Saturday 11 December 2010

Solar System – The Impressive Photos of Our Cosmic Home

Born about 4.6 billion years ago in the result of a huge collapse of molecular cloud, our Solar System is part of the Milky Way galaxy and it is the cosmic location of Planet Earth and its seven planetary neighbors. Thanks to the advanced and highly sophisticated imaging techniques we now have many pictures of the Solar System, which draw the attention of not only scientists, but also artists and individuals delighted with the unusual and literally “extraterrestrial” forms, shapes and color combinations, found in the Solar System.

sun and earth

In this article we present a collection of photos of the Solar System. This gallery can be treated as the virtual tour to the space, where you can see the images of other planets and formations of the Solar System. At the same time, these images can work as the source of inspiration, exciting human imagination with so many secrets, still hidden in the outer space. Finally, there is particular beauty in these photographic images of the Solar System. This beauty is surrounded with many myths, secrets, and already known facts, and it has some mystic influence on people. The night sky with myriads of stars has always enticed people to find the answer to one of the oldest questions ever: are we the only living beings in this Universe? With this Solar System photography showcase, we welcome you aboard the space ship and invite you for a virtual trip into the world of enigmatic cosmic beauty.

Solar System by Wikipedia

Solar System

Ultraviolet Sun (NASA, STEREO, 04/23/07) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Ultraviolet Sun (NASA, STEREO, 04/23/07)

NASA STEREO Captures Huge Eruptive Prominence 304 April13 by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA STEREO Captures Huge Eruptive Prominence 304 April13

Glorious Sun by NASA

Glorious Sun

C3-class Solar Flare Erupts on Sept. 8, 2010 [Detail] by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

C3-class Solar Flare Erupts on Sept. 8, 2010 [Detail]

NASA Sun Earth by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Sun Earth

Transit of Mercury – Nov. 8, 2006 by Cameran80

Transit of Mercury - Nov. 8, 2006

Mercury from Messenger Oct 08 by NASA

Mercury from Messenger Oct 08

Basho Crater on Mercury by NASA

Basho Crater on Mercury

Mercury South Pole Area by NASA

Mercury South Pole Area

Venus – Computer Simulated Global View Centered at 180 Degrees East Longitude by NASAJPL

Venus - Computer Simulated Global View Centered at 180 Degrees East Longitude

Venus Colorized Clouds by NASAJPL

Venus Colorized Clouds

NASA Hubble – Surface of Venus by NASA

NASA Hubble - Surface of Venus

NASA GOES-13 Full Disk view of Earth May 14, 2010 by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA GOES-13 Full Disk view of Earth May 14, 2010

Sun Over Earth (NASA, International Space Station, 07/21/03) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Sun Over Earth (NASA, International Space Station, 07/21/03)

Edge of the Earth (NASA, International Space Station Science, 10/04/03) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Edge of the Earth (NASA, International Space Station Science, 10/04/03)

Beautiful Earth and Moon (NASA, Moon, 6/18/09) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Beautiful Earth and Moon (NASA, Moon, 6/18/09)

Apollo 11: A Last Look at the Moon (NASA, Moon, 6/23/09) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Apollo 11: A Last Look at the Moon (NASA, Moon, 6/23/09)

Mars Daily Global Image from April 1999 by NASAJPL

Mars Daily Global Image from April 1999

The Red Planet-MARS by Asaad Saleh

The Red Planet-MARS

Northern Ice Cap of Mars by NASAJPL

Northern Ice Cap of Mars

Mars: Olympus Mons [1680x1050] by NASA

Mars: Olympus Mons [1680x1050]

Mars: Valles Marineris [1680x1050] by NASA

Mars: Valles Marineris [1680x1050]

Mars Landslide in Action, Feb 2008 by NASAJPL

Mars Landslide in Action, Feb 2008

Hubble Images Suggest Rogue Asteroid Smacked Jupiter by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Images Suggest Rogue Asteroid Smacked Jupiter

Chandra, Hubble, and New Horizon View Jupiter (NASA, 3/1/07) by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

Chandra, Hubble, and New Horizon View Jupiter (NASA, 3/1/07)

Jupiter & Io [1680x1050] by NASA

Jupiter & Io [1680x1050]

Jupiter and Ganymede [1680x1050] by NASA

Jupiter and Ganymede [1680x1050]

This view of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1 by NASAJPL

This view of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1

Jupiter’s Red Spot by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Jupiter's Red Spot

Saturn by NASA

Saturn

The Rite of Spring by NASAJPL

The Rite of Spring

Vast Saturn by NASAJPL

Vast Saturn

Northern Reaches by NASAJPL

Northern Reaches

Atmospheric Intricacies by NASAJPL

Atmospheric Intricacies

Titan’s Northern Lake by NASAJPL

Titan's Northern Lake

An Eye on Saturn’s Moon Mimas by NASAJPL

An Eye on Saturn's Moon Mimas

Enceladus, a moon of Saturn by NASAJPL

Enceladus, a moon of Saturn

Uranus + Rings Composite by NASAJPL

Uranus + Rings Composite

Rings and Moons Circling Uranus by Hubble Telescope

Rings and Moons Circling Uranus

Uranus by NASA

Uranus

Uranus’ moon Miranda by NASAJPL

Uranus' moon Miranda

Neptune Full Disk View by NASAJPL

Neptune Full Disk View

Neptune by NSSDC

Neptune

Detail of Triton’s Surface by NASAJPL

Detail of Triton's Surface

The Pluto System on Feb. 15, 2006 by Hubble Telescope

The Pluto System on Feb. 15, 2006

The Changing Faces of Pluto – HUBBLE by Hubble Telescope

The Changing Faces of Pluto - HUBBLE

Pluto and Charon by Norman W. Lee and Stephen Paul Meszaros

Pluto and Charon

Ceres y Vesta (NASA) by NASA

Ceres y Vesta (NASA)

Ceres: Asteroid or Planet? by NASA

Ceres: Asteroid or Planet?

Haumea orbiting Sol by Alexander Grimwood

Haumea orbiting Sol

Eight Largest Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) by Wikipedia

Eight Largest Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs)