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ZZ-Sun Halo.jpgA Sun "Halo" in Tennessee78 visiteDal "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 9 Marzo 2005:"Sometimes it looks like the Sun is being viewed through a large lens. In the above case there are actually millions of lenses: ice crystals. As water freezes in the upper atmosphere, small, flat, six-sided, ice crystals might be formed. As these crystals flutter down, much time is spent with their faces flat, parallel to the ground. An observer may pass through the same plane as many of the falling ice crystals near sunrise or sunset. During this alignment, each crystal can act like a miniature lens, refracting sunlight into our view. Dramatically visible behind neighborhood houses and trees and above the cloud deck is the 22° halo created by sunlight reflecting off of atmospheric ice crystals".
L'alone è spiegato in modo preciso ed accurato, ma esso non è l'unico fenomeno visibile in questa foto: alla Vostra Sx si vedono - e bene! - 2 scie chimiche. E quelle come le spieghiamo? Vapori e cristalli?!?
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ZZ-Venus from Space.jpgVenus from the Earth's orbit123 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Venus can appear as a brilliant evening star. Besides the Sun and Moon, Venus is the brightest object visible in Earth's sky. Because it is closer to the Sun than Earth, Venus never strays far from the Sun in its apparent position and is seen during the year as either a bright morning or evening star. This beautiful sunset imaged from low earth orbit by the Atlantis space shuttle crew in May 1989 also reveals the planet Venus blazing above Earth's horizon. It is a fitting image for this mission and crew. It was recorded following the successful release of the robot Venus-explorer Magellan, the first planetary probe to be deployed from a space shuttle".
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ZZ-ZZ-SunFromMaunaKea.jpgThe Sun from Mauna Kea: an alien landscape159 visiteDa "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 4 Luglio 2005:"Typically, views from Mauna Kea are up and dark. That's because the famous dormant volcano in Hawaii is arguably Earth's premier observing platform of the complex and ever changing night sky. However, this daytime view is across and bright. White snow and white clouds seem to blend together to make an alien landscape. Cinder cones from extinct volcanic outbursts dominate the foreground. Scrolling right will reveal structures visually incongruous even here: an armada of the largest optical telescopes on Earth. The observatories seen include Subaru and Keck. In the distance on the far left is Mauna Loa, Earth's largest volcano".
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ZZ-ZZ-The Sun over K.jpgIs this Earth?81 visiteAvevamo proposto un'immagine altrettanto enigmatica nella Sezione dedicata al Pianeta Venere, allorchè la "Stella della Sera" veniva ripresa dalla sommità di una montagna in compagnia della Luna, così generando un effetto davvero molto particolare.
Ora è la volta di un'alba, vista dal Monte Kilimanjaro. Sono stati usati filtri speciali? Forse i colori sono stati ritoccati al computer? No, su tutta la linea. Questa è una foto scattata dalla Terra, in colori reali, che riprende l'alba. Capite sempre meglio perchè la problematica dei 'Colori dello Spazio' non è accademica nè peregrina? Se, in determinate condizioni di illuminazione, ergo a diverse ore del giorno, anche la Terra può apparire un Mondo Alieno (tipo Marte o Venere) allora, date le medesime variabili, anche un Mondo Alieno potrebbe, a diverse ore del giorno, apparire come la Terra e non ci sarebbe nulla di straordinario nel dirlo e nel mostrarlo. Ma, a quanto pare, la NASA non "vede" (ed è proprio il caso di dirlo...) le cose come le vediamo noi...
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Venus, Mercury and Saturn.jpgVenus, Mercury and Saturn from Cerro Paranal (Chile)78 visiteDa "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 17 Agosto 2005:"Very bright planets and very large telescopes are part of this sunset view of Paranal Observatory. The observatory's four, massive 8,2 meter telescope units are situated on top of the 2.600 meter high mountain, Cerro Paranal, in the dry Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The individual unit telescopes can be used separately or in combination and are named Antu, Kueyen, Melipal and Yepun. Together they are fittingly known as the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. Of course, the very bright planets are Venus (near center), joined by Mercury (below) and Saturn (left) in late June's western evening skies".
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Venus_Co_.jpgVenus, Mercury and Saturn from Brighton (Australia)86 visiteDa "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 2 Luglio 2005:"On Tuesday, June 28th, the setting Sun flooded the horizon with a beautiful warm light in this view from the beach beside the pier at Brighton in Adelaide, South Australia. The Sun also illuminated 3 planets gathered in the Western Sky, such as Mercury, Venus and Saturn. From this perspective Mercury is at the highest point in the celestial triangle, brilliant Venus is just below, and Saturn stands farther to the left and below the close pair. Of course, the Planets only appear close together on the sky but are actually quite far apart in space. The orbits of Mercury and Venus are both interior to Earth's orbit, while gas giant Saturn lies in the outer Solar System, over 9 AU from the Sun. Late next week, Venus and Mercury will share Western Skies with the young crescent Moon".
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Venus_and_the_Moon.jpgCrescent Venus and crescent Moon from Budapest60 visiteDa "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 30 Ottobre 2006:"There's something behind these clouds. Those faint graceful arcs, upon inspection, are actually far, far in the distance. They are the Earth's Moon and the planet Venus.
Both the Moon and Venus are bright enough to be seen during the day, and both are quite capable of showing a crescent phase. To see Venus, which appears quite small, in a crescent phase requires binoculars or a telescope.
In the above dramatic daytime image taken from Budapest, Hungary, the Moon and Venus shared a similar crescent phase a few minutes before the Moon eclipsed the larger but more distant world.
About an hour later, Venus reappeared".
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-LunarAnalemma_richins_f.jpgMoon's analemma (New Mexico)164 visiteDa "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 13 Luglio 2005:"An analemma is an 8-like curve that is gotten when you mark the position of the Sun at the same time each day for 1 year. To imaging an analemma of the Moon it is necessary to understand that, on average, the Moon returns to the same position in the sky about 51' later each day. So, photographing the Moon 51' later on successive days, over one lunation (or Lunar month) it will trace out an analemma-like curve as the actual position of the Moon wanders compared to the average - due to the Moon's tilted and elliptical orbit. (...) Multiple exposure image required some digital manipulation, particularly to include thin crescent phases in daytime skies".
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-LunarGreenFlash_laveder_f.jpgA "green flash" over the Moon124 visiteDa "NASA - Picture of the Day" del 26 Agosto 2005:"July's Full Moon looks strangely darkened and distorted in this remarkable telescopic view. The image is one of a series recorded when the Moon was very near the horizon. The long sight-line through a turbulent atmosphere gives rise to the tantalizing optical effects, including the thin "mirage" shape that seems to float just above the Moon's upper edge. Also seen (more easily in the inset), along the Moon's upper edge is a noticeable green rim. Substantial atmospheric refraction produces this prism-like effect -- related to the more commonly witnessed green flash of the setting Sun. Careful inspection of the full image reveals a corresponding red rim along the lower edge, another intriguing signature of atmospheric refraction".
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-PIA07997-2-plusRover-A667R1.jpgVirtual Presence in Space84 visiteThis synthetic image of the Spirit MER on top of a rock called "Jibsheet" was produced using "Virtual Presence in Space" technology. Developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., this technology combines visualization and image-processing tools with Hollywood-style special effects. The image was created using a photorealistic model of the Rover and a false-color mosaic. The size of the Rover in the image is approximately correct and was based on the size of the Rover tracks in the mosaic. The mosaic was assembled from frames taken by the Pan-Cam on the Rover's 489th Martian day (May 19, 2005); see PIA07997.
Because this synthesis provides viewers with a sense of their own "virtual presence" (as if they were there themselves), such views can be useful to mission teams in planning exploration by enhancing perspective and a sense of scale.
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-Where-mer_2008258_lrg.jpgWhere is this Place?!?55 visiteUn altro (speriamo simpatico...) Space-Quiz per i nostri Lettori: secondo Voi, a quale Regione di Marte si riferisce questa (spettacolare) ripresa?MareKromium
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Zodiacal_Light_over_NM.jpgZodiacal Light over New Mexico55 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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