anticyclonic (high- pressure) storm on Ju...
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PHOThis image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the diverse collection of galaxies in the cluster Abell S0740 that is over 450 million light-years...
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PHOThis new image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope depicts bright, blue, newly formed stars that are blowing a cavity in the center of a star-for...
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PHOReminiscent of a U.S. July 4 Independence Day celebration, here is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a cosmic explosion that is quite similar to...
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PHOClose inspection of the 2006 Hubble Space Telescope color mosaic of the Orion Nebula (M42) reveals numerous treasures that reside within the nearby, i...
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PHOThis is a Hubble Space Telescope view of one of the most dynamic and intricately detailed star-forming regions in space, located 210,000 light-years a...
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PHOThough the Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) was one of the first planetary nebulae to be discovered, it is one of the most complex such nebulae seen in spa...
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PHOAn iron-nickel meteorite on an ice sheet. Meteorites are often found in the arctic regions where ice sheets deposit material that has landed on them....
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PHOOn January 14, 2008, the MESSENGER spacecraft passed 200 kilometers, (124 miles), above the surface of Mercury and snapped the first pictures of a sid...
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PHOJust 21 minutes after MESSENGER's closest approach to Mercury, the Narrow Angle Camera, (NAC), took this picture showing a variety of intriguing surfa...
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PHOAs the MESSENGER spacecraft approached Mercury on January 14, 2008, the Narrow Angle Camera, (NAC), of the Mercury Dual Imaging System, (MDIS), snappe...
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PHOIn January of 2008 the MESSENGER spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years, since th...
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PHOAs MESSENGER flew by Mercury, the Narrow Angle Camera, (NAC), of the Mercury Dual Imaging System, (MDIS), captured this view on January 14, 2008. Two...
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PHOThe Caloris basin on Mercury is one of the youngest large impact basins in the Solar System, and MESSENGER images are enabling scientists to study it...
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PHOWhen MESSENGER flew by Mercury on January 14, 2008, the Mercury Dual Imaging System, (MDIS), snapped images of a large portion of Mercury's surface th...
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PHOKappa Orionis is the sixth-brightest star in the constellation of Orion. It also has the traditional name Saiph. Kappa Orionis is the sixth brightest...
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PHOBeta Canis Majoris is a star in the constellation of Canis Major. It also has the traditional name Murzim, Al-Murzim or Mirzam. Beta Canis Majoris is...
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PHODelta Orionis, traditionally known as Mintaka, is a star some 900 light years distant in the constellation Orion. Together with Zeta Orionis, (Alnitak...
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PHOLagoon nebula, (M8), optical image. This nebula is an active region of star birth. It glows red as radiation from hot, newly formed stars ionizes the...
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PHOM4 Globular Star Cluster near Bright Star Antares, with dust clouds, and smaller globular NGC6144. Taken on 05/14/07 with AREO-3 at the RAS-Observator...
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PHOCrescent Moon & Venus on 02/19/2007 taken from Jupiter, Florida. Crescent moons occur when the Earth casts a shadow across the moon's disc.
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PHOCrescent Moon & Venus on 02/19/2007 taken from Jupiter, Florida. Crescent moons occur when the Earth casts a shadow across the moon's disc.
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PHOVenus, thin crescent closeup on 7/29/2007. Venus is the second planet out from the Sun, orbiting it at a distance of around 108 million kilometres. Ve...
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PHOVenus on 09/24/07 at greatest Brilliance. Taken with DK firewire camera & 10' sct and Avi captured and stacked 500 frames.
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PHOPollux (Beta Geminorum) one of the Gemini twins. Captured with canon 10D DSLR 5.5' scope, 12 minute exposure, iso 400.
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PHOPersied Meteor shower in 2007 with M45 Pleaides Cluster (Top), Planet Mars (Center), and Hyades Star Cluster in Tuarus (Bottom). Taken on 08/11/07 at...
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PHOViel Nebula (NGC 6960 ) with bright star 52 Cygni. The Veil Nebula was formed over 15,000 years ago by the explosive death of a massive star. Photogra...
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PHONGC6826, The Blinking Nebula, is a planetary nebula in Cygnus about 2,200 light years away. 16 minute exposure with a 10' sct and QHY2 CCD camera ungu...
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PHOSpiral Galaxy NGC 4565. This galaxy is seen exactly edge-on from Earth, so its spiral structure cannot be seen. The thin arms are seen along their pla...
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