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The Sky, From Above
The Space Shuttle Discovery successfully launched last week, becoming the 154th manned US space mission. It flew to the International Space Station, delivering (among other things) a Japanese module called Kibo, repair parts for a broken toilet, a Buzz Lightyear action figure, one of Lance Armstrong's yellow jerseys, and 18 sesame seed bagels - the first bagels ever to reach Earth orbit. Completion of this mission will leave only eight flights remaining in the Space Shuttle program until its end in 2010.
One of the best features of the space program has always been astronaut photography, and I will take this opportunity to share some of the best photographs of Earth's skies, taken from above - way above (over 200 miles to be more exact). (15 photos total)
The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center on May 31, 2008 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, en route to the International Space Station on a construction mission. (Eliot J. Schechter /Getty Images)
The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A at 5:02 p.m. The STS-124 mission is the 26th in the assembly of the International Space Station. (Photo courtesy of NASA/Johnson Space Center)
Cumulonimbus Cloud over Africa - 2/5/2008 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Anvil clouds seen at sunset. (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Storm clouds over the Libya/Chad border, Africa - 10/18/2003 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Over the Gulf of Mexico - 1/8/2007 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
A cloud wake appears on the downwind side of Isla Socorro, Mexico - 2/12/2000 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Golden sunset reflected over the Pacific Ocean - 4/26/2008 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Thunderheads loom over the US Midwest - 8/19/2003 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
A dust storm appears over Mali, Sahara Desert - 6/6/2001 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Moonset, over the Caribbean - 10/10/2007 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Lightning flashes, city lights, sunset, Aurora Australis, atmospheric glow and some stars, seen over Argentina on 4/23/2003 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Cloud, dust storm over central China - 6/3/2002 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Storm clouds over Central Africa - 5/4/2005 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Atmospheric distortion apparently flattens the moon as it sets, seen from above Cuba, 2/24/2005 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
More links and information:
Shuttle mission 124 Wikipedia entry
Shuttle Mission Information from NASA
The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth from Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center
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That beauty and think that we strive to destroy it.
Que bello y pensar que nos esforzamos en destruirlo.
Everyone should see these photo's
Superb , I am very glad to see these photographs. Thanks to nasa.
ی یی ی ی ی ϐی .
Thanks for sharing some Wonderful Pictures:):)
Awesome pictures of God's handiwork! Thanks for the great pictures!
God is there... no doubt tht we can just see its art,and might be sometime solve its little side..but rest is on God...so we shouldn't play with all tht we have provided...save universe..save earth..save ourself...
JUST AMAZING. GOD TRULY MADE A BEAUTIFUL UNIVERSE FOR US.
NUESTRO UNIVERSO ES TAN MARAVILLOSO ,TAN LINDO QUE CADA VEZ QUE VEO ESTAS IMAGENES MAS AMO LA VIDA;GRACIAS POR ESTAS FOTOS.
bluffant ! tout simplement magnifique...
I think the blog is an amazing tribute to photography! I'm wondering thought are the photographers or their organizations being compensated for the usage and how much are they getting and how is that decided? Just curious.....
I need and higher tripod!
Awesome ..... Truly........ Awesome ! .
I wish I was behind those cameras. Really great images.
DITTO on all of the above and what follows.
" What has GOD wrought ! " (Numbers 23:23, KJV)
how sweet photograph thanks NASA
thanx for sharing wonderful photos.............
AMEZING PIC I LOVE THIS SIDE
THANKS
what an amazing array of pictures and comments,wonderful world,wonderful technology,love the internet.
very much appreciated.
amezing pic
Amazing images like never before seen by me.
Please send it to my e-mail ID
So thankful a friend sent these photos to me!
Isn't God marvelous?
Great photos!! But dont they just re enforce the theory that all things look good from a distance? Take my mate Melon Head. He would look great sat on top of Mount Everest, if you were at base camp 1. Get up close....... Different story!
; )
OMG what odd picters they just glow out in my mind I love it
Thank you for the share. There is a supreme being.
Greetings to all from from Portrush, Northern Ireland
Breathtakingly amazing!!!!
cool photos
Beautiful pictures, i am proud to share these amazing pictures with my children, thank you we all appreciate them!
Espectacular!!!! Pienso que no existe tanta grandeza y a la vez tanta majestuosidad que caracteriza la vida y el hecho mas an de poder disfrutarla. Es la escencia de la existencia y de igual forma poner nuestro granito de arena para continuar complaciendonos con sta belleza.
Gracias por este obsequio.........definitivamente nuestro planeta no tiene precio alguno.
nice i love them there awsome!!
Thanks for sharing, it really puts it all in perspective. I don't think I'll play the superior role today. JohnT
very very nice............
Amazing sight!!!!!!!!!!! Go for it
what i have seen was fantastic i hane never seen it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always welcome another and original point of view! This one was especially rewarding. Thank you.
thank's for the awsome pictuer's make's one see the great creation of our Lord and savior;and it's so stunning and beautiful that it's a great blessing for you to share tham with us. And again thank's,Margarita S.Quintana. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.Genesis 1:1
"Isn't God amazing"
Did he build the shuttle?
wonderful, truly wonderful
my favorite picture is number 7
Makes you feel small in the big scheme of things.
Yep- God built the shuttle! He uses folk like you and me!
lo mejor kepuedo aver
en este mundo
no somos nada realmente
I haven't seen photos like this in my whole life.THANK YOU for the photos.
There is a GOD. This is amazing. Something so powerful that only GOD could have created.
What we see is nothing more than a little water in the air.
They are out standing beautiful!!
great pictures!!!!!
These photo's give new meaning to this generation's ,"AWESOME.!"
incredible, life is beautiful man
These are awsome dude.
The photos of the atmosphere is really amazing to look at. And also when i havn't rode an airplane before it looks cool up there and i wonder when the astronauts go up into space i wonder how the moon looks when it's going down i wonder if they could really see earth spinning slowly and i live in Galveston Texas i wonder if they could see the gulf of mexico all the way like looking at the intire ocean. I think space is sooooo cool cuz i want to ride a space shutle and an airplane but i'm soo scared something will go wrong on the flying that they will explode! well if any one has that problem im nt alone. see ya!
Fantastic, I love taking Photographs, I really wish I could be up there with You all.
We are missing out on such lovely sights.
these photos are so wonderful, they really show the beauty of the world and the places we cannot see from down here on the ground - thank you!!
My Father and myself was watching this site, we liked it very much
cool
Matthew / 24th chapter says it best. God trys to speak to us with the weather, floods
Hurricains, Toronado's, mus slides, etc we have kicked God our of our Schools
We can't read the bible in Schools but we can let others the muslims, take breaks to pray and what ever else they demand! WHY? Saudia Arabia will not allow
Bibles in that Country... The earth is spinning at 1100 miles / hr and moving through space at 60,000 miles / hr " all in Gods hands as is the end of time. The
photos represent scripture when it says "Knowledge will increase." Thanks have
a great summer!!
This is the way God see's the earth in all it Glory! He is wonderful! We are blessed that we are able to view just a small part of it! I have been lucky to have seen just a small part from looking out the window while flying across the ocean.
It made me feel very peaceful. I just wanted to breathe it in and keep it there!
Proof that if there is a 'god above' he's definitely distracted by other things than the human race !
Those photos took my breath away!
No words can even come close, I would have to be a poet to even begin to try to express how these pictures make people feel.
Only God can create all this and to think he done it in six days. He only had to say it in existence. What a powerful God we have.
Just love it!! How nice r the space r!!! Brilliant photos.
that is very good pictures. i like very much i m geography student. nd i keen desire in this type picture.
Absolutly awe inspiring to see how God's work is done I am 69 and have not seen any thing that has impressed me more than this.
It always wonder to see the glory of GOD in the events like these. All such events are like messages from GOD to remind us that we, the human deing, are so little and nohting in front of our GOD.
most amazing scene we have in our world
Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds! (al araaf : 54)
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant star: Lit from a blessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil is well-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it: Light upon Light! Allah doth guide whom He will to His Light: Allah doth set forth Parables for men: and Allah doth know all things. (an nur : 35)
It's Amazing to see the various aspects of the environment surrounding us. I REALLY love this site.
I hope all people can see your programs
GOD is the magnificent Creator, we all should thank HIM for making such wonderful creation.
Thank God. Lovely photos!
Very nice photos. I love to observe the clouds and the skies. I observe them, daily, at HRPT NOAA and SEVIRI MSG satellite pics at work (in north-northeastern Brazil) and simply looking at for the heavens, from the ground. You can see some of my cloud photos at my new site: www.freewebs.com/clouds-air.
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Don't you just want to float....touch....or whatever.....so etherial........wonderous.......I just always want to be there......looking isn't enough..............................but it will do..
Amazing Photos.
awsome pics i lve it a mercale that some of these people get thes pic but thatnks for sharin it to people like me
that awsome
:)
it was not up to my satisfaction
Amazing photography and couldn't have been a better subject.
Great photos. No proof of god here though. Proof only that the natural world is a thing of beauty. Just because something's big or complicated or wondrous doesn't in fact mean some higher power created it. These things have had billions of years to evolve. If you say that something that wonderful HAS to have been designed then isn't your god the most wonderful thing? And in that case who designed him/her/it?
Why don't you all just enjoy the pics without tacking on your delusions? I'm with 129 on this one.
Thanks for the pics, Alan. By the way, are you the talking gingerbread man in Andy Stanton's Mr Gum books?
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Hi
THank you for sharing these indescribable phenomena with us.
i hate it
cool this is cool
realy amezing photos. i like it
this is real biutiful
Egyszeren gynyrek
Wow. These are amazing. Too bad there are people here that can't enjoy a thing of beauty without being a douchebag. If you focus on the meteorological and physical aspects of these wonderful photos it will keep your mind occupied and in a much better place.
very good site
and thanks for so much struggle for taking for so pictures
really ,i am surprised to see these beautiful picture which show god creation is in comprable .i thanks to NAsA to these photo.
Its a very very amazing picture. But its just begining.
graxxx nasa por mostrar lo hermoso que es muestro mundo !!!!!!!
BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU GOD!
the natural sciences are a true marvel
Realmente maravillosas
fantastic!