02.6.2010 
Satellites orbiting Earth, by nation.

/via neatorama

Satellites orbiting Earth, by nation.

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 06.8.2009 

Gorgeous HD video of the Moon’s surface taken by the Japanese spacecraft Kaguya. Since it’s completed its planned mission and observations, its orbit has been degrading. Lunar collision is expected in a couple days.

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 09.12.2008 
The eye of the storm.

Hurricane Ivan as it approached the Gulf Coast, 2004.

The Boston Globe’s Big Picture blog has a bunch of photos of hurricanes as seen from space.  Most of them from either the ISS or the Space Shuttle.

Here’s another impressive picture of Ivan from the ISS, with solar panels in the foreground.

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The eye of the storm.

Hurricane Ivan as it approached the Gulf Coast, 2004.

The Boston Globe’s Big Picture blog has a bunch of photos of hurricanes as seen from space. Most of them from either the ISS or the Space Shuttle.

Here’s another impressive picture of Ivan from the ISS, with solar panels in the foreground.

(via)

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