Notices by Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social), page 2

Read more about the galaxy and download the original full-size images here: https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2003/28/1415-Image.html

The majestic Sombrero galaxy captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. This galaxy is 50,000 light-years across and is instantly recognizable by its brilliant white core encircled by thick dust lanes.

Image credit: NASA/STScI/AURA

Read more details and watch for full 4K widescreen version here: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/uhd-cm-alma-pan2/

Spectacular timelapse capturing an entire night from sunset to sunrise over the ALMA Observatory on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Atacama Desert.

Video Credit: ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com)

Timelapse of the Falkirk Wheel in action; the only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world.

Video Credit: David Iliff / CC BY-SA 3.0
Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel

A snapping turtle emerges from weeks of sleeping beneath a muddy lake that had dried up.

Image credit: Timothy C. Roth
Further reading: https://www.livescience.com/64215-earth-turtle-photo.html

When a helicopter's rotors synchronize with the camera frame rate.

Video Credit: Like tears in rain/CC-BY-SA-4.0

A panoramic view from the surface of Mars captured by Curiosity rover.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Source: https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/21468/wide-angle-panorama-from-ridge-in-mars-gale-crater/

Timelapse created from images courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS061-E-110520-111341 http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov.

A universe in motion seen from the International Space Station during a night pass over Earth.

Timelapse of the sun's chromosphere featuring solar spicules—narrow jets stretching up to 6,000 km high and reaching speeds over 100 km/s.

Credit: Luc Rouppe van der Voort, University of Oslo / Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope

Time-lapse of the night sky in Antarctica.

Video credit: Kenrick Turner / CC BY 3.0

Spectacular timelapse of an aurora and Moon-rise over Earth from the International Space Station (view fullscreen).

Full 4K landscape version on Youtube for those watching on a TV or monitor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnRCeoyyP84

Albatross mating dance (sound on).

Video credit: Brocken Inaglory

Glass frogs, native to the rainforests of Central and South America, are characterized by their translucent skin through which their internal organs can be seen.

Image credit: Geoff Gallice, CC BY 2.0

These rows are perfectly horizontal and are not moving. A mind-bending anomalous motion variation of the Café wall illusion by Akiyoshi Kitaoka.

Source: http://www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/akitaoka/motion30e.html

This panoramic mosaic of the Jezero Crater hills was captured on Sol 353 of Perseverance's mission, created from 26 images from Mastcam-Z's left camera, with colors adjusted to show Mars as it would appear to the human eye.

Available in 4K here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnB70laWKuU

The surface of Mars captured by Perseverance Rover.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Time-lapse of a beautiful aurora over northern Norway.

Video credit: Svamppierre

Close-up view of a sunspot the size of Earth on the surface of the Sun filmed by the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope. Sunspots are regions of reduced surface temperature caused by intense magnetic fields.

Video credit: Luc Rouppe van der Voort / ISP