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It was a very cold morning in Thornton as the temperature dropped to 15° but the fog that was forecast never materialized and we had a great view of the lunar eclipse. Just before dawn the Earth’s shadow began to encroach on the moon and just as the eclipse was peaking, the moon set behind [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.If you can get yourself out of bed early in the morning on Saturday, December 10, 2011 you will be treated to the last total lunar eclipse for nearly three years. For viewers in Thornton and along the Colorado Front Range, the event will be relatively quick but punctuated by a setting moon with the [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Speeding above the Earth at 17,000 miles per hour and an altitude of 250 miles, astronauts aboard the International Space Station have arguably one of the best views of our planet. A German videographer has compiled many images taken by the orbiting outpost into an extraordinary video. Scroll down to watch this amazing video Among [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.From their perch 250 miles above the Earth, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) capture some amazing imagery. The latest from them is of a Progress supply craft as it burns up in the atmosphere upon reentry. NASA explains: Have you ever wondered how the astronauts and cosmonauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.There is no doubt the views from space are awe-inspiring as we have seen many times. A new video pieced together from imagery taken aboard the International Space Station shows amazing imagery of the planet as the station passes above. The description doesn’t do the video justice but provides highlights of what can be seen: [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Once a year the nighttime sky is lit up with fragments of Comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseid meteor shower peaked last week and while a bright full moon limited viewing on Earth, astronauts on the International Space Station captured stunning imagery of the event. Every 133 years Comet Swift-Tuttle makes a pass through the inner solar [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.When the Space Shuttle Atlantis came to a slow stop on the runway at Kennedy Space Center on July 21, it was the end of an era of spaceflight. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured amazing imagery of Atlantis’ last descent through the atmosphere. It was a sad day for many Americans when the [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.A massive solar flare was unleashed today by the Sun in an impressive display captured in stunning imagery and video. These events can be very hazardous to the Earth but NASA said due to the direction of the eruption, we will escape most of its effects. The flare was part of a three-hour long event [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.If you get outside after dark tonight be sure to turn your eyes skyward and you will be treated to a rare celestial event. The moon will be full and it will appear considerably larger than normal as it is at its closest to Earth in 18 years. NASA explains that full moon vary in [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Late yesterday afternoon the weather didn’t look like it would cooperate and allow viewing of the rare winter solstice lunar eclipse but in the end Mother Nature was generous. Some thin, high clouds cast a bit of a ‘fog’ over the start of the event but those cleared and the view was extraordinary. According to [...]
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