Found Images: 2012 June

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[bystander]

Unusual Sight: Space Shuttle Speeding Across the Ocean
Universe Today | Nancy Atkinson | 2012 Jun 01

Aerial view of the space shuttle replica 'Explorer' being hauled via barge to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: Gregory Johnson.

[Beyond]

Unusual Sight: Space Shuttle Speeding Across the Ocean
Universe Today | Nancy Atkinson | 2012 Jun 01

Aerial view of the space shuttle replica 'Explorer' being hauled via barge to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: Gregory Johnson.

Bystander, you really 'tugged' on my funny-bone with this one.

[bystander]

Aboard the International Space Station in May 2012, Expedition 31 astronaut Don Pettit opened the shutters covering the cupola observation windows in time to watch the moon rise. The time-lapse scene was photographed from the airlock of the Station's Russian segment.

Credit: NASA

Astronaut opens up the window to see the Moon rise
Discover Blogs | Bad Astronomy | 2012 Jun 01

[RJN]

Earth and Sky Photo Contest 2012
Credit: Babak Tafreshi and The World at Night (TWAN)
Base link: http://vimeo.com/41781867
TWAN link: http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6071

viewtopic.php?t=28508

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Venus, from one side of the Sun to another
Credit: Cenk E. Tezel & Tunç Tezel
Base Link: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/21/venus-from-one-side-of-the-sun-to-another/
TWAN Link: http://twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003606

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Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565)
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxies/NGC4565/NGC4565.htm
Copyright: Ken Crawford

NGC4565.jpg

[bystander]

Crux and the Church of the Good Shepherd - Photo Credit: Fraser Gunn

IDA: New Zealand's Aoraki Mackenzie Named Dark Sky Reserve

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A truly unique perspective on astronomy and art, astronaut Don Pettit's beautiful star trail pictures taken from on board the ISS!

Image copyright: Don Pettit/NASA

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Image copyright: Don Pettit/NASA

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more of his astounding images can be viewed at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa_jsc_p ... 257865460/

[starsurfer]

RCW 24 widefield
http://www.cosmicphotos.com/gallery/image.php?fld_image_id=246&fld_album_id=11
Copyright: Jason Jennings

rcw24.jpg

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Star Trails over Mexican Hat
Copyright: Greg Brush

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This was an all night capture of the stars over Mexican Hat, Utah.
["My God, It's Full of Stars!"]

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NGC 5367
http://www.pbase.com/kwiechen/image/143909530
Copyright: Kai Wiechen

143909530.WWmqDv1H.jpg

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Atacama crescents near Cerro Armazones (E-ELT site in Chile)
http://www.capella-observatory.com/ImageHTMLs/SolarSystem/CelestialEvents/AtacamaCrescents.htm
Copyright: Rainer Sparenberg and Stefan Binnewies

AtacamaCrescents.jpg

[bystander]

Uncovering the Veil (Nebula)
NASA Image of the Day | 2012 June 12

The Veil Nebula, left behind by the explosion of a massive star thousands of years ago, is one of the largest and most spectacular supernova remnants in the sky.

The image was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in November 1994 and August 1997.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University)

[RJN]

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Proposed European Extremely Large Telescope (39.3-meter)
Illustration Credit :ESO
Found link: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1225/
Note the comparative size of the cars!

viewtopic.php?t=28868

[RJN]

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Chance Alignment Between Galaxies Mimics a Cosmic Collision
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama)
Base Link: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/29/image/a/
Asterisk Cross Post: viewtopic.php?f=30&t=28888
(Hubble Space Telescope Image)

[RJN]

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Cassini Sees Tropical Lakes on Saturn Moon
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Base Link: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/newsreleases/newsrelease20120613/
Asterisk Cross Post: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28884

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Coffee Bean Nebula (RCW 98) widefield
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/rcw98_STL11K_FSQ106.htm
Copyright: Steve Crouch

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Late Afternoon Shadows at Endeavour Crater on Mars
or
"My Blue Mars"
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ.
Found: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15684

viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28679

[RJN]

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Dusty Mars Rover's Self Portrait
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ.
Found: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15115

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=26849&p=175267#p175267

[RJN]

Zooming in on the Center of the Milky Way
Credit: ESO/MPE/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)/VISTA/J. Emerson/Digitized Sky Survey
Found: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhHUNvEKUY8

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Saturn, raw | Discover Blogs | Bad Astronomy | 2012 June 17
W00074443.jpg | NASA JPL-Caltech | Cassini Solstice Mission | 2012 June 15

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Dark Horse Nebula
http://www.astro-austral.cl/imagenes/widefield/Pipe%20Bowl/info.htm
Copyright: José Joaquín Pérez

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Flying photographer Brian Whittaker photographed these NLCs over Canada on June 13, 2012. (Image Courtesy of Brian Whittaker)

2012 Noctilucent Cloud Season Begins
NASA | Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) | 2012 June 18

[bystander]

Milky Way from Concordia Base
Image Credit: ESA/IPEV/PNRA – Alexander Kumar

Milky Way to Concordia Base… Come In, Concordia Base…
Universe Today | Jason Major | 2012 June 18