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Brain Candy

A collection of gorgeous images via Julia Whitty. Julia is an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction (Deep Blue HomeThe Fragile EdgeA Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga), and a former documentary filmmaker specializing in science and the natural world. She blogs at Deep Blue Home.  Read her recent articles too: Japan’s Radioactive Ocean and BP vs the Dwarf Seahorse, Mother Jones.  – Ilene 

FRIDAY BRAIN CANDY: THE COSMIC OCEAN

Courtesy of Julia Whitty of Deep Blue Home 

Seahorse Nebula. Via APOD. Credit: NASAESA, and M. Livio (STScI).

Lagoon Nebula. Via APOD. Credit & CopyrightRussell Croman.

Breaking waves in the Lagoon Nebula. Via the Hubbard Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA.

Seagull Nebula. Via WISE (Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA.

Crab Nebula. Via the Hubbard Space Telescope. Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team.
 

Pelican Nebula. Via APODCreditJohn Bally (U. Colorado) & Bo Reipurth (U. Hawaii), NOAOAURANSF.
 
 
Prawn Nebula. Via APOD. Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh.
 

 

Phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic. Via the Earth Observatory. Credit: NASA, Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. 

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