Comet ISON Visibility Map

Global visibility map of Comet ISON, which is a potential "comet of the century".

If ISON puts on an incredible show, it could be visible by as early as October and as late as January. But these are the times and location when ISON is most likely to be visible.

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Source: HubbleSite - ISONblog

Every meteorite fall on earth mapped

After the meteor explosion in the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains the Guardian Data Blog:created a map with every meteorite falls.

Or at least those we know about. And where are the known meteorite landing places on earth? These impact zones show where scientists have found meteorites, or the impact craters of meteorites, some dating back as far as the year 2,300BC. The data is from the US Meteorological Society and doesn't show those places where meteorites may have fallen but not been discovered .

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2013/feb/15/meteorite-fall-map

London from space

London from space at night. Picture made by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield from International Space Station in February, 2013.

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Asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass very close to Earth

Asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass very close to Earth-much, much closer than the moon-on Feb.15.

Source: WSJ News Graphics @WSJGraphics

Pictures Of Earth At Night

Pictures of Earth at night made by NASA's Suomi NPP satellite.

Earth’s city lights is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite. The data was acquired over nine days in April 2012 and 13 days in October 2012. It took 312 orbits to get a clear shot of every parcel of Earth's land surface and islands. (Source: Nasa)

Composite map of the world assembled from data acquired by
the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012.

Global Visibility Maps of Venus Transit

Global visibility maps of 2012 Venus Transit. On June 5th, 2012, Venus will pass across the face of the sun, producing a silhouette that no one alive today will likely see again.

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