Notices by Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social), page 2

A 360-degree view of the Moon's surface in high resolution captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.

Credit: LRO/ASU/NASA

Read about how this was made and see some super-high resolution images here: http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/707

The size of Earth compared to the rings of Saturn.

A stunning example of volcanic lightning, created when colliding particles of volcanic ash generate massive amounts of static electricity, captured by photographer Sergio Tapiro.

Sergio's website: http://galeria.sergiotapiro.com

Stunning time-lapse of the Milky Way galaxy over Cerro Armazones in Chile.

Credit: ESO/S.Brunier

Comet NEOWISE rising over the Earth just before dawn as seen from the International Space Station.

An incredible coronal mass ejection from the Sun with Earth for scale.

Credit: NASA/SDO

A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the waves off Baja California as E/V Nautilus encounters the amazing Halitrephes maasi jelly.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0eyl7-XQA

These two photographs are separated by only 66 years.

When a helicopter's rotors synchronize with the camera frame rate.

Credit: Like tears in rain/CC-BY-SA-4.0

Spectacular timelapse capturing an entire night from sunset to sunrise over the ALMA Observatory on the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Atacama Desert.

Video Credit: ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com)

Mount Fuji seen from the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Johnson

The unusual behavior of a handle spinning in space, suddenly reversing its orientation, a striking example of the tennis racket theorem (also called the Dzhanibekov effect).

Credti: NASA

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A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope.

Spectacular timelapse of an aurora and Moon-rise over Earth from the International Space Station.

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The International Space Station completes a full orbit of Earth without a sunset.

Credit: NASA Johnson

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More details and source: https://www.creativebloq.com/news/optical-illusion-moving-squares

These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.

The speed of light visualized on a cosmic scale.

Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue

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A mesmerizing timelapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the SDO spacecraft over the course of a month.

Credit: NASA/SDO

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