http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com Pictures of the amazing planet we live on. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:30:59 -0700 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:30:59 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Zenphoto RSS Generator http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/extreme-deep-field.jpg.php Breathtaking photograph released by NASA from the Hubble Space Telescope titled the "eXtreme Deep Field." The incredible photo gives us a glimpse at the very earliest stages of our universe, around 1 billion years into it's existance. The image take was taken from 2000 seperate exposures over a 500 hour period, only shows the tiny pieace of the distant galaxy, just some 5000 of the billions  that fill our universe.
Date: 09/26/2012]]> http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/extreme-deep-field.jpg.php Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:57:01 -0700 http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/m81-spiral-galaxy.jpg.php Beautiful view of the M81 spiral galaxy.
Date: 09/26/2012]]> http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/m81-spiral-galaxy.jpg.php Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:57:00 -0700 http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/milky-way.jpg.php Wonderful capture of a section of stars from our galaxy, the Milky Way.
Date: 06/26/2012]]> http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/milky-way.jpg.php Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:59:35 -0700 http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/andromeda.jpg.php Stunning capture of our neighbouring galactic giant, the Andromeda Galaxy.
Date: 06/26/2012]]> http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/andromeda.jpg.php Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:25:46 -0800 http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/NGC-300-galaxy.jpg.php Photo of the dwarf galaxy NGC 300 (Caldwell 70) from the Sculptor constellation. The photo of NGC 300 was taken in October of 2003 by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer. The galaxy is 6.9 million lightyears from Earth.
Date: 06/21/2012]]> http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/NGC-300-galaxy.jpg.php Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:04:55 -0700 http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/galaxy-ngc-247.jpg.php Photo of the intermediate spiral galaxy, NGC 247 (Caldwell 62). Located 11 million lightyears away, NGC 247 is part of the constellation Cetus. The photo of NGC 247 was taken in October of 2003 by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
Date: 06/21/2012]]> http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/galaxy-ngc-247.jpg.php Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:04:55 -0700 http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/colorful-andromeda.jpg.php Stuning colorful image of our galactic neighbour, the Andromeda Galaxy. The image is a composite picture created by photo's taken from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Spitzer Space Telescope. The photo clearly shows the fiery hot regions (in warm tones) of the giant galaxy and the much cooler regions (in cool tones).
Date: 06/21/2012]]> http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/colorful-andromeda.jpg.php Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:04:53 -0700 http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/galaxy-ngc-55.jpg.php A capture of the NGC 55 (Caldwell 72) galaxy. The barred irregular galaxy is located some 7 million lighyears from Earth and is part of the Sculptor constellation that can be seen faintly from our planet.
Date: 06/21/2012]]> http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/galaxy-ngc-55.jpg.php Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:54:08 -0700 http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/whirlpool-galaxy-spiral-arm.jpg.php Outstanding image create from photo's taken by the Hubble Space telescope of the nearby Whirlpool Galaxy (Messier 51a, M51a). The image shows in detail's the galaxy's beautiful spiral arms.
Date: 06/21/2012]]> http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/whirlpool-galaxy-spiral-arm.jpg.php Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:49:39 -0700 http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/whirlpool-galaxy.jpg.php Beauitful image of the Whirlpool Galaxy (Messier 51a), showing in great detail it's spiral arms and dust clouds. The image was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Date: 06/21/2012]]> http://www.picturesoftheplanet.com/universe/beyond/whirlpool-galaxy.jpg.php Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:44:39 -0700