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This is SH2-284, a star forming nebula. The image is false color, but each hue represents a different part of the infrared spectrum. Blue and teal is mostly coming from stars, while red and yellow is dust. Green comes from a very specific kind of material called a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons — long-chain carbon molecules which are essentially soot. PAHs are made in various ways, but are abundant where stars are being born, and that’s what we’re seeing here.
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"The Milky Way towering over a thunderstorm in Canyonlands National Park" by Bret Webster
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Clay Allison Just when you feel small (in the best of ways) under the power of a great place like Canyonlands, you see a huge, powerful storm. If that isn't enough to awe you, the view of our galaxy above surely should.
the death of a star
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Shannon Moore this looks like an eye.
Terri Brodfuehrer it's a nebula called "The Eye of God".. google it under images, some truly awesome pics of it there.
Joani Schofield Yes, it is the Helix Nebula, apparently the name 'The Eye of God" isn't the official name, just kind of a nick name. The center is a star dying, which is what created that cloud ring that looks like an eye.
Phytoplankton blooming in the Atlantic Ocean
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Montana
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Heather Thomson wanna live there
Heike Murphy Wow!
Dee Ann Housman Wow is right!
Joani Schofield It is such a perfect, quality image.
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Leslie Sanders You know you're a nerd when you giggle at this...and I did! lol
Amanda Anding Totally laughed out loud! Silly kitty.
Julie Thomas lol
Jana Williams I found this hilarious. Just like all the science kitty jokes
The sun: a solar flare
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Amy Maynes isn't that a prominence?
Joani Schofield You could be right, although, if you go to the site where it was linked from, it identifies it as a solar flare, but it does look more like a prominence!
Joani Schofield update: conclusion is that the prominence is the ring part of a solar flare, so this picture is a solar flare and a prominence
Spotted Lake (Khiluk) is a salt alkali lake in British Columbia with high concentrations of magnesium sulfate, calcium and sodium sulfate as well as a number of other minerals and metals. As the water evaporates in the summer, dry spots of salt deposits appear, leaving natural walkways around the rims. #Spotted_Lake #British_Columbia #Geology #Geography #Khiluk
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Stars, space is huge
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cyndy Hopper the Milky Way...lovely
Joani Schofield it's incredible!
star projector $22
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Joani Schofield Oh, an in-person review! Glad to hear it :)
Tiffany Ibarra where can i buy this!?
Melanie Davis This is fun if you are high, lol.
Joani Schofield As far as I am concerned, you can pin it wherever you want, it isn't my image. :)
The Richat Structure in the Sahara desert of Mauritania via Chaudron
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The Richat Structure in the Sahara desert of Mauritania via Chaudron
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The Richat Structure in the Sahara desert of Mauritania via Chaudron
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AliceRose Gregory woah
Joani Schofield amazing, eh?
Janice Fulton wow
Ellen Kingsley 40 km in diameter!
The Fairy of Eagle Nebula Image Credit: The Hubble Heritage Team,
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Northern Hemisphere Star Chart $30
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Sheri Nidositko very cool
Joani Schofield Yeah, I think I "need" one ;)
amazing and frightening
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Tori A aweeeesome!
Joani Schofield I know, it gives me little chills.
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Sherri Dewey how incredibly beautiful!
Joani Schofield I would suggest googling goldpaint photography and looking at the rest of his work - there are some incredible shots!