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The West Gate Bridge on its way into Melbourne from the western suburbs. A long exposure taken at low tide over Stoney Creek's mangrove mud flats. The retreating tide reveals thousands of mirror-like little reflection pools.

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Hubble Space Telescope by Philippe de Feluy - PdF

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Cette photomosaïque de la galaxie d'Andromède, située à 2,5 millions d'années-lumière de la Terre, est la plus grande jamais créée à partir d'images du télescope spatial Hubble. Elle comprend plus de 600 images du télescope et a nécessité plus d'une décennie de travail. La photomosaïque comprend 200 millions d'étoiles, soit une fraction de la population d'étoiles estimée à mille milliards d'étoiles d'Andromède.

« Les régions intéressantes comprennent : (a) des amas d'étoiles bleues brillantes intégrées dans la galaxie, des galaxies d'arrière-plan vues beaucoup plus loin et un bombardement photographique par quelques étoiles brillantes au premier plan qui sont en fait à l'intérieur de notre Voie lactée ; (b) NGC 206, le nuage d'étoiles le plus visible d'Andromède ; (c) un jeune amas d'étoiles bleues nouveau-nées ; (d) la galaxie satellite M32, qui pourrait être le noyau résiduel d'une galaxie qui est entrée en collision avec Andromède ; (e) des bandes de poussière sombres à travers une myriade d'étoiles.

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This photomosaic of the Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light-years from Earth, is the largest ever created using images from the Hubble Space Telescope. It features over 600 Hubble images and required over a decade to make. The composite features 200 million stars, a fraction of Andromeda’s estimated trillion-star population.

Interesting regions include: (a) Clusters of bright blue stars embedded within the galaxy, background galaxies seen much farther away, and photo-bombing by a couple bright foreground stars that are actually inside our Milky Way; (b) NGC 206 the most conspicuous star cloud in Andromeda; (c) A young cluster of blue newborn stars; (d) The satellite galaxy M32, that may be the residual core of a galaxy that once collided with Andromeda; (e) Dark dust lanes across myriad stars.

Crédit : NASA, ESA, Benjamin F. Williams (Université de Washington), Zhuo Chen (Université de Washington), L. Clifton Johnson (Northwestern) ; traitement des images : Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

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Space Station Mercury by European Space Agency

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Human Spaceflight Image of the Week:

On 9 May Mercury passed in front of the Sun as seen from Earth. These transits of Mercury occur only around 13 times every century, so astronomers all over Earth were eager to capture the event.

For astrophotographer Thierry Legault, capturing Mercury and the Sun alone was not enough, however – he wanted the International Space Station in the frame as well.

To catch the Station passing across the Sun, you need to set up your equipment within a ground track less than 3 km wide. For Thierry, this meant flying to the USA from his home near Paris, France.

On 9 May there were three possible areas to capture the Station and Mercury at the same time against the solar disc: Quebec, Canada, the Great Lakes and Florida, USA.

Choosing the right spot took considerable effort, says Thierry: “Canada had bad weather predicted and around Florida I couldn’t find a suitably quiet but public place, so I went to the suburbs of Philadelphia.”

With 45 kg of equipment, Thierry flew to New York and drove two hours to Philadelphia to scout the best spot. Even then, all the preparations and intercontinental travel could have been for nothing because the Station crosses the Sun in less than a second and any clouds could have ruined the shot.

“I was very lucky: 10 minutes after I took the photos, clouds covered the sky,” says a relieved Thierry.

“Adrenaline flows in the moments before the Station flies by – it is a one-shot chance. I cannot ask the space agencies to turn around so I can try again. Anything can happen.”

The hard work and luck paid off. The image here includes frames superimposed on each other to show the Station’s path. Mercury appears as a black dot at bottom-centre of the Sun.

For Thierry, the preparation and the hunt for the perfect shot is the best part.

“Astrophotography is my hobby that I spend many hours on, but even without a camera I encourage everybody to look up at the night sky. The International Space Station can be seen quite often and there are many more things to see. It is just a case of looking up at the right time.”

Watch a video of the pass, including another moment with an aircraft flying by .

Visit Thierry’s homepage here.

Credit: Thierry Legault

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SPACER PO POLACH by Andrzej

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Space Base 35 by Orange Spaceman

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Entry for my own contest 32x32 Spacebase.

It's inspired by LEGO Space builder Crimso Giger.

Space Pirates by Andrew JN

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This is my space pirate crew for the Eurobricks contest.

From Left to Right:

First Mate Sharpeye

Cook Crumby

Captain [insert really cool name]

Bolsterr

Duelneck

I know, somewhat corny names.. but I had fun making them!

Space storm by Igor Prozorov

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Northern Lights over the White Sea. Kola Peninsula. Russia.

Panorama of 4 vertical frame.

Canon 600D + Samyang 10mm 2.8

A camera lens view of the Moon by Michael Siebold

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Have you ever tried to photograph the moon? Well, I have too. I have too.

- MASPhotography Getty Images Gallery

This one is an LRGB image using a mono camera to take 4 separate 1000 frame sequences. The clearest 150 frames from each filter's sequence were averaged together and the results were processed in pixinsight.

This was taken with a Canon 400 mm f/2.8 IS lens with a Canon 2x III teleconverter.

I want to do a higher res mosaic later when I have the time to get my scopes up and running again.

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space experiences_02 by mini_malist (I'm flying away)

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Series: spatial explorations

Space Base H17 by ZCerberus

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Built for BrickWorld 2017. Features landing pads for 10 ships. Features over 100 lights, working turbolift, exhaust fans and iridescent planet lighting.

Space by M's photography

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CarlZeiss Y/Contax Planar T* 1.4/50

Portraits @ Tokyo, Japan

Please don't freely use this photograph on Tumblr, Blog, Facebook, Twitter and others.

Space Needle by onas mer

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Seattle, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2024

The Space Needle is Seattle's most recognizable structure, an architectural landmark built for the 1962 World's Fair, designed to embody the optimism and aspirations of the Space Age of the 1960s.

1. History and Design

Origin: It was conceived by hotel executive Edward E. Carlson, who sketched his initial idea on a napkin in 1959, inspired by a broadcast tower with a restaurant in Stuttgart, Germany.

World's Fair: It served as the center piece for the 1962 World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition), themed "The Age of Space."

Architecture: Its futuristic design, featuring three slender steel legs and a "flying saucer" shaped top, was completed in a record 400 days. The structure was engineered to withstand winds up to 200 mph and earthquakes up to 9.0 magnitude.

Height: The tower stands 605 feet (approximately 184 meters) tall, with its saucer-shaped "top house" at about 520 feet.

2. Visitor Experience

Panoramic Views: The top of the tower offers visitors 360-degree panoramic indoor and outdoor views of Downtown Seattle, Mount Rainier, Puget Sound, and the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges.

The Loupe (Rotating Glass Floor): Following major renovations, the top now features The Loupe, the world's first and only revolving glass floor on an observation tower, which reveals previously hidden views of the structure and the city below. This level also includes The Loupe Lounge, a cocktail and culinary experience.

Outdoor Observation Deck: The upper level also features an outdoor observation deck surrounded by all-glass barriers (installed during the renovation) for unobstructed views.

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by Sarah Elston

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hubble space telescope photo from nasa

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model is destiny

(sooc)

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