Jun. 26th, 2012

Yay!

Jun. 26th, 2012 01:10 pm
sepdet: (Takei the Fabulous)
Of course, people are threatening to boycott Oreos for this...

sepdet: (Takei the Fabulous)
...I've been on this astronomy kick ever since the eclipse. Also, I've been watching a buttload of astronomy-related shows on Netflix.

So here's a random article I wrote mostly as an excuse to dig up gorgeous space photos from the depths of NASA:

Super Moons: Our Solar System's Mini-Worlds

Because, yo...



This sort of thing rocks. BECAUSE IT'S REAL.

(note volcano erupting on dark side of Io. Yes, this IS a photograph. Or actually, two photographs stitched together. A little odd-looking because Jupiter was snapped in infrared -- hence the Great White Spot -- while Io is visible light.)

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