via apod.nasa.gov Completely immersed in Earth's cone-shaped shadow during the total eclipse phase, the lunar surface is still illuminated by sunlight, reddened and refracted into the dark shadow region by a dusty atmosphere.
via apod.nasa.gov Beautiful image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of a dying sun-like star.
via devour.com I'm fascinated by this stuff. Just beautiful.
via wired.com The black hole gobbled up its last available meal of gas and dust as a quasar between 45,000 and 70,000 years ago, ionizing oxygen in distant gas clouds into a bright green glow before fading back into darkness. My love of space exploration didn't...
via apod.nasa.gov Sometimes it looks like the Sun is being viewed through a large lens. In the above case, however, there are actually millions of lenses: ice crystals.
via news.nationalgeographic.com Beautiful shot from Russia of a smoke-obscured partial eclipse. Other space pictures at the above link.
That's what I immediately thought of when I saw this photo. They're actually wind-blown sand dunes. This is one of seven great photos from the NASA probe Mars Odyssey.
via apod.nasa.gov The Moon passed in front of the Red Planet, and here you see it as a speck of light on the sunlit side just as it becomes visible again.
via vimeo.com Wonderful trailer of time-lapse footage of the American Southwest. To see it at its best be sure to make it full screen.
