Found Images: 2012 June

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:28 am

Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look.

When posting the image itself, please do not post anything larger than a thumbnail here; please honor the copyright holder's copyright.

Thank you!

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bystander · Post by **bystander** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:15 pm

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: [url=https://twitter.com/Astro_Box/]Gregory Johnson[/url].

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:00 pm

bystander wrote:

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: [url=https://twitter.com/Astro_Box/]Gregory Johnson[/url].

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

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:44 pm

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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 · Post by **RJN** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:17 pm

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

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=28508

canopia · Post by **canopia** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:35 pm

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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/badas ... o-another/
TWAN Link: http://twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003606

starsurfer · Post by **starsurfer** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:04 am

Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565)
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxies/ ... GC4565.htm
Copyright: Ken Crawford

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:21 pm

: [url=http://docs.darksky.org/PR/Crux_and_Church.JPG][b][i]Crux and the Church of the Good Shepherd[/i][/b][/url] - [b][i]Photo Credit:[/i][/b] [url=http://www.astrophotography.co.nz/][b][i]Fraser Gunn[/i][/b][/url]

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

starstruck · Post by **starstruck** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:52 am

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 · Post by **starsurfer** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:24 am

RCW 24 widefield
http://www.cosmicphotos.com/gallery/ima ... lbum_id=11
Copyright: Jason Jennings

kaibab7 · Post by **kaibab7** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:14 pm

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!"]

starsurfer · Post by **starsurfer** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:33 am

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

starsurfer · Post by **starsurfer** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:07 pm

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

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:35 pm

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 · Post by **RJN** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:28 am

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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!

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=28868

RJN · Post by **RJN** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:11 pm

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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/archiv ... 9/image/a/
Asterisk Cross Post: http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=28888
(Hubble Space Telescope Image)

RJN · Post by **RJN** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:14 pm

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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/newsrel ... e20120613/
Asterisk Cross Post: http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28884

starsurfer · Post by **starsurfer** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:04 pm

Coffee Bean Nebula (RCW 98) widefield
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/rcw9 ... FSQ106.htm
Copyright: Steve Crouch

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RJN · Post by **RJN** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:35 pm

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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

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28679

RJN · Post by **RJN** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:37 pm

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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

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 67#p175267

RJN · Post by **RJN** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:53 pm

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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

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:12 pm

: [size=120][b][i]Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute[/i][/b][/size]

starsurfer · Post by **starsurfer** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 8:33 am

Dark Horse Nebula
http://www.astro-austral.cl/imagenes/wi ... l/info.htm
Copyright: José Joaquín Pérez

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bystander · Post by **bystander** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:34 pm

: [i]Flying photographer Brian Whittaker photographed these NLCs over Canada on June 13, 2012. [b](Image Courtesy of Brian Whittaker)[/b][/i]

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

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:45 pm

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

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

Starship Asterisk*