James
Webb Space Telescope 占姆士•韋伯太空望遠鏡 (2/8/2003)
這台新的詹姆士•韋伯太空望遠鏡(舊稱為新世代太空望遠鏡)，將會成為威力最強大的望遠鏡，到時會遠遠超越以往所有的望遠鏡，由於它放於太空，和擁有6米直徑的鏡面，能夠收集到大量的星光，所我們可以看到很多以往看不到的天體。預計它會在2011年發射，但美國的太空計劃永遠只有遲無早，所以估計都要加多數年時間才可以見到它升空。
Caption::
This new James Webb Space Telescope (formally known as Next Generation
Space Telescope), will become the most powerful telescope ever built.
As it will locate in space with a 6-meter primary mirror, its collecting
power is extremely large, and so we can observe many undiscovered objects.
It proposed to launch in 2011, but normally it will be delay by years
if you understand NASA well.
Credit::
TRW
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Emperor
Penguin III 皇帝企鵝 III (1/8/2003)
很嚇人吧？這只是攝影效果而已，這隻是居住於南極的皇帝企鵝。其實我覺得牠這個名改得非常貼切，除了是因為牠的樣子較其他企鵝高貴外，還有只有皇帝企鵝才會選擇居住在南極洲的內陸地方，那裏的天氣比海岸惡劣，牠們每每要覓食便要跨越80公里的威爾德海（當然是結了冰），皇帝企鵝這個名稱真當之無愧。
Caption::
This is only the illusion of photographic effect, the image shows an Emperor
Penguin. They live in Antarctica, personally, I think their name suits
well their characteristic. It's not only their appearance, but also where
they choose to live, they are the only one penguin who choose to live
in the most extreme inner Antarctica region, they have to walk 80km across
the Weddell Sea for food each time.
Credit::
Tui De Roy
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Charitum
Montes 卻瑞騰山脈 (31/7/2003)
這是一張電腦模擬的圖片，模擬著火星上的山鋪上白茫茫的霜，也就是結了冰的二氧化碳，即乾冰。火星跟地球一樣，也有四季的變換，這些乾冰的分佈也會隨著季節的改變而有所不同。圖中的地方是火星上的卻瑞騰山脈。
Caption::
The image showed an early southern spring view of the frost-covered Charitum
Montes, south of Argyre Planitia. Today's picture shows some of the same
mountain range, as it appeared in early June 2003 when viewed the Mars
Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) wide angle cameras. This
perspective view was created by combining MOC red and blue camera images
with topographic data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), another
instrument onboard MGS. The bright areas are surfaces covered by frost.
The picture is located near 57°S, 43°W. Sunlight illuminates the scene
from the upper left. North, and Argyre Planitia, are toward the top.
Credit::
NASA/ JPL/ Malin Space Science Systems
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Lagoon
Nebula 礁湖星雲 (30/7/2003)
這個星雲叫礁湖星雲，又稱M8，位於人馬座，是一個很漂亮的星雲。這張相(又)是由哈勃太空望遠鏡影回來的，平時看它的相，不是這樣，你會看到一個較大的星雲，原因是這張哈勃影回來的相只是星雲中的一部份，另外，你平時看M8的相是紅色，而這張哈勃的用了假色。
Caption::
This Hubble telescope snapshot unveils a pair of one-half, light-year-long
interstellar "twisters" ? eerie funnels and twisted-rope structures
[upper left] in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula (M8) which lies 5,000 light-years
from Earth in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. The hot,
central star, O Herschel 36 [upper left], is the primary source of the
illuminating light for the brightest region in the nebula, called the
Hourglass. The glare from this hot star is eroding the clouds by heating
the hydrogen gas in them [seen as a blue "mist" at the right
of the image]. This activity drives away violent stellar winds that are
tearing into the cool clouds.
Credit::
A.
Caulet (ST-ECF, ESA) and NASA
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The
Twelve Apostles 十二門徒石 (29/7/2003)
這裏是位於澳洲維多利亞的十二門徒石，其實我都未去過這個地方，只是看到風景不錯，所以貼上來而已。其實大自然真的多麼鬼斧神工，什麼奇形怪狀的岩石都有。
Caption::
This is The Twelve Apostles, locate at Victoria, Australia. Actually I
did not ever go there, I just think this picture would be attractive and
hence post it here. You can see how wonder is our nature, making up so
many extraordinary rocks.
Credit::
SuperStock
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