The World’s Smallest Snowman Stands Less Than 3 Microns Tall.  The Snowman Was Fabricated From Three

Sharpless 308: Star Bubble by Anis Abdul

Space View by (Caras Ionut)

Jupiter’s Galilean Moons

Io - Jupiter’s volcanic moon

Europa -  Jupiter’s icy moon

Ganymede - Jupiter’s (and the solar system’s) largest moon

Callisto -  Jupiter’s heavily cratered moon

Made using: Celestia, Screen2Gif & GIMP Based on: @spaceplasma‘s solar system gifs Profile sources: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets, http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/joviansatfact.html

ice flower

by Denny Bitte

the suffering of everyman :^(

Iceland

by: Craig Howes

Snoqualmie Pass // Matt Kuma

落書き | 雨陌 [pixiv] 

Lightning Appreciation Post:

There are nearly 500 lightning strikes every second around the world.

Only about 100 of these strike the earth, the others are between and within the clouds themselves.

Lightning is very visible from space (last gif from Astronaut Reid Wiseman)

Besides regular storms (thunder storms, hurricanes, etc.) lightning can be found in volcanoes (gif 3) and even intense forest fires.

In conclusion: nature is fucking awesome!

March 2, 1979 – Astonishing glimpses of planet Jupiter made by the Voyager 1 space probe. (NASA)