Category: The Cosmic View
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Together
We are 7.3 billion humans on this planet right now. Most of us are good minded and just want to be happy and create a beautyfull world around us.
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Jupiter in conjunction with the Sun
In the night of Thu. 27, Jupiter is going to be aligned with the Sun and the Earth. The Image is a combination of the SOHO Lasco C1, Lasco C2 and SDO 171. Soho Database // SDO latest hi-res image of the photosphere (171 nm wavelenght) Artistic interpretation: (cc) Eduardo Santana
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Zoom in the sky
Zooming in the sky with a telescope you can see the planetary nebulas around us. This is the nearest one, the Helix Nebula. These exotic objects have nothing to do with planets, but are the final blooming of Sun-like stars before their retirement as white dwarfs. Shells of gas are blown off from a stars…
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for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
” Now I know why I am here Not for a closer look at the Moon, but to look back, at our home, the Earth ” Al Worden, Apollo 15 Association of Space Explorers Founded in 1985 by small group of US, Russian and international fliers who met in Cernay, France, the Association of Space…
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I LOVE THIS PLANET!!
Compilation of timelapses from the International Space Station. Music: Ludovico Einaudi – Experience (Live At Fabric, London 2013) Editor: Dmitry Pisanko Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth Original data: 95 623 files, 109 Gigabytes from http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
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All the astronauts wich were in Space say this
It’s called the Overview Effect, understanding we are all together in this one world.
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First color image of the full illuminated Earth in 1967
The first colour image of the whole Earth was little known because it was taken by DODGE – for ‘Department of Defense Gravitational Experiment’ – the satellite was sent into a near-geostationary orbit in July 1967. The hurricane above the gulf of Mexico is the Beulah hurricane. The image was taken with a black an…
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Earth Spheres
“We will now be able to measure and track Sun-induced space weather as well as global climactic trends in ozone levels, aerosols, vegetation, volcanic ash, and Earth reflectivity, all in high resolution; just the kind of data our civilization needs to make informed cultural, political, and scientific decisions that affect our future. Occasions such as…
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Finally we will have daily color images of Earth 🙂
” Earth: Not mounted on a stand, with color-coded state and national boundaries, as schoolroom globes are prone to display. Instead, we see our world as only a cosmic perspective can provide: Blue Oceans – Dry Land – White Clouds – Polar Ice. A Sun-lit planet, teeming with life, framed in darkness.” Neil deGrasse Tyson…
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The Overview Effect
The Overview Effect is an experience that transforms astronauts’ perspective of the planet and mankind’s place upon it. Common features of the experience are a feeling of awe for the planet, a profound understanding of the interconnection of all life, and a renewed sense of responsibility for taking care of the environment. more infos: weareplanetary.com
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The Sun from Space
The Sun seen from the International Space Station photographed by Terry W. Virts (NASA Astronaut) We are so used to see the Sun on a blue sky that often we forget it is a star, like all the shiny light dots scattered in the night sky.
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