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Cyclone Giovanna

ESA's Envisat view of the tropical cyclone Giovanna. Credit;: ESA

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2012

Italy covered in snow

ESA's Envisat view of Italy after amajor snowstorm in February 2012. Credit: ESA

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2012

ISR parody

Still frame from a parody video about the International Star Regsitry.

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2012

Dark matter map

A model of the dark matterin the Universe created using a computer simluation. Credit: Shogo Masaki, Department of Physics Nagoya University

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2012

East of the Blue Marble

This shot from NASA's Earth-observing satellite Suomi-NPP was constructed from images taken over six...

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Uploaded on Feb 2, 2012

Big X2 class solar flare

On January 27, 2012, the Sun spat out a pulsing X2 class solar flare, over twice as powerful as the...

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Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012

The Helix nebula by VISTA

The Helix nebula is an expanding wind of gas coming from a dead star, seen here from the...

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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2012

Hawk and pigeon 1

Woke up to hear the dogs barking. Went outside, and this is what I saw: a hawk dining on a pigeon in my back yard. Wow.

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Uploaded on Jan 14, 2012

Hawk and pigeon 2

Another of the hawk eating the pigeon.

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Uploaded on Jan 14, 2012

Hawk and pigeon 3

Another of the hawk eating the pigeon.

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Uploaded on Jan 14, 2012

Shoemaker Crater, Australia

A very old impact crater, seen from the ISS. Credit: NASA

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Uploaded on Dec 28, 2011

Moon and Venus, Dec 27, 2011

I took this with my cell phone camera around 17:00 local time in Boulder. The Moon and Venus are really pretty together!

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Uploaded on Dec 27, 2011

My Robot Nation: Chip!

Chip is a toy robot I made at My Robot Nation.

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Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011

Chip, back view

Chip is a toy robot I made at My Robot Nation.

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Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011

Chip: World Domination

Chip is a toy robot I made at My Robot Nation. His plans are clear.

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Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011

Schrodinger's Caturday

Seems pretty straightforward: it's my cat in a box.

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Uploaded on Dec 9, 2011