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New science posted daily!

A showcase for stunning scientific images, diagrams, graphs, videos, animations in any field.

New images posted daily

A showcase for stunning scientific images in any field.

Rules:

  • Images must be properly sourced.

  • Images must be properly sourced. People worked hard to produce these images. Please respect that by crediting the authors or team that produced them.

  • Graphs and diagrams are welcome. Preferably with commentary or explanation in the comments.

  • Animations and videos are welcome as well.

  • Psuedoscience, nonscience, and posts of poor quality will be removed.

  • Be friendly.

How do I properly source an image?

  • Option 1: Direct image link. Post a comment linking to the article or webpage where it appears.

  • Option 2: Link to article or webpage where the image appears.

  • Option 3: For original content, comment on the circumstances and techniques for how the image was produced.

  • If the article or webpage is not hosted by the original author, the webpage must contain the original author's information.

  • Extra points for quoting the author's information in the comments.

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Sand dunes in the Grand Erg Oriental photographed while orbiting above Algeria in the International Space Station on August 27, 2007.

1 Comment
2023/12/06
06:20 UTC
32

Clouds on Earth photographed on December 2, 2000 from the International Space Station.

2 Comments
2023/12/06
06:05 UTC
0

World archive - Gallery with + 8.940 interesting images https://payhip.com/b/Pkf6Q

0 Comments
2023/12/01
03:24 UTC
24

Liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis on September 8, 2000 from Florida, USA.

1 Comment
2023/11/29
20:17 UTC
13

Valley of Lakes, Mongolia: Tobhata Mountains, Har Nuur (center), Baga Nuur (lower right), and sand dunes photographed on September 7, 2006 from the International Space Station.

1 Comment
2023/11/29
11:58 UTC
34

HeLa cell, self-destructing.

1 Comment
2023/11/23
22:08 UTC
76

Second integrated flight test of Starship photographed

1 Comment
2023/11/19
21:36 UTC
24

"Earth's airglow outlines the planet's horizon with the Moon above" as the ISS orbited "above the midwestern United States" on November 10, 2023. "At lower right,the city lights of" Denver, Colorado, and "the city lights all the way to Chicago, Illinois (at top), and surrounding metropolitan areas."

1 Comment
2023/11/16
21:04 UTC
14

"An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this nadir (downward-looking) photograph of Parinacota and Pomerape, twin volcanoes in the Andes Mountains" on June 19, 2023. They "compose the Nevados de Payachata volcanic group and form part of the border between Chile and Bolivia."

1 Comment
2023/11/15
23:49 UTC
14

What happened in science (monthly)

1 Comment
2023/11/15
15:09 UTC
8

"Category 1 Hurricane Nigel is pictured on a northeasterly track in the Atlantic Ocean as the International Space Station orbited 258 miles above" on September 19, 2023.

1 Comment
2023/11/14
13:04 UTC
33

"As NASA's Juno mission completed its 43rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 5, 2022, its JunoCam instrument captured this striking view of vortices – hurricane-like spiral wind patterns – near the planet's north pole. These powerful storms can be over 30 miles...in height...hundreds of miles across."

3 Comments
2023/11/14
12:52 UTC
33

Clouds and von Kármán vortices photographed over the Atlantic Ocean on January 18, 2003 from Space Shuttle Columbia.

1 Comment
2023/11/12
12:49 UTC
26

The Amazon Basin photographed on June 29, 2007 from the International Space Station while orbiting above Brazil.

1 Comment
2023/11/10
23:25 UTC
19

Stars, Earth, and the Aurora Australis photographed on March 10, 2012 from the International Space Station.

1 Comment
2023/11/09
11:13 UTC
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