The soft glow in the picture above is NGC 2768, an elliptical galaxy located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear). It appears here as a bright oval on the sky, surrounded by a wide, fuzzy cloud of material. This image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the dusty structure [...]

Editor’s Note: A detail from this larger panoramic image: www.flickr.com/photos/28634332@N05/4554348391/ Volcanoes near Usulutan, El Salvador are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member on the International Space Station. The Pacific coastline of much of Central America is marked by a line of active and quiescent volcanoes known to geologists as the [...]

Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New York By: 16 Miles of String

Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New York By: 16 Miles of String

I thought this was a cool detail area of the previous photo… Harrat Khaybar, Saudi Arabia is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 16 crewmember on the International Space Station. The western half of the Arabian peninsula contains not only large expanses of sand and gravel, but extensive lava fields known as haraat [...]

I’m thinking of leaving it at this, I dont want to tinker too much and add detail it doesn’t need. By: axeman3d