Search This Blog

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Space is simply mystifying. The Crab Nebula [449x450]


http://bit.ly/2gIpUbV via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2fNAgD1

Sunrise Solar Eclipse over the Andaman Sea, Myanmar [OC] [2481 × 3721]


http://bit.ly/2fMNXls via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gHmciV

Soul Nebula, captured from my inner city roof [OC][6344 x 8587]


http://bit.ly/2fEKY3e via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gLh0GV

The Nile river and Red Sea at night photographed from the International Space Station [4928 × 3280]


http://go.nasa.gov/2gxTAWn via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2fRgBFu

Simultaneous view of Earth and Moon from the Apollo 13 spacecraft windows [6000x3003]


http://bit.ly/2gxuaIj via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2fQKTIo

My night sky these days! [OC][7369x4342]


http://bit.ly/2fCIsuz via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gJmamL

Horsehead and Flame Nebulae [OS][1954x1954]


http://bit.ly/2fCKZ8b via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gJosT8

I wonder if any of those other solar systems also have Joshua Trees [3600x5400]


http://bit.ly/2fCJ8jw via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gJmH8C

Orion's Nebula with a DSLR [OC][4213 x 2950]


http://bit.ly/2fCHTAV via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gJidys

Monday, November 28, 2016

International Space Station: "Here on Oct. 6, 2015, framed by the edge of a huge Station solar panel, the city of Moscow, Russia sparkles in the night with spoke streets streaming out across the land while an aurora of blue, white and purple contrast the star-filled sky." [1600 x 1065]


http://bit.ly/2fvSygG via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gCuTHH

The Nebulae of Orion, shot from just outside Salt Lake City, Utah with a Nikon D7000 and Samyang 135mm [OC][2048x1389]


http://bit.ly/2fvo9zh via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gC1flB

The back end of the Milky Way is not as impressive as the galactic center. However, it is cool to think we are looking out into the universe, through the relatively open and scattered spiral arm of our galaxy. Plus, our neighbor Andromeda is just to the right.[OC][4028x5452]


http://bit.ly/2fvhmFz via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gBZDbw

Picture of the Moon I took through a telescope [OC 2448 × 3264]


http://bit.ly/2gqdu5H via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2fv8wI3

Undead SpaceGod [OC] [1294x2000]


http://bit.ly/2fYHLYN via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gcAlUD

The Heart Nebula - IC 1805 [OC] [3520x2448]


http://bit.ly/2fuLMb1 via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gpNOWM

SH2-308 - A Faint Bubble Nebula [1600x1359]


http://bit.ly/2gbIKrk via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2fXKnpO

M66, the largest "player" of the Leo Triplet [ 3903 x 2702]


http://bit.ly/2gzWUzj via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2ft6lEN

A selfie with the Milky Way...Alabama Hills. Talk about an amazing place to check out the stars. [OC] [800x1200]


http://bit.ly/2fsOHB4 via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gzBHpf

Moonrise over Gran Canaria, as seen from Tenerife. [OC] [1920x1313]


http://bit.ly/2girChP via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2fWRkY4

Rural Colorado Night Skies [OC][2048x1048]


http://bit.ly/2gOuwO8 via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gBDBHn

Sunday, November 27, 2016

M42 - The Orion Nebula [5165x3379] [OC]


http://bit.ly/2gAw9fr via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gNrdXL

Crab Nebula, passed through edge detector and then combined with original image[1206x1200]


http://bit.ly/2gAgoFz via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gNfOHa

Tarantula Nebula [1350x1010]


http://bit.ly/2fG0H0x via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gl6Jlk

"Revelation" [OC] [2048x1491] - Milky Way above fog, Santa Cruz CA IG: @ewingnicholas


http://bit.ly/2fG2hj6 via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gl6eIk

Within earshot of Crater Lake, OR, sits Diamond Lake. While not as lovely, the skies are genuinely dark and offer amazing views of the Milky Way. [OC][3648x5472]


http://bit.ly/2foVtrE via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gvW4E2

The Orion Nebula [4848x2939][OC]


http://bit.ly/2g6DHIy via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gjNw3y

Saturday, November 26, 2016

NGC 1381 & Friends from last night [2560x1753]


http://bit.ly/2fDzxaE via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gib60G

Soyuz capsule docking with the ISS [700 x 394]


http://bit.ly/2fDug2V via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gi1iE5

Earth from Apollo 15 [4941x4941]


http://bit.ly/2flEc2c via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gsXrTV

With plenty of places to park in Big Meadows at Shenandoah National Park, VA, it is one of the easiest places to observe a clear dark sky. [1365x2048] [OC]


http://bit.ly/2fzlEH7 via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2gsYXJk

Sun in Slices - 3 Filters (CaK, Hฮฑ, WL) [968x1043]


http://bit.ly/2gsGJHQ via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2fzbWVr

Aurora Borealis over Alaska, USA. Photographed by Marketa Murray. [1067 x 1600]


http://bit.ly/2ggwLGG via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2fC8nkc

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Baikonur, Kazakhstan: "Situated along a major bend in the river, the town of Baikonur is home to the Cosmodrome, the world's 'first and largest space launch facility.'" This photo was snapped on 10 April 2016 by an astronaut orbiting aboard the International Space Station. [4928 x 3280] [OS]


http://go.nasa.gov/2f8ETMd via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2ghxl65

"On December 6, 2015, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were awaiting the launch of the Cygnus Commercial Resupply Services spacecraft....This [Atlas V rocket] photograph was taken 4 minutes 12 seconds after launch as the crew looked southwest into the dusk sky" [4928x3280][OS]


http://go.nasa.gov/2f8Fxtc via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2ghvSNe

I didn't almost die for this image. I drove up to the rim on a paved road in a warm vehicle with my friends. Crater Lake, OR. [OC][3648x5472]


http://bit.ly/2g5lLf0 via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2fsQwwa

My First Attempt at Photographing the Supermoon (789 × 795)


http://bit.ly/2g5dfgb via /r/spaceporn http://bit.ly/2fsKQ5z