2018年1月5日星期五

Winter Storm Pummels the East Coast


Millions of people along the East Coast of the United States faced snow and ice, gusty winds, power outages, travel delays, school closings, and flooding as a rapidly-intensifying Nor’easter plowed northward during the first week of 2018.

2018年1月4日星期四

Geocolor Image From NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite of Powerful East Coast Storm


This Geocolor image from NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captures the deepening storm off the East coast of the United States on Jan. 4, 2018, at 16:22 UTC. The powerful nor'easter is battering coastal areas with heavy snow and strong winds, from Florida to Maine.

2018年1月3日星期三

Half Dome August Sunset


From Mercury Mark II to Project Gemini


On Jan. 3, 1962, the newly announced Mercury Mark II project was renamed Project Gemini. This artist's concept of a two-person Gemini spacecraft in flight shows a cutaway view.

2018年1月2日星期二

From the Earth, Moon and Beyond


THE OSIRIS-REx mission will map and return samples from asteroid Bennu, a carbon-rich hunk of rock that might contain organic materials or molecular precursors to life. OSIRIS-Rex is expected to reach Bennu in August, 2018.

Winter Getaway