Four images from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) were combined with color data from the Ralph instrument to create this enhanced color global view of Pluto. via NASA http://ift.tt/1VF7vsW
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Friday, July 24, 2015
Sunny today! For Orem, UT
With a high of 90F and a low of 61F. Current temp 73 Current condition Fair. 
Sunrise at July 24, 2015 at 06:14AM sunset at July 24, 2015 at 08:49PM. Humidity 31%.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
NASA July 23, 1999, Chandra X-ray Observatory Awaits Deployment
This 70mm frame shows the 50,162-pound Chandra X-ray Observatory before it was tilted upward for its release from the Space Shuttle Columbia's payload bay on July 23, 1999, just a few hours following the shuttle's arrival in Earth orbit. Chandra was spring-ejected from a cradle in the payload bay at 6:47 a.m. Central time. via NASA http://ift.tt/1IgnfbE
Sunny today! For Orem, UT
With a high of 88F and a low of 64F. Current temp 66 Current condition Partly Cloudy. 
Sunrise at July 23, 2015 at 06:14AM sunset at July 23, 2015 at 08:49PM. Humidity 60%.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
NASA Soyuz Rocket Boosts Expedition 44 Crew to the International Space Station
The Soyuz TMA-17M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 5:02 p.m. EDT (3:02 a.m. on July 23 Baikonur time). via NASA http://ift.tt/1CVFJ5f
NASA Smoke Over the Greenland Sea
The 2015 wildfire season in the Arctic has been very intense – and very smoky. As of July 15, over 3,190,000 acres had burned across Canada, according to Natural Resources Canada. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), more than 600 fires had burned millions of acres in Alaska as of July 7. via NASA http://ift.tt/1Oxot7X
Mostly Sunny today! For Orem, UT
With a high of 87F and a low of 64F. Current temp 72 Current condition Fair. Sunrise at July 22, 2015 at 06:14AM sunset at July 22, 2015 at 08:51PM. Humidity 41%.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
National Geographic The Show at Crater Lake
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NASA NASA’s New Horizons Finds Second Mountain Range in Pluto’s ‘Heart’
Pluto’s icy mountains have company. NASA’s New Horizons mission has discovered a new, apparently less lofty mountain range on the lower-left edge of Pluto’s best known feature. via NASA http://ift.tt/1gMQrRI
Partly Cloudy today! For Orem, UT
With a high of 85F and a low of 62F. Current temp 61 Current condition Fair. Sunrise at July 21, 2015 at 06:12AM sunset at July 21, 2015 at 08:51PM. Humidity 68%.
Monday, July 20, 2015
NASA NASA Captures "EPIC" Earth Image
A NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite has returned its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away. via NASA http://ift.tt/1KgqOm1
AM Clouds/PM Sun today! For Orem, UT
With a high of 86F and a low of 60F. Current temp 64 Current condition Fair. Sunrise at July 20, 2015 at 06:12AM sunset at July 20, 2015 at 08:51PM. Humidity 56%.
Sunday, July 19, 2015
National Geographic River of Ten Thousand Souls
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Saturday, July 18, 2015
Friday, July 17, 2015
NASA Frozen Carbon Monoxide in Pluto’s 'Heart'
Peering closely at the “heart of Pluto,” in the western half of what mission scientists have informally named Tombaugh Regio (Tombaugh Region), New Horizons’ Ralph instrument revealed evidence of carbon monoxide ice. The contours indicate that the concentration of frozen carbon monoxide increases towards the center of the “bull’s eye.” via NASA http://ift.tt/1fb6Vlr
Thursday, July 16, 2015
NASA STEREO-A Spacecraft Returns Data From the Far Side of the Sun
This image of the sun was taken on July 15, 2015, with the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager onboard NASA's Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory Ahead (STEREO-A) spacecraft, which collects images in several wavelengths of light that are invisible to the human eye. This image shows the sun in wavelengths of 171 angstroms, typically colorized in blue. via NASA http://ift.tt/1I5RgRI
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
NASA The Icy Mountains of Pluto
New close-up images of a region near Pluto’s equator reveal a giant surprise: a range of youthful mountains. via NASA http://ift.tt/1MaSdcb
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
NASA NASA Celebrates New Horizons' Closest Approach to Pluto
Guests and New Horizons team members countdown to the spacecraft's closest approach to Pluto, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. via NASA http://ift.tt/1HtHJOE
Monday, July 13, 2015
NASA Pluto as seen from New Horizons on July 11, 2015
One million miles to go; Pluto is more intriguing than ever! via NASA http://ift.tt/1HXsdQU
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Friday, July 10, 2015
NASA Hubble Looks at LEDA 89996
This little-known galaxy, officially named J04542829-6625280, but most often referred to as LEDA 89996, is a classic example of a spiral galaxy. via NASA http://ift.tt/1D5D2Je
Thursday, July 9, 2015
NASA January 19, 2006: New Horizons Launches for Pluto
Clouds part as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft roars into the blue sky after an on-time liftoff at 2 p.m. EST aboard an Atlas V rocket from Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. via NASA http://ift.tt/1IM97Mt
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
NASA NuSTAR Stares at the Sun
Flaring, active regions of our sun are highlighted in this new image combining observations from several telescopes. via NASA http://ift.tt/1RkNVCG
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
NASA July 7, 2003, NASA's Opportunity Rover Launches to Mars
On July 7, 2003, NASA launched its second Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, aboard a Delta II launch vehicle. Opportunity and its twin rover Spirit landed on Mars in 2004 to begin missions planned to last three months. Both rovers far exceeded those plans. Spirit worked for six years, and Opportunity is still active. via NASA http://ift.tt/1KPBQA4
Monday, July 6, 2015
NASA The North Sea Abloom
Despite its cold waters and harsh winds, the North Sea is a fertile basin for phytoplankton blooms. The drifting, plantlike organisms tend to be most abundant in late spring and early summer due to high levels of nutrients in the water and increasing sunlight. via NASA http://ift.tt/1NLHJhx
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Saturday, July 4, 2015
National Geographic Between Land and Sea
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NASA Stellar Sparklers That Last
While fireworks only last a short time here on Earth, a bundle of cosmic sparklers in a nearby cluster of stars will be going off for a very long time. via NASA http://ift.tt/1CNyZ3T
Friday, July 3, 2015
Thursday, July 2, 2015
NASA Curiosity's Stars and Stripes
This view of the American flag medallion on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity was taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 44th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Sept. 19, 2012). The flag is one of four "mobility logos" placed on the rover's mobility rocker arms. via NASA http://ift.tt/1CNgkoZ
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