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p.s. Hubble Ultra Deep Field e rezultatul a 800 de expuneri in timpul a 400 de orbite in jurul Pamantului

best hubble photos

4 din cele mai bune imagini surprinse de Hubble Space Telescope.

4. The Cat's Eye Nebula, one of the first planetary nebulae discovered, also has one of the most complex forms known to this kind of nebula. Eleven rings, or shells, of gas make up the Cat's Eye.

3. The Ant nebula is a cloud of gas and dust in the Milky Way Galaxy, 3000 - 6000 light years from Earth.

2. The "hood" around Eskimo nebula is a ring of comet-shaped objects flying away from a dying star.

1. Sombrero Galaxy: A brilliant white core is encircled by thick dust lanes in this spiral galaxy, seen edge-on. The galaxy is 50,000 light-years across, 800 billion suns and 28 million light years from Earth.

photos: hubblesite.org

fotografie

Una dintre cele mai impresionante colecţii de fotografii. World Press Photo Contest 2007. Totul de la război la fotbal, din Haiti în Sri Lanka, de la singuraticii din Tokio la street dancerii Parisului. O lume plină de toate suferinţele scăpate din cutia Pandorei, dar în care şi speranţa îşi face, timid ce-i drept, loc.

World Press Photo of the Year 2006

Spencer Platt, USA, Getty Images

Young Lebanese drive through devastated Beirut neighborhood, 15 August

Young Lebanese drive down a street in Haret Hreik, a bombed neighborhood in southern Beirut, Lebanon, on August 15. For nearly five weeks Israel had been targeting that part of the city and towns across southern Lebanon in a campaign against Hezbollah militants. As a ceasefire gradually came into force from August 14, thousands of Lebanese began to return to their homes. According to the Lebanese government, 15,000 homes and 900 commercial concerns were damaged.

1st prize People in the News Singles

Oded Balilty, Israel, The Associated Press

Settler struggles with Israeli security officer, Amona outpost, West Bank, 1 February

A Jewish settler resists Israeli riot police enforcing a Supreme Court order to demolish nine homes in an outpost of the Amona settlement, West Bank, on February 1. Residents joined by thousands of other protesters raised barbed wire barriers to protect the houses and clashed violently with police. Over 200 people were injured, including 80 policemen. Following hours of confrontation, the settlers were dragged away and bulldozers moved in to begin the demolition.

Bomba din maşină

De pe The Guardian – 24 hours in pictures : April, 5, 2007. Ironic? Tragic? Funny?

Baghdad, Irak: Wrecked cars in a car 'cemetery'; the cars were previously used as carbombs in various areas of the war-torn capital. Photograph: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty

New York, USA: A model sits in a Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera at the New York International Auto Show. Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP

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