Entries filed under 'outer space'

Night Moves: NASA Delivers a Fascinating After-Hours Look at Earth from Space

NASA and NOAA have hatched an amazing new satellite view of earth at night, and it's a marvel to observe. The accompanying video offers a composite view of the earth compiled over 9 nights for a cloudless view of the planet. Among the eye-poppers on display: oil rigs at work in the Middle East. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on December 6, 2012 11:45 AM & Tagged International Dark Sky Association, NASA, dark skies, earth as art and outer space | permalink | Comments



National Parks as Seen from Outer Space

What does Crater Lake National Park look like from outer space? Capitol Reef? Hawaii Volcanoes? Shenandoah? Wrangell-St. Elias? Mount Rainier? Death Valley? Denali? Grand Canyon? For the answers, Wired magazine assembled a gallery of images recorded by NASA and other astronomical sources to offer us a fascinating glimpse of 20 national parks from a nonterrestrial perspective. I especially like the view of the Tetons and the extra-wide-angle look at Bryce Canyon and Zion. Which far-out view ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on August 26, 2011 11:37 AM & Tagged national parks and outer space | permalink | Comments