A Supercell Thunderstorm Cloud Over Montana

via NASA
Credit & Copyright: Sean R. Heavey

A Starry Earth - Van Gogh from Space

flickr By NASA Goddard Photo and Video
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"Van Gogh from Space - July 13th, 2005
Description: In the style of Van Gogh's painting "Starry Night," massive congregations of greenish phytoplankton swirl in the dark water around Gotland, a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea. Phytoplankton are microscopic marine plants that form the first link in nearly all ocean food chains. Population explosions, or blooms, of phytoplankton, like the one shown here, occur when deep currents bring nutrients up to sunlit surface waters, fueling the growth and reproduction of these tiny plants.

Credit: USGS/NASA/Landsat 7

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Danny MacAskill - "Way Back Home" - NEW street trials riding short film

redbull | November 16, 2010 | 14,260 likes, 60 dislikes

Way Back Home is the incredible new riding clip from Danny MacAskill, it follows him on a journey from Edinburgh back to his hometown Dunvegan, in the Isle of Skye.

You can read about it and watch the interviews with Danny at http://www.redbull.co.uk/waybackhome

Home from Above

via NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day

"Peering out of the windows of the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson takes in the planet on which we were all born, and to which she would soon return."

Powering the Cell: Mitochondria

YouTube via XVIVOAnimation | October 04, 2010

"© 2010. The President and fellows of Harvard College."

via Boing Boing: "Harvard cell biologist Janet Iwasa is a molecular animator who uses advanced computer graphics to visually represent the stunningly beautiful secret lives of cells. She honed her craft at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects alongside classmates hoping to be Hollywood's next SFX stars."

Earth at Night

"Aurora Borealis in the distance on this beautiful night over Europe. The Strait of Dover is clear as is Paris, the City of Lights, though there is a little fog over the western part of England and London."

more pics at dailymail.co.uk