Tag: astronomy

Post author By danelabonte
Post date 2013-09-29

Earth as seen from Saturn, 898 million miles away

(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA17171)

Tags astronomy, earth, Humanity, photography, saturn, Space, space photography

Post author By danelabonte
Post date 2013-07-27

The little-seen far side of the Moon, photographed by the relatively unknown Russian spacecraft Zond 8 in October, 1970. (Photo: Galspace via NASA APOD)

A photo of the relatively unseen far side of the moon

Source: inothernews

Tags 1970, astronomy, moon, nasa, photography, russia, Science, Space, space exploration, the dark side of the moon

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Post author By danelabonte
Post date 2013-06-23

Last night’s supermoon.

A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon or a new moon with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in the largest apparent size of the moon’s disk as seen from Earth. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermoon)

(Image source http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1gwl58/my_attempt_at_photographing_tonights_supermoon/

Tags astronomy, clouds, moon, night, supermoon