Distant Sun and Sunspot 1429
Over the past two weeks, one of the most energetic sunspot regions of recent years crossed the face of the Sun. Active Region 1429, visible above as the group of dark spots on the Sun’s upper right, blasted out several solar flares and coronal mass ejections since coming around the edge of the Sun almost a month ago. Photographer Juan Manuel Pérez Rayego
Earth by One Ring Zero
Stunning images from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center set to awesome music from indie band One Ring Zero.
Starry night Lefkada island
The photo above showing the starry night sky as viewed from the village of Eglouvi on Lefkada Island, Greece was taken on June 29, 2011. The hook-shaped grouping of stars at left, dominated by brilliant 1.0 magnitude Antares (the red giant), is the constellation of Scorpio. Photographer: Stavros Hios; Stavros’s Web site
Bazaruto Island from ISS
This image taken by astronaut Clayton Anderson aboard the International Space Station shows the beauty of Bazaruto Island, St Antonio Island and Magaruque Island in the Mozambique Channel. credit: NASA – Clayton Anderson
Spectacular aurora from high activity on the Sun
The Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) unleashed by active region 1429 initially hit Earth producing amazing displays of aurora like the one shown above over Iceland, photographed by Jónína Óskarsdóttir!
A story for tomorrow
This video was written and produced while traveling through Chile & Patagonia with my girlfriend. We spent 5 weeks exploring this amazing country, and this is how we chose to document it.
Lick Observatory Moonrise
The gorgeous Full Moon rose behind Mount Hamilton, as viewed from a well chosen location at sunset, east of San Jose, California on March 7. The lunar disk frames historic Lick Observatory perched on the mountain’s 4,200 foot summit. Photographer Rick Baldridge
Ship Tracks off the California coast
Ships churning across the Pacific Ocean left this cluster of bright cloud trails lingering in the atmosphere late last month. The narrow clouds, known as ship tracks, form when water vapor condenses around tiny particles of pollution that ships either emit directly as exhaust or that form as a result of gases within the exhaust.
Twin Waterspouts offshore of Encinitas
The photo above showing twin waterspouts offshore of Encinitas, California was observed in late September of 2007. These two funnels formed on a sultry afternoon in a weak weather system that pushed north from the Baja California area. Photographer: Jim Hornung
Japan earthquake and tsunami anniversary
March 11, after a year from one of the biggest earthquakes in recorded history, Japanese scientists are warning that Tokyo could soon be hit by a monster quake that will cause great damage.
