NASA Astronomy Pictures Of The Day [Week 3/2010]

[xtremetom180]

brilliant vid guys

[lauwanmeng]

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. (Psalms 19:1-2).

[EatingRottenFetuses]

@lauwanmeng thats the most ignorant thing I have read today. This is science. Based on facts, not magical fairytails.

[Bluelemonzz]

@lauwanmeng so the book claims god did it so it's true huh? It's funny how that "special" book of yours gives you no important details or factual information. Just general statements. Is that really convincing?? I just don't get it why people follow such a thing. Why do you all come in here and spew your nonsense?? keep your god delusion to yourself and fellow dellusionists.

[bobcrunch]

Irony of ironies: Space doesn't know it's beautiful. It takes a human to translate "stuff" into beauty. We're made of this "stuff". Without God the universe is absurd. I'm getting a headache.

[baar34]

Someday we'll be able to live on the moon, to live on mars, to mine asteroids, to have space swimming races,

[TheJudgeofhell]

i know people are curious about space and stuff but we dont know mutch about our own planet for example the sea only the surface is known

[TonyKeck]

Very inspirational!

[MiamiRealEstateReel]

Jupiter looks beautiful.  So dangerous, yet so beautiful.

[VoltageLP]

what is the name of that music track?

[321beth321]

the pictures are amazing!!! and also the song is relaxing =)

[odellshaun]

awesome !!!

[92Hate92]

hold in pause then press the left arrow for a game :)

[4SCARECROWS]

Those filaments of the Veil Nebula are stunning.

[slr243s]

the cascades sure do look like trees and i dont doubt that they r photos sure r beatiful makes u wonder if we r gettin the whole story!!!!!!!

[4SCARECROWS]

@slr243s I thought they look like trees too.

[fartyboi2k8]

you look at the beaty of the universe and galaxys that could hold anything a human could imagine and beyond the vastness of space is so huge that it is still expanding from the explosion of the big bang it is expanding at approximately light speed so the chances of any earth organism catching up is virtualy impossible but. and when some kinds of bombs emplode they expand first is this what is happening to the universe?

[Charrister]

Does the sky over the Himalayas really look like that? I've never seen so many stars in a sky!

[AJollyGoodFelon]

Is this all we get for the trillions of dollars spent? I think so. Nasa sucks. Thanks for destroying the sweet thought of possibility of martians in our solar system. What are you going after next... santa claus? Your projects are a hole in the sky they throw money in. That money could be used for better things than your stupid curiosity of whether or not theres fricking water on the moon. What a bunch of idiots.

[kyle14028]

don't you think it would be a better idea to find out about planets closer to us? So we know our own enviroment before we move to farther places in the galaxy?

[Movies96B]

You sir, are an idiot.

[adri1430]

Beauty is above, below and all around us. Its appeal upon us is direct and immediate. It can stop us in our tracks and take our breath away...

[gravitymindofgod]

Looks like trees on mars to me...

[kufr72]

Love the Vangelis in the lead... Blade Runner ftw

[gingergreek]

You look at all the beauty of space and the insignificance of us and wonder why don't just try to make the absolute best of what we've got. It could all end tomorrow and yet we sit here and argue over trivial matters for selfish gain or reasons.

Superb stuff

[kaliapoo]

@gingergreek selfesh gain and reason ;o i dont understand all we want is really the truth i dont believe thats to selfish sending a fish into a water of sharks thats not to fair but for the fish to live is a small chance thats how we basicly feel we dont want to be stranded

[gingergreek]

@kaliapoo I was talking about the politics, wars and endless suffering we bestow on some purely for personal gains

[ChicenFriedPork]

@gingergreek yeah we might as well make pot legal too yayayayayay!!!!

[gingergreek]

@ChicenFriedPork you damn right!!

[bulbinking]

How pretentious is the heart of man to witness the universe in its entirety and claim that his labellings of all that happens within it to be correct from the teachings of his god or himself.

[TheDrunkard1]

@bulbinking Pale Blue Dot awakening...

[defect530]

the Himalayas are just pure beauty.

[goog2k]

I agree, I'm not interested in the dark sand cascades on Mars. What are all those things sticking UP, that look like like growing plants???

[anonforuz]

I think they were small cliff faces.

[bshieldsbb01]

The dark streaks aren't actually going Up; they're falling down the cliff facings. If you get a copy of the image and look close, you can see there's no shadows.

It's thought that this is "Dark Sand" trapped under the top soil; as the Martian spring warms the surface, CO2 ice beneath melts and escapes, jetting out kind of like a geyser. Mixed in with this gas is dark sand grains.

When the jets appear along the crests of dunes, the sands fall down in long streaks.

[menschling]

thanks good video

[N1ntenOwned]

I love having something to look forward too on mondays. Thanks Science Magazine!

[MITHWORLD1]

The eclipse pic is wonderfull,thanks for sharing this ;)

[StuartHaitchXbox]

another great video.