October 23, 20177 yr 31 minutes ago, Enrico_sw said: @Stormbringer I found this picture of the Milky Way over the Andes. I think that it was taken in Chile. Very nice place and picture. Amazing picture! I don't recognize where could it be though.
October 23, 20177 yr 4 minutes ago, Stormbringer said: Amazing picture! I don't recognize where could it be though. It says "Cerro Pintor". Does it make sense?
October 24, 20177 yr 4 hours ago, Enrico_sw said: It says "Cerro Pintor". Does it make sense? Yes! That is rather close to Santiago.
November 11, 20177 yr An eruption on Io (one of Jupiter's moons and the most volcanically active one) By Voyager 1
December 30, 20177 yr @Lyla It's the season of Northern Lights (aka Aurora Borealis) in Iceland. And the ones above Reynisdrangar are great!
April 22, 20187 yr The orbits of outer planets by Belén Bergagna! Thanks for this @ALPAT It's a wonderful picture! Spoiler
April 24, 20187 yr The Lagoon nebula. A stellar nursery located around 5 000 light-years away from earth. It's a cloud that makes baby stars. The nebula can be visible with the naked eye (though it's much better with a telescope)
April 24, 20187 yr Storm with bright cloud tops in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter (picture taken by Juno spacecraft)
April 27, 20187 yr The sun in three different ultraviolet wavelengths (304 Å, 193 Å, 171 Å), that can't be seen with the naked eye. They allow to see spicules // coronal holes (quite big) // strands of plasma. By NASA https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/archive/PIA22360_Compare_features_big.mp4
September 18, 20186 yr NGC 3603 is wonderful. HII regions are often sexy! She is 20 000 light-years away from us and she is a beauty.
July 30, 20204 yr Quote NASA, ULA Launch Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-ula-launch-mars-2020-perseverance-rover-mission-to-red-planet Finally some good stuff coming from 2020 (which had been a sh*** year so far)
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