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The Sky, From Above
The Space Shuttle Discovery successfully launched last week, becoming the 154th manned US space mission. It flew to the International Space Station, delivering (among other things) a Japanese module called Kibo, repair parts for a broken toilet, a Buzz Lightyear action figure, one of Lance Armstrong's yellow jerseys, and 18 sesame seed bagels - the first bagels ever to reach Earth orbit. Completion of this mission will leave only eight flights remaining in the Space Shuttle program until its end in 2010.
One of the best features of the space program has always been astronaut photography, and I will take this opportunity to share some of the best photographs of Earth's skies, taken from above - way above (over 200 miles to be more exact). (15 photos total)
The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center on May 31, 2008 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, en route to the International Space Station on a construction mission. (Eliot J. Schechter /Getty Images)
The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A at 5:02 p.m. The STS-124 mission is the 26th in the assembly of the International Space Station. (Photo courtesy of NASA/Johnson Space Center)
Cumulonimbus Cloud over Africa - 2/5/2008 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Anvil clouds seen at sunset. (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Storm clouds over the Libya/Chad border, Africa - 10/18/2003 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Over the Gulf of Mexico - 1/8/2007 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
A cloud wake appears on the downwind side of Isla Socorro, Mexico - 2/12/2000 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Golden sunset reflected over the Pacific Ocean - 4/26/2008 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Thunderheads loom over the US Midwest - 8/19/2003 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
A dust storm appears over Mali, Sahara Desert - 6/6/2001 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Moonset, over the Caribbean - 10/10/2007 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Lightning flashes, city lights, sunset, Aurora Australis, atmospheric glow and some stars, seen over Argentina on 4/23/2003 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Cloud, dust storm over central China - 6/3/2002 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Storm clouds over Central Africa - 5/4/2005 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
Atmospheric distortion apparently flattens the moon as it sets, seen from above Cuba, 2/24/2005 (Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)
More links and information:
Shuttle mission 124 Wikipedia entry
Shuttle Mission Information from NASA
The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth from Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center
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It made me feel very peaceful. I just wanted to breathe it in and keep it there!
Proof that if there is a 'god above' he's definitely distracted by other things than the human race !
Those photos took my breath away!
No words can even come close, I would have to be a poet to even begin to try to express how these pictures make people feel.
Only God can create all this and to think he done it in six days. He only had to say it in existence. What a powerful God we have.
Just love it!! How nice r the space r!!! Brilliant photos.
that is very good pictures. i like very much i m geography student. nd i keen desire in this type picture.
Absolutly awe inspiring to see how God's work is done I am 69 and have not seen any thing that has impressed me more than this.
It always wonder to see the glory of GOD in the events like these. All such events are like messages from GOD to remind us that we, the human deing, are so little and nohting in front of our GOD.
most amazing scene we have in our world
Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds! (al araaf : 54)
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in Glass: the glass as it were a brilliant star: Lit from a blessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil is well-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it: Light upon Light! Allah doth guide whom He will to His Light: Allah doth set forth Parables for men: and Allah doth know all things. (an nur : 35)
It's Amazing to see the various aspects of the environment surrounding us. I REALLY love this site.
I hope all people can see your programs
GOD is the magnificent Creator, we all should thank HIM for making such wonderful creation.
Thank God. Lovely photos!
Very nice photos. I love to observe the clouds and the skies. I observe them, daily, at HRPT NOAA and SEVIRI MSG satellite pics at work (in north-northeastern Brazil) and simply looking at for the heavens, from the ground. You can see some of my cloud photos at my new site: www.freewebs.com/clouds-air.
Любовная и семейная магия, верну любимого человека, укреплю семью, избавлю от соперницы. Обряды на удачу в бизнесе, на денежное изобилие, устранение конкурентов, сильная защита от негативного воздействия.
Don't you just want to float....touch....or whatever.....so etherial........wonderous.......I just always want to be there......looking isn't enough..............................but it will do..
Amazing Photos.
awsome pics i lve it a mercale that some of these people get thes pic but thatnks for sharin it to people like me
that awsome
Да таков уж наш современный мир и боюсь с этим ни чего невозможно поделать:)
it was not up to my satisfaction
Amazing photography and couldn't have been a better subject.
Great photos. No proof of god here though. Proof only that the natural world is a thing of beauty. Just because something's big or complicated or wondrous doesn't in fact mean some higher power created it. These things have had billions of years to evolve. If you say that something that wonderful HAS to have been designed then isn't your god the most wonderful thing? And in that case who designed him/her/it?
Why don't you all just enjoy the pics without tacking on your delusions? I'm with 129 on this one.
Thanks for the pics, Alan. By the way, are you the talking gingerbread man in Andy Stanton's Mr Gum books?
Интересно, а комментарии которые не нравятся автору удаляют? :)
Hi
THank you for sharing these indescribable phenomena with us.
i hate it
cool this is cool
realy amezing photos. i like it
this is real biutiful
Egyszerъen gyцnyцrыek
Wow. These are amazing. Too bad there are people here that can't enjoy a thing of beauty without being a douchebag. If you focus on the meteorological and physical aspects of these wonderful photos it will keep your mind occupied and in a much better place.
very good site
and thanks for so much struggle for taking for so pictures
really ,i am surprised to see these beautiful picture which show god creation is in comprable .i thanks to NAsA to these photo.
Its a very very amazing picture. But its just begining.
graxxx nasa por mostrar lo hermoso que es muestro mundo !!!!!!!
BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU GOD!
the natural sciences are a true marvel
Realmente maravillosas
fantastic!
Thank you - Best Desktop I've evr had on my truly boring PC at work in North Wales
nada que decir es lo mejor que he podido ver y si pudieran enviarme una pagina donde salgan mas fotos del espacio
There are more thing that we are to protect and cherish....... humans forget this sometime, they are too caught up in the material life style, which is to show of to people whom they dislike...... these picture are breath taking and reminds us about God......and his creation....
it is so cool and prety!!!
It is the most amazing stage, congratulations at the people that can see this wonderfulls personally.
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap...!!!!! : ))
sace is cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
damn this alot on the earth
Prijatno chitat' na russkom jazyke interesnye i umnye mysli. Uzhe pjat' let v Anglii zhivu.
Доброго времени суток! Не вижу условия использования информации. Можно ли копировать написанный вами текст на свой сайт, если ставить ссылку на эту страницу?
Imagens MARAVILHOSAS que nos fazem crer que o homem tem contribuнdo para destruiзгo da prуpria humanidade, ignorante que й da obra sublime de Deus. Belнssimo!
the images are beautiful
Makes you realise the SMALL part that man plays in the overall scheme of things
Glad you liked the pictures. The best is yet to be. Remember you are all aliens
on planet earth; Heaven truly is your home.
good
I can't see what all the fuss is about. They are just photo's taken from a different
angle of a world which we know is awesome anyway.
It was Amazing to watch this Photos.
They are best Photos of space.
i wish i could go in space????
Thank you for sharing these wonderful images.
No such thing as god. This is just nature at her finest.
Спасибо за новость! Как раз думал об этом!
Кстати с Новым годом всех вас ;)
Amazing....
DOES NASA THINK THAT THE STARS ARE A AP FOR TO WHICH FOR OTHERS BESIDES HUMONS , A MAP TO GET AROUND IN SPACE.
I SURE DO,
THE MONGOOSE, IT'S MY RACING NAME, I RACE ASA NASCARS. I WOULD DO MOST ANYTHING TO GO ON A MISSION ON THE SHUTTLE, WHAT WOULD THAT TAKE TO GO.?
the moon looks like a jellyfish
Having faith is fine and all, but can we just stay on subject? It just gets annoying to see "god this" and "god that" on every single set of beautiful pictures. I feel a little set upon.
So, if you care about your fellows, please try to lay off a little in the future. One or two is fine, but try to keep most of it in the religious sites, please. I promise not to walk up and down the sidewalk outside every awesome movie I see and proclaim the glory of man and the fallicy of god.
what is it all about? why are we here? we are all on planet earth for a reason. we are all in this together! thank u for sharing these beautiful pics.
Fantastic!!!!
picture shows your feeling
Makes me feel so insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
Problems and Concerns just vanish.
its amazing
As I am a former sky warrior soldier, your amazing photos have me wondering how fantastic is the world I defend.
Beautiful Mother Nature....
Only God could do such awesome work. Thanks for sharing this beauty with me.
Wow ... am so grateful I have the gift of sight to enjoy these photos - takes your breath away !
The phrase to understand and use with avid God-promoters is this:
"Shared viral mental illness"
There is no way to reason or explain to people that deeply believe that some sentient puller-of strings controls things. They are mentally ill, and should be treated as such.
Dear anonymous,
You are an asshole, and should be treated as such.
Love,
The Rest of Us
surely they must be some of the finest pictures ever taken.They are breathtaking.
An illustrationof what man can acheive.
These are a great way to see the world and or planet.. Awsome beyond what words can say. Althought God has nothing to do with it, all was here when he wasn't. Its mother nature that runs the show. God was lucky and well fell into place, yup mother earth rocks and the bible has a date. As mother earth,,??? No date!! God has a price. Nature,,, priceless:)
the absence of god through pictures.
these pics say tht "SKY IS THE LIMIT"
cool
Favor de pasarme la manteqauilla
Way out, man!!
superbe..... merci
wow
What other description than " Amazing" can be used for this creation that our Lord has created.
. .Jehovah himself in wisdom founded the earth. He solidly fixed the heavens in discernment. 20 By his knowledge the watery deeps themselves were split apart, and the cloudy skies keep dripping down light rain. . .(Proverbs 3:19-20) .
- Why should we not express wonder & gratitude to earth's Creator?
- Because of a few Cyber-Bullies who only want Their Opinion to count?
Holy....!!
Gracious Lords of Olympus, these are fantastic.
Looks like I get some new wallpapers for my pooter, oh boy am I happy!!!!!!!!!
Science be praised!
Science be praised? Not!
Science be thanked for giving us a small glimpse of how wonderful, beautiful, and complex the earth and our solar system is.
Science allows us to discover and understand the workings of these intricate objects we humans call home. But science had nothing to do with creating them.
You drop a new automobile into the jungle, and, after seeing it for the first time, a primitive tribesman exclaimed, "Metal, rubber, leather, etc just came together and formed this system." What would a sane, educated person say about this claim?
What must God say when we see a small glimpse his complex universe and make the same claim as the above primitive tribesman?
Thant Is nice picure
Thank You
amazing to see what the NATURAL WORLD can do, shows just how narrow people scope of a possible GOD there is
Could everybody please stop banging on about God. This has nothing to do with religion. It's simple geography and beautiful photography x
Bear in mind that the majority of scientists and engineers that made these pictures possible are atheists. Casting praise to God instead of the people who facilitated them is disingenuous at best.
Beauty is metaphysical anyway. It's a form of interpretation. It only exists in the mind.
so,? do you believe in god now ????
Yes they are great pics,but when God is mentioned I wonder if He thinks of the people below the storms maybe getting flooded, drowned, hit with tornadoes, but maybe they are just sinners.
wwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.............................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SSSOOO CCOOLL
Simply Beautiful