Astronomy picture o' the day

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In Firefox, you can CTRL+ScrollWheel to zoom in on the image.
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis at dawn before lifting off to repair the hubble space telescope and upgrade it for the last time. Can't wait for the images hubble with return after this upgrade. For the public anyway, hubble is probable the most valued investment by NASA post-apollo program due to the amazing pictures it produced.
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Check out this article:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/u ... 292923.ece" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Those are really cool.
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http://vimeo.com/4505537

I would highly recommend this video, especially in HD. It is a timelapse (yeah I know there are millions of them... ), but is taken overnight somewhere that must have some really bloody dark nights, because the galaxy is seen in all its splendour.
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Found this cool video of a spacecraft closing in to comet Hartley 2 over a 9 day period http://epoxi.umd.edu/3gallery/vid_appro ... -m12.shtml

It's to pass within 700 km, so should resolve little green aliens quiet well.
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Some really cool 'Tronified' images of the sun can be seen here:
http://www.reginavalkenborgh.com/page3.htm

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Looks like your standing below a building. Would be neat to incorporate this vision into a Tron 2.0 map.
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Looks like something X would make.

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