Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Antarctica




Antarctica



Without the ice, this is what Antarctica would look like. It's nice and blue this map, so I like it. I'm not too fond of the idea of actually being able to observe this in real life, though. That means that all the ice would have melted. We really don't want that! :-)

Geology of Antarctica




Monday, December 7, 2009

Himalaya




Himalayan Mountains



Credit: ESA







Saturday, December 5, 2009

Antarctica




Dry Valleys, Antarctica




Credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team




Space Ships




Space Ships



Oh, I love these spaceships. I can't wait until I'm rich enough to travel with them - aaaaalll the time! :-)




Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Earth Observation from Space




Earth Observation: Sharing Data



It sounds so simple, sharing data with others. It is not. So this is quite an achievement from ESA, having the members agreeing to openly share the data from the new family of Earth observation satellites.




Monday, November 30, 2009

Mars




Mars



Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems

Mars is such a piece of art!






Watching Ice Crystals Grow




Iced





Through hard x-ray we get another image of snow and ice. A bit different look than the snow crystals we are used to see. Still beautiful, though. :-)

At ESRF scientists can actually see how ice crystals form in-situ.