Well, the commute is a bit much for my taste, but it sure affords one heck of a view. I’d never gotten around to posting these — two of my favorite images from December’s STS-116 mission to the ISS.
Larger resolution versions and many more are available in NASA’s gallery of human spaceflight.

(12 Dec. 2006) — […]

Lightning strike near Pueblo, Colorado. Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
While reading through updates to the NOAA’s page yesterday, I came across this new release. It serves as an unfortunate reminder that senseless, preventable deaths occur when people don’t take the weather seriously. Last month in particular, fatalities attributable to lighting have significantly topped the […]

This has been online for a while now, but it’s still noteworthy.
You have to see this if you haven’t already.

Image Credit: University of Utah
National Geographic’s online interactive edition includes this page, showing how storm chasers’ efforts can pay off in a huge way. Check this out:
It’s a technological first. A well-placed probe fitted with 7 […]

Now this came as a welcome surprise to me.

On February 15, 2004, Chandra observed X-rays produced by an aurora in the north-polar region of Earth. The X-rays, superimposed on a model of Earth, are seen as the violet-yellow-red arc stretching from northern Canada on the upper left to the Hudson Bay on the lower right. […]