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- earth, image, Lunar Orbiter 1, moon, NASA, space, spacecraft

Another awesome, (relatively) high resolution image gallery on Boston.com that details the big ball of fire that is our Sun (which is having a bit of a rest now apparently).

We haven’t struck gold in space and my car radio isn’t solar powered at all, at least we have the home computers that was predicted in the 1979 book, The Usborne Book of the Future: A Trip in Time to the Year 2000 and Beyond.
We’ve seen evidence for this water-ice before in observations by the Mars Odyssey orbiter and in disappearing chunks observed by Phoenix last month, but this is the first time Martian water has been touched and tasted.
›› A researcher from the the NASA Phoenix mission

[Via Boing Boing]

Stunning pictures from the Phoenix lander — Mars seems like a peaceful hang-out for a recluse but the question still remains unanswered.
Amazing! Well done, NASA!
Send my love to the aliens. All the best…
›› Sir Paul McCartney is just thrilled, isn’t he.
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