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iheartchaos:

Morning moment of zen: NASA’s new ‘Blue Marble’ Earth image

A ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite – Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. The NPP satellite was renamed ‘Suomi NPP’ on January 24, 2012 to honor the late Verner E. Suomi of the University of Wisconsin.

Link to the full sized image

steveoatney:

Incredibly Colourful Magnified Grains of Sand —

Viewed at an astounding magnification of over 250 times, tiny grains of sand are surprisingly colorful and extremely unique. Each piece is either a fragment of crystals, spiral fragments of shells or crumbs of volcanic rock.

To see these incredible images, Dr. Gary Greenberg goes through a painstakingly lengthy process. First he takes many photos from different points of focus. Then, he combines them using software to produce one spectacular image.

“It is incredible to think when you are walking on the beach you are standing on these tiny treasures,” says Greenberg.”

via http://sandgrains.com/ | ISI | b!tchville

findlilyhere:

This Surreal Lake Full of Frozen Bubbles Is Actually in Planet EarthIt’s hard to believe that such an alien sight exists on our Pale Blue Dot. Photographed by Emmanuel Coupe, this photo shows frozen gas bubbles in a Canadian lake. In his own words:

This image was taken in winter time in a arid area of the Canadian Rockies. Temperatures where below -30 degrees Celsius yet because there was no snow fall the surface of the lake was uncovered allowing me to see and capture the bubbles (gas release from lake bed) that were trapped in the frozen waters.

This beautiful photograph demonstrates once again that, while there must be a million planets like ours out there, Earth must be one of the most amazing places in the Universe.

(via This Surreal Lake Full of Frozen Bubbles Is Actually in Planet Earth)

(via skysignal)