Deep sea photography captures striking images
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Underwater photography is a lot of fun – so long as you’re using an underwater camera and not thoroughly destroying your regular one. This photo was taken by a National Geographic photographer by the name of Emory Kristof who was involved in the design of an underwater robot (equipped with photographic equipment) that found the Titanic.
Deep sea photography of a sea nettle (National Geographic)
This photo of a sea nettle shows the spendid quality that the remote-controlled robot cameras can get at very low depths. According to National Geographic, this photo was taken in the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean.
Early heat caused dust storms in the Middle East
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This was Nasa’s photograph of the day back on March 5th – the photo itself was taken February 28th during a significant dust storm that plagued the United Arab Emirates due to February heat that almost touched 100 degrees.
Dust storm over United Arab Emirates (NASA)
Interesting that the storms were so severe that it actually obscured the Terra satellite’s view of the Arabian Gulf.
Space station captures image of exploding volcano
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It just so happened that the International Space Station was hanging out over northeast Japan where the Sarychev Volcano was erupting with brilliant photographic quality on June 12th, 2009. This volcano was in the early stages of an eruption and is one of the more active volcanoes in the Kuril Island chain. What a great view.
International Space Station image of erupting volcano (NASA)
As you can see, the quality of the image is superb – thanks to Nasa for the use of the image. As Nasa states, “This detailed astronaut photograph is exciting to volcanologists because it captures several phenomena that occur during the earliest stages of an explosive volcanic eruption.” I can definitely see why.