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Interested in astronomy, nature, photography, and a host of other things. I am an IT professional working at a Northeastern Ohio public library.

The Earth is also a planet: A Big Blue Marble

Posted on January 25, 2012

A ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite – Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. The … Continue reading →

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Star clears away birth clouds

Posted on January 11, 2012

The Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera-3 has captured this image of a giant cloud of hydrogen gas illuminated by a bright young star. The image shows how violent the end stages of the star-formation process can be, with the … Continue reading →

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Pillars of the Sun

Posted on December 13, 2011

In the mornings and evenings of the cold seasons we are occasionally favored with glorious sunrises and sunsets. A few of those beautiful moments boast something beyond colored clouds and sky; they host sun pillars! Sun pillars are the result … Continue reading →

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Yes, we’ll see no eclipse :-(

Posted on December 5, 2011

POST-ECLIPSE UPDATE: Others from the Western US and other parts of the world were treated to a marvelous eclipse. See a growing gallery of images at SpaceWeather.com. —————- On the morning of Saturday, December 10, 2011 there will be a … Continue reading →

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