Glenelg’s Broch Towers
One of Glenelg’s Broch Towers – ancient round stone structures built approximately 2000 years ago. According to legend, the towers were built by warrior queens. Image: Marina Moore
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The Glenelg coastline. The region is home to a range of wildlife, including otters, seals, sea hawks, and Atlantic salmon. Image: Marina Moore
View ArticleGlenelg to the Isle of Skye ferry
The community-owned turntable ferry that links Glenelg to the Isle of Skye. Maximum capacity: 12 people, 4 cars. The traverse crosses the Kyle Rhea strait, a powerful channel that may be tapped for...
View ArticleGlenelg’s lush forests
One of Glenelg’s lush forests. Niall McAdie, the head chef of the Glenelg Inn, offers a bold prediction for mission scientists: “We have a lot more water here than you may find on Mars.” Mission...
View ArticleMoor of the Glenelg peninsula
The windswept moor of the Glenelg peninsula. The harsh, scenic landscape has inspired a wealth of myths and legends over the centuries. Image: Anna Tullis
View ArticleGlenelg grassland
Wildflowers dot the grasslands of Glenelg in the Spring. Image: Anna Tullis
View ArticleAug 24, 2012
Young Star Cavity In this unusual image, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures a rare view of the celestial equivalent of a geode — a gas cavity carved by the stellar wind and intense ultraviolet...
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Neptune in Full
Neptune in Full Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to visit distant Neptune, the farthest planet in our solar system, arriving in 1989. This full image (above) shows the planet’s Great Dark Spot, a hole...
View ArticleGreat Red Spot
Starting 35 years ago, our view of the solar system was forever changed. The launch of the Voyager 1 probe on Sept. 5, 1977 ushered in a golden era of planetary exploration. Along with its sister...
View ArticleSaturn Shadow
Saturn Shadow Voyager 1 made it to Saturn after a speedy three years, taking many incredible images, such as this one of the gas giant’s well-known ring system. This shot was taken as the probe...
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Saturn and Moons
Saturn and Moons Two of Saturn’s tiny moons can be seen in this impressive shot, along with the gas giant’s rings. The moons, Tethys (above) and Dione, are mostly composed of water ice. Saturn’s...
View ArticleSaturn’s Atmosphere
Saturn’s Atmosphere This image from Voyager 2 combines images taken in ultraviolet, violet, and green filters to bring out features in Saturn’s atmosphere. Changes in the atmosphere from Voyager 1’s...
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Saturn’s Rings
Saturn’s Rings False-color images (above) show off Saturn’s C- and B-rings in brilliant shades. High-resolution shots (below) also show off dark spoke-like features swirling around in the ring...
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The Solar System
The Solar System In 1990, NASA engineers had Voyager 1 turn and face the solar system and take a parting shot. Stitched together from several pictures, this image shows the only view of our solar...
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Uranus’ Moons
Uranus’ Moons The image above shows Uranus’ largest moon, Titania. Covered in impact scars, Titania is a cold gray world that also features many canyons and scarps. The patchwork surface of another...
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Triton’s Surface This enormous mosaic shows the surface of Neptune’s largest moon Triton in exquisite detail. The moon’s surface is the coldest recorded place in the solar system, with temperatures...
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Uranus Farewell
Uranus Farewell The aquamarine crescent of Uranus can be seen above in this parting shot from Voyager 2, taken in 1986. The spacecraft – the only probe to ever visit both Uranus and Neptune –...
View ArticleRed crested tree rat
Red crested tree rat Thought to be extinct, this Colombian rat was rediscovered in 2011, more than a century after its last sighting. Image: Lizzie Noble/Fundacion ProAves
View ArticleOkinawa spiny rat
Okinawa spiny rat Nobody knows how many of these rats survive, but their population is concentrated in a borough-sized area of Okinawa. "Each species expresses a solution to a set of very specific...
View ArticleSept 12, 2012
Witch's Broom The Pencil Nebula is pictured in a new image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. This peculiar cloud of glowing gas is part of a huge ring of wreckage left over after a supernova...
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