Massive Solar Flare
According to NASA this is an electromagnetic event. Sunspots, solar flares and solar storms are visible plasma wave “discharges.” In a fraction of a second the eruption shoots hundreds of thousand of miles! Not...
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Our Sun Erupts
On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun’s atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. The coronal mass ejection, or CME,...
The Only American Not on Earth on Sept 11
FROM NASA: Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from the Manhattan area after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center. This photo was taken of metropolitan New York City (and...
The Perseids Meteor Shower
In this stunning capture we see the Perseids meteor shower as observed from the Snowy Range in Wyoming. The photograph was taken the night of August 11th by professional photographer David Kingham. Kingham explains: “I...
The Power of One Small Step
In the photograph above we see astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 Commander, inside the Lunar Module as it rests on the lunar surface after completion of his historic moonwalk. The following is an...
What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?
A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering...