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Pluto and It's moon (Charon)



A Hubble view of the "Double Planet" Pluto and Charon. Pluto is to the left and Charon to the right. Because Charon is so close to Pluto, the two worlds are typically blurred together when viewed through ground-based telescopes.

solur eclipse

Space Shuttle Launch

Orion

A timed exposure of the Atlantis space shuttle.

The curvature is due to the shuttle travelling into space and moving downrange over the Earth's curvature.

Buzz Aldrin

The Sombrero Galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The large bulge in the centre is a supermassive black hole.
It can be easily be seen with amateur telescopes.

footprint off the moon

Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona

1.186 kilometers (.737 miles)
49,000 years old

Meteorite impact crater suspected created by the Canyon Diablo meteorite

Heres an interesting gif of two seperate photographs taken seconds apart merged together in a gif - notice how the flag doesnt move yet it appears to be blowing:

haha very intriguing

meteor shower

IIRC The us had to make it look like it was blowing as thats what people where used to seeing flags do.

No atmosphere on the moon = no wind.

buzz aldrin upackin the loner modual