Average September Ozone Levels over Antarctica for 1979 to 1999
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For more information and related images, please go to (http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/toms/index.html). Average October ozone levels over Antarctica for these years can be found in animation 1395.
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1999-12-28
Making a Great Observatories
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Making a Great Observatories Composite
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This video shows how a Hubble image and a Spitzer image of the Orion Nebula were combined to create a new, multi-wavelength image. Hubble ultraviolet and visible-light data are mapped to blue and green. Spitzer infrared data are mapped to orange and red. The combined image comes alive with new colors.
Fires in Victoria, Australia
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Fires in Victoria, Australia
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Thick smoke hung over Victoria and spread eastward to the Tasman Sea on December 8, 2006. When the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ] on NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov ] satellite passed over head that morning and captured this image, only a few of the active fires (marked in red) could be detected through the smoke. Although Melbourne had been spared the thick smoke on previous days, on this morning, the plume was encroaching on the northeast edge of the metro area. Skies over the Snowy Range Mountains in New South Wales cleared to the north. At least 50 fires were burning in early December in Victoria, and many were threatening to merge into unified, large blazes. Weather conditions over the weekend were predicted to deteriorate, making the work of firefighters even more difficult. High temperatures and far-below-average rainfall in the area have elevated the late spring fire hazard across the region. The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides twice-daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia6 ] of the area in additional resolutions. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] Goddard Space Flight Center
The Original Apollo 13 Prime
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The Original Apollo 13 Prime Crew
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The original Apollo 13 prime crew. From left to right are: Commander, James A. Lovell, Command Module pilot, Thomas K. Mattingly and Lunar Module pilot, Fred W. Haise. On the table in front of them are from left to right, a model of a sextant, the Apollo 13 insignia, and a model of an astrolabe. The sextant and astrolabe are two ancient forms of navigation. Command Module pilot Thomas "Ken" Mattingly was exposed to German measles prior to his mission and was replaced by his backup, Command Module pilot, John L."Jack" Swigert Jr.
Date
12/11/1969
NASA Center
Johnson Space Center
Infrared Detective to the Re
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Infrared Detective to the Rescue
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In a collaborative effort between NASA's three Great Observatories, astronomers have solved a cosmic mystery by identifying some of the oldest and most distant black holes. The two rows of this image show two patches of sky, both contained within the field known as the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey, or GOODS. In the first column, observations from the Chandra X-ray Observatory show high-energy emissions believed to trace the presence of supermassive black holes, which power the bright cores of distant galaxies. The mystery emerges in the second column. While most of the black hole candidates observed by Chandra could easily be identified within host galaxies seen by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, several of them, like the two pictured here, showed no sign of a galaxy in visible light. The images in the third column, from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, show the same region in infrared light. In these images, the otherwise invisible galaxies reappear. These unusually "reddened" objects may be shrouded in dense clouds of obscuring dust, or may be remarkably distant compared to other galaxies in the same field. Additional Spitzer observations later this year should help astronomers determine the nature of these unusual objects.
Huygens Landing Site Revisit
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Here on the Gallery page you can find the very latest images, videos and products from the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn, including the spectacular launch, spacecraft assembly and the exciting trip to Saturn.
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January 13, 2006 This is an animated artist interpretation of the area surrounding the Huygens landing site, based on images and data returned Jan. 14, 2005. On January 14, 2005, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Huygens probe reached the upper layer of Titan's atmosphere and landed on the surface after a parachute descent 2 hours and 28 minutes later. As part of the joint NASA/ESA/ASI mission to Saturn and its moons, the Huygens probe was sent from the Cassini spacecraft to explore Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Titan's organic chemistry may be like that of the primitive Earth around 4000 million years ago, and it may hold clues about how life began on our planet. + Read the Feature
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A baby owl displays its wings at the photographer snapping its picture. The owl was found on the stairs inside Hangar G, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It had apparently tried to fly from a nest near the ceiling but couldn't get back to it. Workers called an Audubon rescue center near Orlando, which captured it and will ensure the bird is returned to the wild when it's ready
Release Date
03/28/2000
2004 World Series Parks
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2004 World Series Parks
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DigitalGlobe [ http://www.digitalglobe.com/ ], The 2004 World Series moved from the Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park [ http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/bos/ballpark/bos_ballpark_history.jsp ] to the St. Louis Cardinal's Busch Stadium [ http://cardinals.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/stl/ballpark/stl_ballpark_history.jsp ] for the third game of the series on October 26, and the change is no small one. The contrast between the two stadiums is apparent from space, as shown in the above images acquired by the QuickBird satellite. Fenway Park, top, is the oldest stadium in Major League Baseball, and is full of eccentricities. The irregularly shaped field peaks in a triangle in center field 420 feet (128 meters) from home plate. The playing field runs 310 feet (94.5 m) from home plate down the left field line and 302 feet (92 m) down the right field line. By contrast, Busch Stadium is spacious and symmetrical with 330 feet (100 m) down each foul line and 402 feet (123 m) to the center field wall. Fenway Park is also well known for the "Green Monster," the left field wall (on the east side of the stadium), which rises 37 feet (11.3 m) and is topped by a 23-foot (7 m) screena formidable foe to any home run slugger. In Busch Stadium, the left and right field walls are 10.5 feet (3.2 m) high. Fenway Park opened on April 20, 1912, with the Red Sox beating the New York Highlanders (later renamed the Yankees) 7-6 in extra innings. The stadium's opening was not front-page newsthat distinction went to the Titanic, which sank just five days earlier. The new stadium brought the Red Sox luck, and the team won the 1912 World Series at Fenway Park. It is the smallest stadium in the Major League, seating just 33,871 fans in oak seats. Capped with 96 arches, which look like small scallops in the above image, Busch Stadium is a 130-foot tall concrete circle. It measures about 800 feet (244 m) across from one outside wall to the next. The stadium was designed without posts or columns to give up to 50,345 fans an unobstructed view of the game. The arches along the top of the stadium are an echo of St. Louis's monumental Gateway Arch, which sits a few blocks from the stadium and is visible in the large image. Busch Stadium opened on May 12, 1966, in a 12-inning game in which the Cardinals triumphed over the Atlanta Braves, 4-3. The stadium turned out to be just as lucky for the Cardinals as Fenway Park was for the Red Soxthe team won the 1967 World Series the year after the park opened. The current Busch Stadium is scheduled to be replaced in 2006. The construction site for the new stadium is visible to the east of the current stadium. The new stadium will also bear the moniker "Busch Stadium." The move to the familiar territory of their home stadium could be a boost to the Cardinals, who lost the first two games of the seven-game series. Both the Red Sox and the Cardinals have played better at home than on the road this year. Images copyright
