Alien Caverns run deep beneath New York City somewhere near Grand Central Station and Park Avenue. Patrick Cashin of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently captured the NYC Tunnels in the harrowing photographs seen here.
The NYC Tunnel project was first started back in 2006 but it won’t be completed until 2019.
“The tunnels extend from Sunnyside, Queens, to Grand Central, routing 24 trains per hour at peak capacity. That’s an amazing 162,000 passenger trips to and from Grand Central per day. These images by New Yorks’ Metropolitan Transportation Authority show the progress as of February 12, 2013.”
“Progress continues on the East Side Access project as of February 12, 2013.
“This photo shows work on tunnels leading into caverns underneath Grand Central Terminal that will house a future concourse for arriving and departing Long Island Rail Road trains.”
“Not a mouse, of course, but a mammoth solar filament stretched across the sun today. Filaments are prominences from a different point of view… gigantic splashes of hydrogen plasma seen in front of the disk of the sun rather than against the background of space.”
“The sun is quiet in late August… perhaps on vacation, like everyone else”
Alan Friedman is responsible for these incredible High-Definition photographs of the Sun. He shoots the images from his backyard in downtown Buffalo with a setup that looks like this:
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El laberinto del Minotauro (The Minotaur’s Labyrinth)
Huellas de gigante (Giant Footprints)
Isla arbolada (Wooded Island)
Río doble (Twin River)
Sopetón (Abruptly)
“Our world should be called Water not Earth” – Hector Garrido
As we continue our exploration for water on Mars, I thought it would be nice to share Spanish photographer Hector Garrido’s aerial photographs of the effects of water on Earth. Most planetary scientists make the claim that liquid water is a necessary component for the creation of life as we know it. The biochemical reactions that sustain life need a fluid to work, so even ice and water vapor won’t do the trick. In a liquid, molecules can dissolve and necessary chemical reactions can occur. It is for this reason that NASA searches the vastness of space for evidence of liquid water.
And in regards to these images, Hector Garrido has done an exceptional job capturing the beauty from above. Oscar Wilde famously wrote “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.” The carved out soil from these photographs looks eerily similar to the sulci and gyri of the human brain. It’s fascinating to see biological patterns mirrored at different levels of life.
For more from Hector Garrido, check out his website.
The Cassini space probe was launched back in 1997 and made it to Saturn in 2004 after an interplanetary voyage which included flybys of Venus and Jupiter. I recently stumbled across this article on the Huffington Post, and I decided it might be a good time to share my favorite images from the Saturn portion of Cassini’s journey.
“A Splendor Seldom Seen
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has delivered a glorious view of Saturn, taken while the spacecraft was in Saturn’s shadow. The cameras were turned toward Saturn and the sun so that the planet and rings are backlit. (The sun is behind the planet, which is shielding the cameras from direct sunlight.) In addition to the visual splendor, this special, very-high-phase viewing geometry lets scientists study ring and atmosphere phenomena not easily seen at a lower phase.
Colorful Colossi and Changing Hues
A giant of a moon appears before a giant of a planet undergoing seasonal changes in this natural color view of Titan and Saturn from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, measures 3,200 miles, or 5,150 kilometers, across and is larger than the planet Mercury. Cassini scientists have been watching the moon’s south pole since a vortex appeared in its atmosphere in 2012. See PIA14919 and PIA14920 to learn more about this mass of swirling gas around the pole in the atmosphere of the moon. buy vidalista generic cialisnextdaydeliveryusa.com over the counter
Peeping Mimas
Saturn’s moon Mimas peeps out from behind the larger moon Dione in this view from the Cassini spacecraft.
Mimas (246 miles, or 396 kilometers across) is near the bottom center of the image. Saturn’s rings are also visible in the top right.
Angling Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft takes an angled view toward Saturn, showing the southern reaches of the planet with the rings on a dramatic diagonal.
The moon Enceladus (313 miles, or 504 kilometers across) appears as a small, bright speck in the lower left of the image.
Strong Jet in False Colors
A particularly strong jet stream churns through Saturn’s northern hemisphere in this false-color view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.
Saturn’s North Pole, Wide View
This image from NASA’s Cassini mission was taken on Nov. 27, 2012, with Cassini’s wide-angle imaging camera. The camera was pointing toward Saturn from approximately 233,742 miles (376,171 kilometers) away. buy vilitra generic cialisnextdaydeliveryusa.com over the counter
Storm Tail in False Color
This false-color mosaic from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows the tail of Saturn’s huge northern storm.
Wispy Dione
This raw image of Saturn’s moon Dione taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows the fractured region known as “wispy terrain.” The image was obtained on Dec. 20, 2010, from a distance of about 107,000 kilometers (66,000 miles). buy Sildenafil generic buywithoutprescriptionrxonline.com over the counter
Majestic Saturn, in the Infrared
This false-color composite image, constructed from data obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, shows Saturn’s rings and southern hemisphere.”
I stumbled across the photography of Cole Rise, and I wanted to share this levitating astronaut lady with you. She appears to be exploring some low-gravity, desert planet.
If you’re interested in making your own levitation photos, I recommend watching this video. It looks like it takes a higher than average jumping ability to pull it off though. buy prednisone online langleyrx.com no prescription
And here’s a few more photos from Cole Rise that I find particularly stunning:
Happy Thanksgiving to all! For a little holiday project, I decided to Photoshop a turkey into this iconic photo of Anna Lee Fisher. I hope everyone eats a lot of good food today… just don’t eat the Space Turkey!
