Top 10 rated pictures :
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Orion's Belt - Credit: NASA/ESA/ESO
- 4.1 with 8 vote(s)
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Image taken by the Cassini spacecraft from the far side of Saturn. The Sun is hidden behind the planet and illuminates the ring system allowing new faint rings to be seen. The small blue dot seen between the rings at about 10 o'clock is the distant Earth. (NASA-Cassini)
- 4.0 with 7 vote(s)
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The end of a star (similar to the Sun). A White Dwarf remains at the centre of a shell of exploding gas (the original outer layers of the old star). The colours are due to the presence of different elements.(NASA,Hubble)
- 3.8 with 6 vote(s)
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The 2004 October Lunar eclipse, when the Earth's shadow cuts off sunlight from the face of the full Moon. The red colour is due to refraction of sunlight through the Earth's atmosphere, effectively a projection of all the sunsets on Earth. (Venturin)
- 3.8 with 4 vote(s)
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farmers5.jpg
- 3.7 with 5 vote(s)
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Also known as the Northern Lights, this picture shows the interaction of the Solar Wind and the Earth's Magnetic field. Taken in November 2004 (Venhaus).
- 3.6 with 4 vote(s)
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lapalma05 310.jpg
- 3.5 with 8 vote(s)
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The innermost of the Galilean moons of Jupiter, coloured due to its sulphurous, volcanic surface, crosses in front of the parent planet, preceded by its sharp black shadow. (NASA, Hubble)
- 3.5 with 4 vote(s)
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A large spiral galaxy (M104) in Virgo. The thick dust lanes in the spiral disc are most obvious in this well known view. (NASA, Hubble)
- 3.5 with 2 vote(s)
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An insiders panoramic projection of our own spiral galaxy the Milky Way. (NASA, Hubble)
- 3.4 with 3 vote(s)
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