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Eclectic Perambulations in the Noosphere

Meter-scale Morphology of the North Polar Region of Mars

via hirise.lpl.arizona.edu

With detailed images from the HiRISE camera, a dome of layered ice deposits on the north pole of Mars comes into sharper focus, showing evidence of recent mass wasting, flow and debris accumulation

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Posted March 11, 2010
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Saturn's Moon Helene from Cassini

via apod.nasa.gov

 

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Posted March 10, 2010
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Summer at the South Pole

via apod.nasa.gov

 

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Posted March 8, 2010
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NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge

via apod.nasa.gov

Image Credit & Copyright: Acquisition - Torsten Grossmann, Processing - Dietmar Hager

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Posted March 4, 2010
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M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds in Orion

via apod.nasa.gov

Credit & Copyright: Ignacio de la Cueva Torregrosa

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Posted March 3, 2010
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Follow Closest Flyby of Phobos in Real Time

via universetoday.com

Written by Nancy Atkinson

Filed under  //   Astronomy   Mars  
Posted March 3, 2010
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MRO Radar Maps Extensive Subsurface Martian Ice

via universetoday.com

Written by Nancy Atkinson

Filed under  //   Astronomy   Mars   Water  
Posted March 3, 2010
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The North America Nebula

via apod.nasa.gov

 

Filed under  //   Astronomy  
Posted February 27, 2010
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Martian Dust Avalanches Caught in Action

via thethirdplanet.de

 

Filed under  //   Astronomy   Mars  
Posted February 26, 2010
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Where In The Universe ?

via universetoday.com

 

Filed under  //   Astronomy  
Posted February 25, 2010
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