This week's Earth photos cross the earth from pole to pole. We bring you colorful lizards from hidden places, amazing snapshots of winter's coat and a farewell for a season. Check these out.
Surprisingly Shiny
Credit: Gabor Csorba.
A new lizard species has been uncovered in Cambodia, a remarkable creature with a long, snakelike body, tiny legs and scales that shimmer with a rainbow-hued iridescence.
The tiny lizard, only 3 inches from snout to tail, typically lives most of its life underground.
Feast your eyes on the work of Kenneth Libbrecht who has been capturing the glory of snow on film for more than a decade. His specialized camera is focused on individual snow crystals, revealing the astonishing beauty in a drop of water.
Researchers have discovered a new species of lizard in a strange place. The brightly colored, water-loving lizards live in the Andes Mountains in southern Peru an odd place to find them, scientists say, because of the chilly conditions. Studies continue to discover more about the thermoregulation of the new find.
On a sunny day earlier this month, a heavily bundled crowd waved goodbye to a giant plane and their only physical link to the outside world as the last flight left the South Pole before the onset of Antarctic winter. The crew of about 50 researchers and assistants are now cut off for eight months.
A team of scientists launched a small rocket into an eye-popping northern lights display Saturday (Feb. 18) in an attempt to discover what makes auroras tick.
The two-stage suborbital rocket blasted off from the Poker Flat Research Range just north of Fairbanks, Ala., and reached a height of about 217 miles (349 kilometers) as part of a NASA-funded study into how the northern lights can affect signals from global positioning system (GPS) satellites and other spacecraft.
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Colorful Lizards, Angry Gods and Simple Beauty
Credit: Terry E. Zaperach, NASA
This week's Earth photos cross the earth from pole to pole. We bring you colorful lizards from hidden places, amazing snapshots of winter's coat and a farewell for a season. Check these out.
Surprisingly Shiny
Credit: Gabor Csorba.
A new lizard species has been uncovered in Cambodia, a remarkable creature with a long, snakelike body, tiny legs and scales that shimmer with a rainbow-hued iridescence.
The tiny lizard, only 3 inches from snout to tail, typically lives most of its life underground.
Feast your eyes on the work of Kenneth Libbrecht who has been capturing the glory of snow on film for more than a decade. His specialized camera is focused on individual snow crystals, revealing the astonishing beauty in a drop of water.
Researchers have discovered a new species of lizard in a strange place. The brightly colored, water-loving lizards live in the Andes Mountains in southern Peru an odd place to find them, scientists say, because of the chilly conditions. Studies continue to discover more about the thermoregulation of the new find.
On a sunny day earlier this month, a heavily bundled crowd waved goodbye to a giant plane and their only physical link to the outside world as the last flight left the South Pole before the onset of Antarctic winter. The crew of about 50 researchers and assistants are now cut off for eight months.
A team of scientists launched a small rocket into an eye-popping northern lights display Saturday (Feb. 18) in an attempt to discover what makes auroras tick.
The two-stage suborbital rocket blasted off from the Poker Flat Research Range just north of Fairbanks, Ala., and reached a height of about 217 miles (349 kilometers) as part of a NASA-funded study into how the northern lights can affect signals from global positioning system (GPS) satellites and other spacecraft.
