NASA Astronomy Pictures Of The Day [Week 6/2010]

By Stars & Astronomy On July 22nd, 2010

NASA Astronomy Pictures Of The Day [Week 6/2010] — Please subscribe to: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — â–º A Sun Halo Over Cambodia Have you ever seen a halo around the Sun? This fairly common sight occurs when high thin clouds containing millions of tiny ice crystals cover much of the sky. Each ice crystal acts like a miniature lens. Because most of the crystals have a similar elongated hexagonal shape, light entering one crystal face and exiting through the opposing face refracts 22 degrees, which corresponds to … antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov â–º Night Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour Sometimes, the space shuttle launches at night. Pictured above, the space shuttle Endeavour lifted off in yesterday’s early morning hours from Launch Pad 39A in Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, bound for the International Space Station (ISS). A night launch, useful for reaching the space station easily during some times of the year, frequently creates … antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov â–º M51 Hubble Remix The 51st entry in Charles Messier’s famous catalog is perhaps the original spiral nebula – a large galaxy with a well defined spiral structure also cataloged as NGC 5194. Over 60000 light-years across, M51′s spiral arms and dust lanes clearly sweep in front of its companion galaxy (top), NGC 5195. Image data from the Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys has been reprocessed to … antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov â–º Teide Sky Trails The snow capped Teide volcano is reflected in a pool of water in …

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22 Responses to “NASA Astronomy Pictures Of The Day [Week 6/2010]”

  1. sweeeeetpie, on July 22nd, 2010 at 4:39 am Said:

    woooooo :-o its amazing mean awesome nothing fantastic like this

  2. sweeeeetpie, on July 22nd, 2010 at 4:42 am Said:

    @daytontee

  3. sweeeeetpie, on July 22nd, 2010 at 5:24 am Said:

    @daytontee

  4. Timmi0A1, on July 22nd, 2010 at 6:02 am Said:

    what pics!

  5. JinxOz, on July 22nd, 2010 at 6:49 am Said:

    @luckystrke meant to vote u up:(

  6. Schnappi1989, on July 22nd, 2010 at 7:05 am Said:

    Wow! Nice :o
    This is amazing, I love this universe, so amazing too look at :D

  7. daytontee, on July 22nd, 2010 at 7:35 am Said:

    @ccoodd11
    Distracting you from using your eyes to look at pictures?
    If thats all you have to say about these amazing pictures,
    Your brain cannot comprehend this; and you should stick to using youtube for videos of dancing kittens or something.

  8. ccoodd11, on July 22nd, 2010 at 8:00 am Said:

    Music is very bad and distractiong

  9. luckystrke, on July 22nd, 2010 at 8:33 am Said:

    AMAZING!!!

  10. GoldenMan1002, on July 22nd, 2010 at 8:33 am Said:

    0:56 where and when did this one come from?

  11. fallbread, on July 22nd, 2010 at 9:01 am Said:

    cool

  12. C0DZ0R, on July 22nd, 2010 at 9:11 am Said:

    Piano music is tha shit for this

  13. yourpalcliffy, on July 22nd, 2010 at 9:37 am Said:

    i miss zuke and spiralout…. :( (((

  14. nickoDavinci, on July 22nd, 2010 at 10:17 am Said:

    I always enjoy watching these videos, thanks for sharing. Keep it up!

  15. thebutler89, on July 22nd, 2010 at 10:59 am Said:

    @abadubie

    A lot of techno is shit. Fact.
    A lot of techno isn’t shit. Also fact.

  16. abadubie, on July 22nd, 2010 at 11:55 am Said:

    @thebutler89

    Techno is shit. Fact.

  17. iclash, on July 22nd, 2010 at 12:50 pm Said:

    screw techno, I prefer classical with astronomy but this music is just bizarre

  18. FIGHTFANNERD3, on July 22nd, 2010 at 1:16 pm Said:

    i kinda agree lol

  19. B4TT3RY, on July 22nd, 2010 at 1:55 pm Said:

    best to watch on mute

  20. thebutler89, on July 22nd, 2010 at 2:37 pm Said:

    It has been proven that techno is the most suitable music for astronomy photos. Not synthesized orchestras, lol.

  21. falconfira, on July 22nd, 2010 at 2:38 pm Said:

    wow

  22. SpeedFreakNO, on July 22nd, 2010 at 3:30 pm Said:

    That’s a lot of beauty! Should be in 1080p :)

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