The approximate sizes of the planets relative to each other. (The planets are not shown at the appropriate distance from the Sun.)
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life:
The Space Shuttle Atlantis appears almost infinitesimally small photographed in silhouette during a solar transit — in other words, when passing between the sun and the Earth — on May 12, 2009. Beyond the sheer scale of what we’re seeing (and it’s worth remembering that somewhere around 1,000,000 Earths would fit inside our sun), this picture is just eerily beautiful.
The sun now (by Solar Dynamics Observatory)
You’ve undoubtedly seen the smudge of the Orion Nebula hanging just below his belt thousands of times, but the most beautiful image yet of the celestial body was just released Wednesday.
Read More http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/02/vista-orion/#ixzz0f9rcaMWB
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