Notices by Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social)

Timelapse created from images courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS044-E-27924-28427 http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov.

A breathtaking view of the Sun's reflection on the Pacific Ocean seen from space.

Image source on Alex's Flickr. Definitely worth spending a few minutes browsing his photostream, some stunning photos there. https://www.flickr.com/photos/astro_alex/14328196436/

Earth's beautiful and fragile atmosphere viewed from the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA/Alexander Gerst

Image source on Steve's flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sargimuss/26650626112/

Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycena_interrupta

The pixie's parasol mushroom (Mycena interrupta), found in Australia, New Zealand, and Chile.

Photo credit: Steve Sargent

Further reading: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hinode-views-2012-venus-transit/

The planet Venus passing across the face of the Sun captured by the Hinode spacecraft during a transit in 2012.

Venus's atmosphere is visible as a thin, glowing border in the upper left.

Credit: JAXA/NASA/Lockheed Martin

This is going to make you feel very small.

Fly away from the surface of Earth, past the Sun, out of the Solar System, through the closest stars, leave the Milky Way, to the cosmic web of galaxies in the nearby Universe.

Credit: ESA/Hubble, World Wide Telescope

#NASA's #Mars rover #Curiosity
Sol 4312: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI)

https://mars.nasa.gov/raw_images/1380179/?site=msl

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/j. Roger

Flying over the line between day and night in the International Space Station.

Breathtaking timelapse of nightfall over the ESO's Very Large Telescope on Cerro Paranal in Chile.

Video credit: ESO/José Francisco Salgado

Construction of the Eiffel Tower from 1887-1889.

Source: https://wingsofwhimsy.wordpress.com/2016/02/25/eiffel-tower-construction-1887-1889-animated-gif-file/

Stunning images of Jupiter captured by the Juno spacecraft during a close flyby in October 2018.

Video credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt
#space #science #nasa

Timelapse of Hurricane Dorian approaching Abaco Island, Bahamas, on September 1, 2019, as seen by NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite.

Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and random motion.

Credit: Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations
Source and further reading: https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/pendulum-waves

Video captured during a spacewalk on March 30, 2017, by NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Shane Kimbrough to outfit a relocated docking module, upgrade the Station’s external computer system, and install protective covers. Further reading: https://spaceflight101.com/iss-expedition-50/busy-spacewalk-outside-iss-highlights-nasa-problem-solving-skills/

"While spacewalking I realized something, I used to think I was scared of heights but now I know I was just scared of gravity"

― NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman

A Rhopalonematid jelly (Crossota millsae) feeding with tentacles extended in all directions filmed at a depth of 1,015 meters (3,330 feet) off southwestern Puerto Rico.

Video credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research