We will start with a beautiful Nebula taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Nebula - taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Next is the Blue Nebula.
the Blue Nebula
This is the Northern Lights from way up. I believe it is a view from the Space Shuttle.
taken from the space shuttle
Next is a picture taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
They aimed at the darkest point in space and focused in on this.
What you are seeing are galaxies, from a very long distance away.
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Here is proof that we were there. In the 60's we became adventurous enough to actually go to the moon.
What an awesome thing. Look up at the moon some night and Imagine someone actually being there.
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An artists rendering of the International Space Station
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A space station from the future
a future space station, imagine working there
NASA just hit this comet with a probe to study it this year.
a Black Hole
the Earth
taken from the SPIRIT ROVER 2004
purple supernova
Mars 2004
How the Planets size up:
More Pics of the Universe:
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40 Years ago, we orbited, then finally landed on, the Moon.
Clic this link to see a video of the occasion.
Next is the moon rise from way up high.
It wont be long before we can all travel at these altitudes and see space first hand.