Category: The Cosmic View
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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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Earth from Space
Our beautiful planet Earth seen from the International Space Station Photograph taken on June 2015 by Terry W. Virts. (NASA Astronaut) original file
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How to find the star Sirius? a sun behind the sun…
Sirius is the brightest star in the Earth’s night sky, it’s actually a star system 8.7 light years distant. It is about twice as massive as the Sun and 25 times more luminous. It’s so bright that it can even be seen during the day in some areas. Sirius appear already in the earliest astronomical…
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Understanding the Moon Phases
How this montly Phenomenon happends. #Scorpion #FullMoon
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