Phytoplankton blooms made up of millions of tiny, light-reflecting organisms growing in the waters of the Barents Sea (top) and Bay of Biscay (bottom).
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We’ve just added new images to our Cassini HD for iPad app. Look for the new update in the ITunes store for these and many more beautiful photos of Saturn and its moons.
Cross a canyon in a single step or traverse an entire mountain range without ever leaving your living room. These rugs made with real NASA satellite images will make you feel like a giant and you can find them in my Thinx Shop.
These photos were taken on March 27, 2012 when NASA Launched 5 rockets in 5 minutes.
NASA successfully launched five suborbital sounding rockets this morning from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream. The first rocket was launched at 4:58 a.m. EDT and each subsequent rocket was launched 80 seconds apart. Each rocket released a chemical tracer that created milky, white clouds at the edge of space. Tracking the way the clouds move can help scientists understand the movement of the winds some 65 miles up in the sky, which in turn will help create better models of the electromagnetic regions of space that can damage man-made satellites and disrupt communications systems. The launches and clouds were reported to be seen from as far south as Wilmington, N.C.; west to Charlestown, W. Va.; and north to Buffalo, N.Y.
NASA satellite images of the Richat Structure.
The Richat Structure, also known as the Eye of the Sahara and Guelb er Richat, is a prominent circular feature in the Sahara desert of west–central Mauritania near Ouadane. This structure is a deeply eroded, slightly elliptical, 40-km in diameter, dome. The sedimentary rock exposed in this dome range in age from Late Proterozoic within the center of the dome to Ordovician sandstone around its edges.
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These moonlit Nacreous clouds were captured by DL. S (aka Peace Portal Photo) at McMurdo Station in Ross Island, Antarctica.
For their app Earth As Art, NASA has taken an unusual foray into the realm of “art for art sake”. Although in this case it would probably be more accurately described as satellite imagery for art sake.
The app is primarily a collection of the most visually striking images returned by the Landsat 7 satellite with information about each image available with just a tap. Though these same images can also be found in galleries of the same name on the U.S. Geological Survey site, I highly recommend downloading this free app for its intuitive design and coffee-table book experience.
These framed NASA photos and illustrations are available from 20x200.
This is:
a) the crew for the first manned NASA Apollo mission practicing water egress procedures with a full size replica of their spacecraft
b) the most awesome pool party ever
c) all of the above
Answer: C
Awe-inspiring NASA satellite images of past hurricanes and typhoons. Click on the photos to see which storms are pictured.
Dramatic images of Hurricane Sandy from NASA.
To celebrate the upcoming release of our new Cassini HD iPad app, I will be posting my favorite images from it all week. These natural color images capture Saturn’s rings with such graphic beauty and stark drama, they’re easily among my favorites.
Cassini HD will be released in the iTunes store on Saturday, Sept. 15. Take advantage of our special release offer and get it for free that first day only.
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