Tag: earth

June 1, 2016 at 11:07 am

Picture of the Day: Stargazing from the International Space Station

Picture of the Day: Stargazing from the International Space Station

With the Earth below and Milky Way above, the views from the ISS never get old

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May 11, 2016 at 11:19 am

This Rare Mercury Transit Timelapse Really Puts the Colossal Size of Our Sun in Perspective

This Rare Mercury Transit Timelapse Really Puts the Colossal Size of Our Sun in Perspective

Mercury is roughly 1/3 the size of Earth and you can fit about 1.3 million Earths inside the Sun…

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April 30, 2016 at 12:31 pm

A Continuous 24 Hour Stream of Earth from the ISS If You Ever Want to Relax or Escape

A Continuous 24 Hour Stream of Earth from the ISS If You Ever Want to Relax or Escape

Beautifully set to soothing music. Sit back, relax and enjoy

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April 19, 2016 at 10:22 am

NASA Releases Jaw Dropping Footage of Aurora Borealis in Ultra HD 4K

NASA Releases Jaw Dropping Footage of Aurora Borealis in Ultra HD 4K

Marvel at the cosmic beauty of Aurora Borealis from space with this compilation of timelapses shot in stunning ultra HD 4K

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March 1, 2016 at 4:18 pm

NASA Shares the 45 Best Pics from Scott Kelly’s #YearInSpace

NASA Shares the 45 Best Pics from Scott Kelly's #YearInSpace

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and his one-year crewmate, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, have spent the last 340 days in space

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December 28, 2015 at 10:38 am

Picture of the Day: Earthrise 2015

Picture of the Day: Earthrise 2015

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft’s vantage point in orbit around the moon

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November 20, 2015 at 11:54 am

Picture of the Day: Fingerprints of Water on the Sand

Picture of the Day: Fingerprints of Water on the Sand

Astronaut Kjell Lindgren took this photo of Oman from the International Space Station on 11 November 2015.

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September 26, 2015 at 11:13 am

Picture of the Day: Moonlight Over Italy

Picture of the Day: Moonlight Over Italy

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly is spending a year in space and his daily stream of photos continue to inspire. This one is from day 180 and shows Italy at night, illuminated by the moon.

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September 17, 2015 at 10:21 am

A Hiker Found a 2-Year-Old GoPro that was Launched Into Space and the Footage is Awesome

A Hiker Found a 2-Year-Old GoPro that was Launched Into Space and the Footage is Awesome

In 2013, Stanford students launched a weather balloon into space. Two years later, a hiker found the lost payload and returned the footage.

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September 17, 2015 at 8:25 am

A Group of Friends Build the Solar System to Scale in the Middle of the Desert

A Group of Friends Build the Solar System to Scale in the Middle of the Desert

On a dry lakebed in Nevada, a group of friends build the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits: a true illustration of our place in the universe.

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