Teide, Tenerife
Teide, Tenerife Here we have a volcano that defines an entire island -- Teide on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Like Kilauea on Hawai'i, Teide is a hotspot-related volcano. However, unlike Kilauea,...
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Ulawun, Papua New Guinea One of the most recent images in this gallery, this shows the plume from Ulawun in Papua New Guinea in November of 2012. It is one of the most active volcanoes in Papua New...
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Usu, Japan Usu is only part of this image, which is dominated by the Toya caldera. Usu sits on the southern edge of the caldera (the image "upside-down" in the sense that south is up) while Nakajima...
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Valentine's Day Nebula This image of a planetary nebula, which may suggest a rose to some, was obtained with the wide-field view of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) Mosaic 1 camera on...
View ArticleWau-en-namus, Libya
Wau-en-namus, Libya Libya is not the first place most people think of when they think of volcanoes. However, there are some volcanoes in the north African country, such as Wau-en-namus. Trying to...
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Star-Forming Heart Generations of stars can be seen in this infrared portrait from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. In this wispy star-forming region, called W5, the oldest stars can be seen as blue...
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Dark Gecko in Space This image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, shows the bright star cluster NGC 6520 and its neighbour, the...
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Ancient Water Flows on Mars High-Resolution Stereo Camera nadir and colour channel data taken during revolution 11497 on 13 January 2013 by ESA’s Mars Express have been combined to form a...
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Mystic Mountain Hubble's 20th anniversary image shows a mountain of dust and gas rising in the Carina Nebula. The top of a three-light-year tall pillar of cool hydrogen is being worn away by the...
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African forest elephant
African forest elephant Nouabale Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo.
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Thanks to motion-triggered digital camera traps, scientists have a powerful tool for studying reclusive animals in remote, inaccessible areas -- and also for generating animated .gifs of gorillas...
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Southern pig-tailed macaque
Southern pig-tailed macaque Pasoh Forest Reserve, Malaysia.
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IC 410
IC 410 Visible in the northern sky, IC 410 is a dusty nebula that lies in the constellation Auriga, about 12,000 light-years away. Animation: J-P Metsavainio
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