Friday, October 3, 2014

Europe At Night


An Infrared Satellite records an image of Europe at night.The VIIRS (Visible Infrared Radiometer Imagem Suite), which was launched by NASA (american space agency) in 2012,detects light in a green wavelength to infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe signs of city, lights, fires and gases. Nasa/Reuters

Thursday, October 2, 2014

MILKY WAY VIEW FROM SPACE


The NASA astronaut (space agency), Reid Wiseman, captured an image of the Milky Way seen from the International Space Station. Currently, six people are aboard the station. Reid Wiseman/Nasa