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Hubble's Sharpest View of the Orion Nebula
By NASA Images
May 26th, 2016
Credit: NASA,ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team
Ben Bullen
By wyse
May 25th, 2016
Taken on a recent camping/hiking trip in the Blue Mountains, 3 hours from Sydney.
Adobe Lightroom 5.
Nikon D610, Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD.
Photo Settings: 24mm, f/9, 1/160 second, ISO 125.
Sunset at Big Apple
May 11th, 2016
After a day with cloudy and rainy weather, we were lucky to get a great sunset on top of the Empire State Building. The colors of the sky and of the fading city were just great!
Canon EOS 5DS R, Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM
Map: 40.7483, -73.9855
Neverwinter Nights
By deltron
May 3rd, 2016
A beautiful starry sky at Porteau Cove, British Columbia.
Höllental
By Andi Kulse
April 26th, 2016
This was taken after a hiking tour through the Höllentalklamm.
"Valley of Hell", as it is known in English, leads up the Zugspitze on the German side of the German-Austrian border in the northern Alps.
Adobe Lightroom CC.
Canon EOS Rebel T1i, Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF).
Photo Settings: 17mm, f/9, 1/200 second, ISO 200.
Sunrise at Jinshanling Great Wall
By bingham009
April 4th, 2016
View of Great Wall at Jinshanling, in the early morning.
Adobe Photoshop CC.
Out of this Whirl
By NASA Images
March 14th, 2016
The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 (NGC 5194) appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust.
This sharpest-ever image of the Whirlpool Galaxy, taken in January 2005 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, illustrates a spiral galaxy's grand design, from its curving spiral arms, where young stars reside, to its yellowish central core, a home of older stars. The galaxy is nicknamed the Whirlpool because of its swirling structure.
The Whirlpool's most striking feature is its two curving arms, a hallmark of so-called grand-design spiral galaxies. Many spiral galaxies possess numerous, loosely shaped arms which make their spiral structure less pronounced. These arms serve an important purpose in spiral galaxies. They are star-formation factories, compressing hydrogen gas and creating clusters of new stars. In the Whirlpool, the assembly line begins with the dark clouds of gas on the inner edge, then moves to bright pink star-forming regions, and ends with the brilliant blue star clusters along the outer edge.
Some astronomers believe that the Whirlpool's arms are so prominent because of the effects of a close encounter with NGC 5195, the small, yellowish galaxy at the outermost tip of one of the Whirlpool's arms. At first glance, the compact galaxy appears to be tugging on the arm. Hubble's clear view, however, shows that NGC 5195 is passing behind the Whirlpool. The small galaxy has been gliding past the Whirlpool for hundreds of millions of years.
As NGC 5195 drifts by, its gravitational muscle pumps up waves within the Whirlpool's pancake-shaped disk. The waves are like ripples in a pond generated when a rock is thrown in the water. When the waves pass through orbiting gas clouds within the disk, they squeeze the gaseous material along each arm's inner edge. The dark dusty material looks like gathering storm clouds. These dense clouds collapse, creating a wake of star birth, as seen in the bright pink star-forming regions. The largest stars eventually sweep away the dusty cocoons with a torrent of radiation, hurricane-like stellar winds, and shock waves from supernova blasts. Bright blue star clusters emerge from the mayhem, illuminating the Whirlpool's arms like city streetlights.
The Whirlpool is one of astronomy's galactic darlings. Located 31 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs), the Whirlpool's beautiful face-on view and closeness to Earth allow astronomers to study a classic spiral galaxy's structure and star-forming processes.
Object Names: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5
Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Brothers
March 12th, 2016
Three Douglas Fir trees in the midday sun along Maple Glade trail in the Quinault Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington.
The only thing missing is perspective - at least 6 feet in diameter, these trees are enormous.
Photo Settings: 29mm, f/8, 1/60 second, ISO 800.
Norway
By Andy Rank
March 10th, 2016
A beautiful day near Trollstigen. I took this picture in July 2015 during my trip through Norway. The weather was really nice at that day which is not usual in Norway ;) ... I'll be back this year with my tent and camp there for a couple of days.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM.
Photo Settings: 24mm, f/10, 1/200 second, ISO 100.
Sunset on Blue Mountain
By jdphotopdx
March 4th, 2016
Taken near the summit of Blue Mountain, in Olympic National Park.
Lightroom CC
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