{"id":498,"date":"2011-09-20T14:36:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T18:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dadequate\/?p=498"},"modified":"2011-09-20T14:36:44","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T18:36:44","slug":"high-resolution-space-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dadequate\/2011\/09\/high-resolution-space-photos.html","title":{"rendered":"High-Resolution Space Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I&#8217;m a sucker<\/strong> for crisp, clear space photography \u2014 my kids and I spend an inordinate amount of time digging into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/aclk?sa=l&amp;ai=CdJyt4tx4Ts2zLYfGsQK17vmwD52yqtgBpbPbtBqX15iZAggAEAFQsvHz7vz_____AWDJvuSM5KTsE6AB-bDr7gPIAQGqBBJP0IEj0jVNlMMZR3tBEiXMLN0&amp;sig=AOD64_05wYW5GiEGxmjS8xLtuDZgLQzUSw&amp;ved=0CAgQ0Qw&amp;adurl=http:\/\/earth.google.com\/%23utm_campaign%3Den%26utm_medium%3Dha%26utm_source%3Den-ha-na-us-bk-eargen%26utm_term%3Dgoogle%2520earth\" target=\"_blank\">Google Earth<\/a> \u2014 so I was happy to stumble upon this old 2009 blog post with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bittbox.com\/resources\/35-stunning-hi-res-public-domain-astronomy-images\" target=\"_blank\">35 high-resolution astronomy images<\/a> (from <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\">Wikimedia<\/a>) that are in the public domain. Make sure you click the high-resolution links. Incredible detail in these.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bittbox.com\/2009\/02\/public_domain_astronomy_21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"497\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Nasa_blue_marble.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Earth hi-res link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bittbox.com\/2009\/02\/public_domain_astronomy_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"593\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Earth_and_Moon.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Earth &amp; Moon hi-res link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bittbox.com\/2009\/02\/public_domain_astronomy_20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"485\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Earth-rise hi-res link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bittbox.com\/2009\/02\/public_domain_astronomy_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"485\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Full_moon.png\" target=\"_blank\">Moon hi-res link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bittbox.com\/2009\/02\/public_domain_astronomy_35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"485\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Venus_globe.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Venus hi-res link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bittbox.com\/2009\/02\/public_domain_astronomy_15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"485\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Mars-Schiaparelli.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Mars hi-res link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bittbox.com\/2009\/02\/public_domain_astronomy_28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"688\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:PIA04866_modest.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Jupiter hi-res link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bittbox.com\/2009\/02\/public_domain_astronomy_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"306\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Backlit_Saturn_from_Cassini_Orbiter_2007_May_9.png\" target=\"_blank\">Saturn hi-res link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lots more<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bittbox.com\/resources\/35-stunning-hi-res-public-domain-astronomy-images\" target=\"_blank\">good stuff here<\/a>, including galaxies and nebulae.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a sucker for crisp, clear space photography \u2014 my kids and I spend an inordinate amount of time digging into Google Earth \u2014 so I was happy to stumble upon this old 2009 blog post with 35 high-resolution astronomy images (from Wikimedia) that are in the public domain. 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