Bugs

Bugs



Credit: Nutmeg

White Ermine Moth! Very elegant! A Royal Bug? :-)

Mars Dunes

Mars Dunes Drizzled With Gems



Credit: NASA


At least, that's how it looks to me. :-)

Jupiter's Belt

Jupiter's Belt



Returns!

Big Cats And The Environment

Not Easy Being A Big Cat



It takes a lot of food to make this cutie pie of a leopard to grow up and become one of these...



Big cats and other big carnivore animals are more vulnerable to environmental change that influence their access to food. They are big and need a lot of energy to be able to catch their prey. If prey become scarce due to environmental changes they might run out of energy before they find food.

Rhea

Rhea



Credit: NASA

Has atmosphere!

Aurora Time

It's Aurora Time

Living Fossil

Living Fossil



A living dead? It's seaweed! :-)

Mars - Chinese Dragon

Mars' 'Chinese Dragon' ?



Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Nah, just wallrocks and valleys at Melas Chasma.

Blue Jay

Blue Jay



Credit: Jean Vincent

Remember to feed the birds, now! (She told herself...:-)) King Winter has arrived!

Traces of Dust Devils

The Dust Devil Was Here



Credit: Nasa

Actually a crowd of dust devils were there - on the Martian surface - leaving an incredible pattern to prove it.

Blue Quasar

Blue Quasar 3c186



Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/A.Siemiginowska et al, Optical: AURA/Gemini Obs.

Gorgeous blue! and the most distant quasar yet observed.

The Earth's Atmosphere

The Earth's Atmosphere

Cloud carpet




Thin air





Gibbeous Moon




A line of Sun




Thin sunset




Hanging Space Station





Oblique atmosphere







All images are taken from the International Space Station. Courtesy of NASA.

A Star

A Star



Mirach and Mirach's Ghost (NGC 404 galaxy)
Credit: Anthony Ayiomamitis

Simply a star - with a GHOST! :-)

Comet Hartley 2

Hello Hartley!




Credit: NASA


Comet Hartley 2, actually! We spy you! And you are radiant. :-)

Parenthood A La Fish

Parenthood A La Fish



Fish parents with baby fish. Aren't they adorable? :-) And so human-like....