Space Images

This week we point the way to some of the greatest space image galleries on the web.

Posted by Tormod Guldvog
27 March, 2002 07:03:43

One of the perks of running a science gateway on the web, is that you get to see a lot of great websites.

When it comes to online galleries, there are many variations on the theme. Some merely display endless folders full of images, while others explain what you see, feature special images, let you create printouts and other features which are useful if you're looking for content for a paper or an article.

We're not saying one method is better than the other - it's up to you. But we really like the web sites presented below.

If one photograph says more than a thousand words, this week's Hypography is worth a truckload of encyclopaedias! Enjoy!

Related Links

The very latest SOHO images
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html
This is a great gallery, part of the SOHO website, which features continually updated images of the Sun.

Images of Earth
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/radar/sircxsar/
Photos of our planet taken by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar.

Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera Image Gallery
http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/
Malin Space Science Systems

Cool Science Images Archive
http://whyfiles.org/coolimages/
This site has lots of beautiful images in several categories.

Astronomy Picture of the Day
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/
A brilliant photo service from NASA. Every day they present a new photograph with explanations.

NASA's Planetary Photojournal
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov
This is a great website where you can find images, taken by NASA spacecraft, of all the planets in the solar system.

Hubble.site Image Gallery
http://hubble.stsci.edu/gallery/
This is an official gallery for the Hubble Space Telescope, featuring some of the greates space images ever created.

Earth from Space: An astronaut's views of the home planet
http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov
Searchable space shuttle earth observations photography database illustrating some very interesting earth features and processes, including cities

Chandra Photo Album
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/
This is a gallery with images taken by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. It is full of detailed explanations - a great source for astronomers.