The Fox's Den

aquamirage:

astronautalis:

i could literally watch this till i die.

A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night.

(via bookofstars)

latimes:

Saturn’s Great White Spot, which occurs about once every 30 Earth years, is a windy, towering cloud of ammonia and water spewing out super jolts of thunder and lightning. The storm is about 10,000 times stronger than those on Earth.

Photo credit: NASA

thesixpennybook:

Lightning as seen from space, somewhere over Brazil.

ESA Astronaut Paolo Nespoli’s photographs from the International Space Station.

(via cloudsinmyeyes)

ckck:

Saturn at a tilt, April 13th, 2007.

I haven’t decided yet if I should have a permanent “Friday Feature” kind of thing, but for now: here’s a look at the starkly beautiful minimalism of Saturn, as photographed by the Cassini orbiter.