The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1hryg4f Smoke from the treacherous western wildfires has wafted across country and out to sea.http://ift.tt/1MXEkxm
Month: August 2015
Signs of Katrina Linger in the Marshes
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1MZTvrh Ten years after making landfall, scars from Hurricane Katrina still linger.http://ift.tt/1MSLi6M
Astronaut Kjell Lindgren Corrals the Supply of Fresh Fruit
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1NWBGGI NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren corrals the supply of fresh fruit that arrived on the Kounotori 5 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-5.)http://ift.tt/1hI2yjP
Stark Beauty of Supersonic Shock Waves
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1EjRSlA Updating a 150-year-old German photography technique, NASA and the U.S. Air Force released what’s called a “schlieren” image of the shock wave from a supersonic aircraft.http://ift.tt/1fFScyS
The Lonely Mountain
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1LxPHgH NASA’s Dawn spacecraft spotted this tall, conical mountain on Ceres from a distance of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers).http://ift.tt/1IcpgoZ
Sea Ice in the Greenland Sea
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1Ee3iH8 As the northern hemisphere experiences the heat of summer, ice moves and melts in the Arctic waters and the far northern lands surrounding it. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of sea ice off Greenland on July 16, 2015.http://ift.tt/1PuQrkn
A Hubble Cosmic Couple
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1HZIUEI Here we see the spectacular cosmic pairing of the star Hen 2-427 — more commonly known as WR 124 — and the nebula M1-67 which surrounds it.http://ift.tt/1U4ogtV
Curiosity Low-Angle Self-Portrait at ‘Buckskin’ Drilling Site on Mount Sharp
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1hssGPw This low-angle self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle above the “Buckskin” rock target, where the mission collected its seventh drilled sample.http://ift.tt/1NvoIS7
Testing on Deck
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1NveqBs In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated August 19 as National Aviation Day in honor of Orville Wright’s birthday, directing citizens to celebrate the day with activities that encourage an interest and appreciation for aviation. NASA’s heritage in aviation research goes back more than 100 years.http://ift.tt/1PmyG6I
Aurora’s Colorful Veil Over Earth
The latest from NASA! http://ift.tt/1K3M2FA NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shared this photograph on social media, taken from the International Space Station on August 15, 2015. Kelly wrote, “#Aurora trailing a colorful veil over Earth this morning. Good morning from @space_station! #YearInSpace”http://ift.tt/1EAdN2i