Monday, February 13, 2017

Journey to Jupiter

This amazing animation of Jupiter is made from more than 1,000 images taken by 91 amateurs from around the world between the 19th of December 2014 and the 31st of March 2015...


Also check out the Juno Mission Website for exciting images and interactive learning activities about Jupiter and the missions to photograph and study it.

Also of related interest is the Planetary Virtual Observatory and Laboratory website which is a searchable database of ground-based observations of solar system planets. The images are made available by amateur astronomers and are used for research purposes by several professional and amateur teams and for astronomy popularization.

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The Great Lake Huron Rock Puzzle

  As a boy, I found this chunk of limestone on the shoreline of southern Lake Huron, Canada near the town of Goderich: The rock is 23 cm (9...