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NASA Ultra Deep Field 2014 - 10,000 Galaxies

In 2004, NASA pointed the Hubble into a very small section of space and the result was amazing…

Milky Way Over Paranal Observatory In Chile

The planets, Pluto included. The First Book of the Earth. 1936.

M42 [NGC 1976] Orion Nebula

The Lunar X : The striking X in this lunarscape is easily visible in binoculars or a small telescope, but not too many have seen it. The catch is, this lunar X is fleeting and only apparent in the hours before the Moon’s first quarter phase. Along the shadow line between lunar day and night, the X illusion is produced by a configuration of craters seen here toward the left, Blanchinus, La Caille and Purbach. Near the Moon’s first quarter phase, an astronaut standing close to the craters’ position would see the slowly rising Sun very near the horizon. Temporarily, crater walls would be in sunlight while crater floors would still be in darkness. Seen from planet Earth, contrasting sections of bright walls against the dark floors by chance look remarkably like an X. This sharp image of the Lunar X was captured on February 22nd. For extra credit, sweep your gaze along the lunar terminator and you can also spot the Lunar V. via NASA

the moon & venus

Black Eye Galaxy

Fox Fur Nebula

Fornax Cluster

Flame Nebula

 “ Bram Stoker’s Dracula, First Edition, 1897 Published in Westminster by the Archibald Constable and Company ”

Everlasting Sky

Eastern Veil Nebula

Chandra Telescope Discovers Dark Matter

Centaurus A - NGC 5128

Looking up through the trees in our campsite at Quaking Aspen in the Sequoia National Forest in the California Sierras.

A 2008 solar eclipse

Credit: Miloslav Druckmuller (Brno University of Technology), Peter Aniol, Vojtech Rusin

Conjunction of Mars and Saturn

The Moon

With the Lights Out ~ Michael Bollino

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