chandraxray

Wow!!!! where is this observatory???

Wow! Outstanding

Looks like a jellyfish!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Universe and planets, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called NASA - Public Domain, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

I have not seen an auroral event as viewed from space before, very interesting. But if the aurora is a product of the Earth's magnetic field, would it not have been better to have superimposed the image on a plan of the Earth showing the magnetic north pole? Your image shows lines of longitude and latitude from the geographic north pole. If the magnetic north pole was added to the image, then the pattern of the aurora would make more sense, as it appears to lie in an arc at a constant radius from the pole.

Thanks for the interesting suggestion. It certainly makes sense from the viewpoint of scientific explanation to do this, but from an esthetic viewpoint we like to limit the number of labels or artificial elements in our main images. As it is, the image of the Earth shown here is simulated. Kim for Chandra. cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu

Fascinating.

To learn more about Chandra X-ray Observatory images, visit: blog.photography.si.edu/2009/05/11/seeing-the-invisible/ blog.photography.si.edu/2009/06/01/seeing-the-invisible-p...

Wonderful! THIS is how I like to see my tax dollars spent, not killing people, but furthering our understanding of life, the universe, and everything.

Meravigliosa.

ich Schwachkopf bekomm diese Vielfalt von Millionen Sonnen nicht unter meine Mütze. Da sage mir einer, das war schon immer so ! ? Ich bin glücklich, dass ich jedem Tag, den Gott geschaffen hat, unserem Schöpfer danken kann, dass es mich gibt und dass ich solche Wunder auch täglich am Wegesrand erleben kann, oder in unserer Wildnis in Belgien wie der STERN auf 2 Fotoseiten berichtete www.frajo.de.tl *fin*

Interessante é a forma irregular da espiral, considerando a velocidade homogênia do disco, suponho, claro...........o que temos que ainda descobrir nesta área.........saberemos daqui a 500 anos?