{"id":4487,"date":"2012-02-02T03:47:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2012-02-04T15:15:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T21:15:16","slug":"photos-of-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/potd\/photos-of-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of the Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of the photographs in this entry and the next few are from APOD, Astronomy Photo of the Day<\/a> [recommended] or the NASA Image of the Day<\/a> [also recommended].<\/p>\n

Regarding this first image which got a lot of attention: it\u2019s not a photograph, per se. It\u2019s a rendering of data. Mind blowing in more than one way.<\/p>\n

Viral Image The Biggest and Bluest Marble – Kara Swisher – Media \u2013 AllThingsD<\/a><\/p>\n

Enjoy:<\/p>\n

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(Image Credit: NASA\/NOAA\/GSFC\/Suomi NPP\/VIIRS\/Norman Kuring)<\/p>\n

APOD 2012 January 3 – A Full Sky Aurora Over Norway<\/a><\/p>\n

2012 January 3
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A Full Sky Aurora Over Norway <\/b>
Image Credit & Copyright: <\/b>Sebastian Voltmer<\/a><\/p>\n

APOD 2011 October 28 – October Skylights<\/a><\/p>\n

2011 October 28
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October Skylights <\/b>
Image Credit & Copyright<\/a>: <\/b>Malcolm Park<\/a><\/p>\n

Fire in the Sky and on the Ground  Image of the Day<\/a><\/p>\n

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acquired September 17, 2011<\/p>\n

Amazing Time-lapse Video of Auroras as Seen From the ISS [Video] – How-To Geek<\/a><\/p>\n

APOD 2012 January 1 – To Fly Free in Space<\/a><\/p>\n

2012 January 1
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To Fly Free in Space <\/b>
STS-41B<\/a>, NASA<\/a><\/p>\n

Amazing Space Photo From Twitter – Peter Kafka – Social \u2013 AllThingsD<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s one NASA\u2019s Ron Garan beamed to earth yesterday<\/a> from his perch in the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

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His caption<\/a>: \u201cThis is what the Moon looked like 16 times today #FromSpace We had simultaneous sunsets + moonsets\u201d<\/p>\n

APOD 2011 November 14 – Waterfall, Moonbow, and Aurora from Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

2011 November 14
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Waterfall, Moonbow, and Aurora from Iceland <\/b>
Image Credit & Copyright: <\/b>Stephane Vetter<\/a> (Nuits sacrees<\/a>) <\/p>\n

The long shadow of Mt. Rainier  Bad Astronomy  Discover Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n

Here in Boulder we get magnificent sunsets, especially in the summer when the clouds interplay with the mountains to the west. But I have never<\/em> seen anything<\/em> like this<\/a>: the shadow of Washington state\u2019s Mt. Rainier cast along the clouds at sunrise:<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s amazing<\/em>. Mt. Rainier is a volcano, climbing to a height of over 14,000 feet (4300 meters).<\/p>\n

Love and Joy for the New Year  Image of the Day<\/a><\/p>\n

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acquired December 21, 2011download<\/a> large image (341 KB, JPEG, 2128×1416) <\/p>\n

In November and December 2011, professional and amateur astronomers reveled<\/a> in observing a sun-grazing comet that dove close to the Sun and survived for a return flight back to the outer solar system. Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) enjoyed their own surreal view of the comet as it appeared on Earth\u2019s horizon on the day of the solstice.<\/p>\n

ISS Commander Dan Burbank captured a series of digital photographs of Comet Lovejoy on December 21, 2011, as it rose above Earth\u2019s limb<\/p>\n

Nickel Cobalt<\/a><\/p>\n

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This up to 1000 years old snow has metamorphosed into highly pressurized glacier ice that contains almost no air bubbles. Thus it absorbs the visible light despite the scattered shortest blue fraction, giving it its distinct deep blue waved appearance. This cavity in the glacier ice formed as a result of a glacial mill, or moulin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Many of the photographs in this entry and the next few are from APOD, Astronomy Photo of the Day [recommended] or the NASA Image of the Day [also recommended]. Regarding this first image which got a lot of attention: it\u2019s not a photograph, per se. It\u2019s a rendering of data. Mind blowing in more than […]<\/a><\/p>\n

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