Things that capture the nature of this world….
In Pakistan, a 14 year-old girl, Malala Yousafzai, was shot in the head by Taliban militants in response to her promotion of secularism, the BBC reports.
The girl, who with her father have promoted the education of girls and women in Afghanistan, wrote a diary for the BBC in 2009 when she was 11.
Videos of Malali Yousafzai can be found below.
Some amazing NASA footage of a long filament of solar material erupting out of the Sun’s corona recorded late in August. This article is a little late, but is well worthwhile posting.
Some great images from the Cassini spacecraft have been released by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
An image of Saturn captured by the Cassini spacecraft (click on image to see full resolution)
Image Title: “Angling Saturn”
Date Captured: 15th June, 2012
Image size: 1020×1020 pixels
Image Scale: 17km per pixel
Details: This is an image of Saturn with its moon Enceladus, some 504km across, appearing in the bottom right hand corner of the image as a bright speck.
More Information: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
An image of Saturn’s moon Titan, captured by the Cassini spacecraft (click on image to see full resolution)
Image Title: “Polar Vortex in Color”
Date Captured: 25th July, 2012
Image size: 652×1239 pixels
Image Scale: 6km per pixel
Details: Cassini observes a recently formed vortex at Titan’s south pole. This is a natural colour image constructed from images taken with red, green and blue spectral filters.
More Information: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
A closeup of Titan’s southern polar vortex, captured by the Cassini spacecraft (click on image to see full resolution)
Image Title: “Titan’s Colorful South polar Vortex”
Date Captured: 27th June, 2012
Image size: 479×515 pixels
Image Scale: 3km per pixel
Details: This natural colour image shows the swirling vortex occupying Titan’s south pole. Titan has a diameter of 5,150km.
More Information: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
An image of Titan looking from the night side, captured by the Cassini spacecraft (click on image to see full resolution)
Image Title: “A Ring of Color”
Date Captured: Unknown
Image size: 914×914 pixels
Image Scale: 13km per pixel
Details: Looking back towards Cassini from its night side, sunlight is visible scattering through Titan’s atmosphere.
More Information: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
Learn more about the Cassini scpacecraft and Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn @ NASA
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