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demmiblue

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Wed Dec 31, 2014, 04:22 PM Dec 2014

The Year’s Most Awesome Photos of Space [View all]

Source: Wired



Mar. 23, 2014: Monkey Head Nebula Photos by NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)




June 28, 2014: Curiosity Selfie at Windjana Photos by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS




June 10, 2014: Tight Solar Loops Photos by NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory




November 13, 2014: Welcome to a Comet! ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA




June 15, 2014: Soaring Eagle Nebula Photos by Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona




October 12, 2014: The Most Amazing Thing This Man Has Ever Done ESA/NASA


Read more: http://www.wired.com/2014/12/best-photos-of-space-2014/
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Far out. lpbk2713 Dec 2014 #1
Excellent collection. byronius Dec 2014 #2
I see the one of the Soaring Eagle Nebula SheilaT Dec 2014 #3
Wow. secondvariety Dec 2014 #6
I'd be in heaven. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #7
It is awesome, you would be in heaven. SheilaT Dec 2014 #8
I see a demon standing on a cliff Martin Eden Dec 2014 #4
Cool pics... VScott Dec 2014 #5
Humans have really crappy color vision... hunter Dec 2014 #10
This explains the reasons for the color in the Hubble images VScott Dec 2014 #11
"added color" to me would mean like colorizing an old black and white film. hunter Dec 2014 #12
Those are amazing little critters. Skidmore Jan 2015 #17
Thank you!! Delphinus Dec 2014 #9
K&R Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #13
Space is the place! lovemydog Dec 2014 #14
kick Liberal_in_LA Dec 2014 #15
2015 looks to be a banner year for space, too. Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #16
That first picture makes me want to hop on the Enterprise Skidmore Jan 2015 #18
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