Pictures

The Brightness of the Sun

By Doug on November 24, 2009

The bright sun greets the International Space Station in this Nov. 22 image, taken from the Russian section of the orbital outpost and photographed by the STS-129 crew.
Image Credit: NASA
The Brightness of the Sun

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Remembering 9/11

By Doug on September 11, 2009

This NASA image, taken from the International Space Station, speaks for itself:

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Urbanization of Dubai

By Doug on April 30, 2009

Dubai undertook a massive engineering project to create hundreds of artificial islands along its coastline. This is the Palm Jumeirah, the first of the palm islands.
These are false-color images where bare ground appears brown, vegetation appears red, water appears dark blue, and buildings and paved surfaces appear light blue or gray. Not only have they [...]

Posted in Pictures | Tagged Dubai, Palm Jumeirah, Satellite Images