Mind & Integretity

woodendreams: (by Zeb Andrews)

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:34:44 -0400

woodendreams:

(by Zeb Andrews)

ckck: The far side of the Moon, as seen from Apollo 16. April...

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:34:29 -0400

ckck:

The far side of the Moon, as seen from Apollo 16. April 25th, 1972.

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scientificillustration: n233_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:34:17 -0400

scientificillustration:

n233_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

cozydark: Star Clusters On a Collision Course | Astronomers...

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:15:58 -0400

cozydark:

Star Clusters On a Collision Course |

Astronomers using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have caught two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early stages of merging. The clusters are 170,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy to our Milky Way.

What at first was thought to be only one cluster in the core of the massive star-forming region 30 Doradus (also known as the Tarantula Nebula) has been found to be a composite of two clusters that differ in age by about one million years.

The entire 30 Doradus complex has been an active star-forming region for 25 million years, and it is currently unknown how much longer this region can continue creating new stars. Smaller systems that merge into larger ones could help to explain the origin of some of the largest known star clusters.

Lead scientist Elena Sabbi of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., and her team began looking at the area while searching for runaway stars, fast-moving stars that have been kicked out of their stellar nurseries where they first formed. “Stars are supposed to form in clusters, but there are many young stars outside 30 Doradus that could not have formed where they are; they may have been ejected at very high velocity from 30 Doradus itself,” Sabbi said. continue reading

n-a-s-a: Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Credit: NASA,...

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:15:55 -0400

n-a-s-a:

Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud

Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, WISE Team

woodendreams: (by rhyspope)

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:07:51 -0400

woodendreams:

(by rhyspope)

nickoloz: Human Anatomy / Анатомия человека (by My . December)

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:07:39 -0400

nickoloz:

Human Anatomy / Анатомия человека (by My . December)

woodendreams: (by kubais)

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:07:29 -0400

woodendreams:

(by kubais)

scanzen: Moon landing research vehicle, made by Bell, with...

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:15:24 -0400

scanzen:

Moon landing research vehicle, made by Bell, with astronaut Neil Armstrong at Edwards Air Force Base. Photo: Ralph Morse. In: Repülés, 1964. október.

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n-a-s-a: The Cat’s Eye Nebula Image Credit: J. P. Harrington...

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:15:10 -0400

n-a-s-a:

The Cat’s Eye Nebula

Image Credit: J. P. Harrington (U. Maryland) & K. J. Borkowski (NCSU) HST, NASA

n-a-s-a: Endeavour Looking Up Credit & Copyright: Ben...

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:15:03 -0400

n-a-s-a:

Endeavour Looking Up

Credit & Copyright: Ben Cooper

lostbeasts: Liopleurodon.

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:12:51 -0400

lostbeasts:

Liopleurodon.

phytos: Ambera Wellmann oil on wood

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:40:33 -0400

phytos:

Ambera Wellmann

oil on wood

n-a-s-a: MESSENGER at Mercury Credit: NASA/JHU APL/CIW

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:39:54 -0400

n-a-s-a:

MESSENGER at Mercury

Credit: NASA/JHU APL/CIW

unhistorical: “It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea,...

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:06:31 -0400

unhistorical:

“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small” - Neil Armstrong

I rarely reblog things on this blog, but I just wanted to clarify that both of those photographs are of Buzz Aldrin. Neil Armstrong wasn’t photographed very much on the lunar surface because he took most of the higher-quality pictures.

centuriespast: Pleistocene Fauna of Asia1827 - 1894Benjamin...

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:05:40 -0400

centuriespast:

Pleistocene Fauna of Asia
1827 - 1894

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
British, 1807 - 1894

Princeton University Art Museum

nybg: Wacky fungus GIF—ACTIVATE. —MN

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 11:57:14 -0400

nybg:

Wacky fungus GIF—ACTIVATE. —MN

myminimalart: Goodbye Neil Armstrong. 1930 - 2012 (c)...

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 01:57:23 -0400

myminimalart:

Goodbye Neil Armstrong.

1930 - 2012

(c) 0011101000110011

n-a-s-a: NGC 5584: Expanding the Universe Credit: NASA, ESA,...

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:38:22 -0400

n-a-s-a:

NGC 5584: Expanding the Universe

Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Riess (STScI/JHU), L. Macri (Texas A & M Univ.) et al., Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)

unhistorical: RIP, Neil Armstrong. Neil was among the greatest...

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:38:16 -0400

1960.

Armstrong's first photograph on the surface of the moon.

Sierra Blanca, February 1969.

March 1966.

After the historic moonwalk.

April 1969.

1970.

with Pres. Obama.

receiving the Congressional Space Medal of Honor from Pres. Carter

unhistorical:

RIP, Neil Armstrong.

Neil was among the greatest of American heroes–not just of his time, but of all time. When he and his fellow crew members lifted off aboard Apollo 11 in 1969, they carried with them the aspirations of an entire nation. They set out to show the world that the American spirit can see beyond what seems unimaginable–that with enough drive and ingenuity, anything is possible. And when Neil stepped foot on the surface of the moon for the first time, he delivered a moment of human achievement that will never be forgotten.

- Statement released by the White House

Photos (mostly) from the Project Apollo Archives.