Supermoon this weekend
On Saturday, May 5, 2012 the Moon could appear as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full Moons of 2012. This weekend will provide the full Moon’s closest approach of the year to Earth.
Morning, Moon and Mercury
Moon and Mercury the pair rose together in predawn skies above the city lights of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, climbing high above the horizon along a steeply inclined ecliptic plane. Image Credit Stephen Mudge, Stephen’s email
Sunny Skies over the Antarctic Peninsula
Sunny skies and westerly winds prevailed over the Antarctic Peninsula on April 24, 2012. Cloudy weather had just moved out, and temperatures rose well above freezing as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite passed overhead and captured a natural-color image acquired April 24, 2012(top). NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen
Eight Lightning Bolts Striking San Francisco
In this picture we see all four towers of San Francisco’s Bay Bridge being struck by lightning. “This shot has been on my list since moving to San Francisco. Unfortunately, I’ve only seen lightning 3 times in the 2 years I’ve lived here. Tonight, I got lightning in 3 separate 20 second exposures. This is a single exposure.” Photographer Phil Mcgrew
Jupiter and the Moons of Earth
The largest artifical moon of the Earth, the International Space Station, streaks through this lovely sky with clouds in silhouette against the fading light of sunset. Image Credit Stefan Seip
Arctic Motion
A Aurora Borealis timelapse video by Tor Even Mathisen. Photo & edit: Tor Even Mathisen
Rainforest river
This is Juruá River snaking through the Amazon rainforest in western Brazil, from the Envisat satellite. Along the river’s main course are free-standing ‘oxbow lakes’, formed when a river changes course. Image credit ESA
Toxic lakes in China’s desert
A NASA Terra satellite image of China’s Bayan Obo mine located in China’s Nei Mongol Region, showing two open mines, a number of tailing ponds and tailing piles. Water surfaces are green, vegetation appears red, grassland light is brown and rocks are black. Image acquired July 2, 2001.
Iceland’s resilient beauty- arches on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula
Winter surf pours through arches it has carved in the basalt at Arnarstapi, on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. In a few months the place will be a carnival of kittiwakes, seabirds that breed here. The large arch is roughly 40 feet high. Image ©Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg/National Geographic
Welcome to the Anthropocene
This animation is made by Globaïa for the short film ‘Welcome to the Anthropocene‘ the period of geological, environmental and biological transformation of the planet by humans, commissioned for the Planet Under Pressure conference.
