Call it a camera exchange program. But for students at Connellsville Area High School in Pennsylvania, the Gigapan camera system, originally designed by elements of Google, Carnegie Mellon University, and NASA, is proving to be a highly valued learning too. Just in case you need a quick rundown, a Gigapan camera takes a whole lot of ...
You know how we've been covering the whole "pictures from space" beat out here for some time now? Well, we're not alone--the Joseph Bellows Gallery is featuring a whole array of pictures from space in their show entitled Full Moon: The Apollo Missions. See, what you may not be aware of is that this year marks ...
What better way to commemorate those that lost their lives on September 11, 2001 then remembering what happened from all points of view. We’re not going to go into politics or conspiracy theories but we’re going to take a look at the attacks from another angle. The picture above shows how the whole thing has ...
Wow. I remember when we first sent the Hubble up. It was the laughingstock of the scientific community for its constant breakdowns and its frequency of repairs. But now, everyone who laughed at the Hubble--me included--is eating their words with a side of crow at the pictures this sucker's been sending back. Pictures like the one ...
Qimaging has announced that its Rolera-MGi scientific camera will be launched into space today and is tasked to take pictures of the earth’s coasts and oceans. The company has been known to deliver high-performance yet easy to use digital cameras for scientific and industrial applications and now, a lot rest on what their actual imaging ...
Chances are you've never even HEARD of the Timor Sea. I know I hadn't, at least until I got this absolutely incredible photo from Nasa's Earth Observatory. But anyway, this little area northwest of Australia (so hello to all the Aussie readers out there who are no doubt having a great laugh at the stupid American ...
This'll just KILL you, folks--by now you've probably heard about the huge California wildfire that's only about five percent contained and looking to make a run on Los Angeles. Well, here's the most unbelievable and most horrifying detail about it all. It can be SEEN FROM SPACE. Over one hundred thousand acres in size, pictures from Nasa's ...
A few days ago we’ve told you about NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter capable of taking detailed pictures of the Moon’s surface. Now NASA has confirmed that, besides the usual craters, the Orbiter will be used to capture photos of the Lunar landings. NASA plans to stop all the criticism and negative publicity that’s suggesting the ...
On June 18th, NASA sent two tandem spacecraft into the orbit of the moon to take photos of the craters there. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter started sending back images just last week. The images are beautiful, crisp photos of the surface area located just east of Hell E crater, where the day-night line is located. To ...
Anyone with a passion for photography has had more than a chance to admire those pictures of Earth taken from satellites orbiting our planet. But none of those pictures offer as many 3D details as the map above. Created by NASA in cooperation with Japan’s Ministry of Economy, the map covers Earth between the 83 ...
