The Best of The Best Astronomy Pictures of 2008


	The Best of The Best Astronomy Pictures of 2008
JohnWaterman
1-2-2009 4:18 PM
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1-2-2009 4:44 PM
tommy2balmy
Nice collection John. Great clip.
1-2-2009 5:30 PM
cegjazzman54
Beautiful. Great clip.
1-3-2009 3:15 AM
einbar
Beautiful collection
1-3-2009 8:53 AM
tabsey
It is great of the people making the pictures available ( good PR ) and easily clipable, not like some of the slide shows.
1-3-2009 2:13 PM
Kreuzberg-Jakob
thanks for great collection!
1-5-2009 11:46 AM
tanyamm
Fantastic! Thanks.
1-5-2009 1:39 PM
ratilfar
Most excellent!
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/41b48edf-ebc4-4dc9-88ab-2853386839cd/85B21153-54A6-4A96-8FC6-130B531CDD35/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html" href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.boston.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/0013A569-8AE5-4E2E-A5DD-6D248783D1FA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/31/best-space-images-of-2008/" href="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/31/best-space-images-of-2008/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.universetoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/31/best-space-images-of-2008/">I'll just link to them.  First, of course, is Phil Plait over at the <A href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">Bad Astronomy Blog,</A> who does his annual <A href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/17/top-ten-astronomy-pictures-of-2008/">Top Ten Astronomy Pictures</A>, and this year's choices by the BA were excellent. Next, Dave Mosher over at <A href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/">Discovery Space</A> has just put together a slideshow of his picks for the  <A href="http://dsc.discovery.com/space/slideshows/best-2008-images/index-04.html">Best Space and Astronomy Pictures of 2008.</A>  Nice job, Dave! And this just in (update 8:10 pm) — Emily Lakdawalla at the <A href="http://planetary.org/blog/">Planetary Society Blog</A> has a great selection of <A href="http://planetary.org/news/2008/1231_The_Year_in_Pictures_2008.html">The Year in Pictures 2008.</A> </blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/17/top-ten-astronomy-pictures-of-2008/" href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/17/top-ten-astronomy-pictures-of-2008/" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.discovermagazine.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/17/top-ten-astronomy-pictures-of-2008/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.discovermagazine.com/img/8FF10807-9A73-46F8-A74D-04E183BD3465" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/17/top-ten-astronomy-pictures-of-2008/" href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/17/top-ten-astronomy-pictures-of-2008/" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.discovermagazine.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/17/top-ten-astronomy-pictures-of-2008/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.discovermagazine.com/img/90F25F95-A52B-4B0F-ADB9-9CEEB07CFCFF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://planetary.org/explore/topics/mars_reconnaissance_orbiter/year2008_phoenix_hirise.html" href="http://planetary.org/explore/topics/mars_reconnaissance_orbiter/year2008_phoenix_hirise.html" style="font-size: 11px;">planetary.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://planetary.org/explore/topics/mars_reconnaissance_orbiter/year2008_phoenix_hirise.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/planetary.org/img/82E858F5-70B9-450A-BAF9-B0BD06ECBAAF" alt="Phoenix against Heimdall crater as it lands" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://planetary.org/explore/topics/earth/year2008_iss_status.html" href="http://planetary.org/explore/topics/earth/year2008_iss_status.html" style="font-size: 11px;">planetary.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://planetary.org/explore/topics/earth/year2008_iss_status.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/planetary.org/img/83EB299C-1058-4C8A-B6D1-8EACA3E770C8" alt="The International Space Station, June 11, 2008" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://planetary.org/explore/topics/mars_exploration_rovers/year2008_spirit_bonestell.html" href="http://planetary.org/explore/topics/mars_exploration_rovers/year2008_spirit_bonestell.html" style="font-size: 11px;">planetary.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://planetary.org/explore/topics/mars_exploration_rovers/year2008_spirit_bonestell.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/planetary.org/img/FCC63471-9092-4C8E-80F0-96D08499E291" alt="Bonestell Panorama, south view" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/31/best-space-images-of-2008/" href="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/31/best-space-images-of-2008/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.universetoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/31/best-space-images-of-2008/">I recently came across <A href="http://www.itvnews.tv/Blog/Blog/best-50-astronomy-pictures-of-year-2008.html">this site from and television station in India </A>that put together a list of the 50 (wow! 50!) Best Astronomy Pictures of 2008.   </blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.itvnews.tv/Blog/Blog/best-50-astronomy-pictures-of-year-2008.html" href="http://www.itvnews.tv/Blog/Blog/best-50-astronomy-pictures-of-year-2008.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.itvnews.tv</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itvnews.tv/Blog/Blog/best-50-astronomy-pictures-of-year-2008.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.itvnews.tv/img/1B26FF5F-76A3-484F-9C37-10F356068B75" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itvnews.tv/Blog/Blog/best-50-astronomy-pictures-of-year-2008.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.itvnews.tv/img/9ECAC695-FDAE-4C1F-9FE1-6AF7BA160CFC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itvnews.tv/Blog/Blog/best-50-astronomy-pictures-of-year-2008.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.itvnews.tv/img/2277378E-8D1B-408A-9C70-3903BA5C5563" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itvnews.tv/Blog/Blog/best-50-astronomy-pictures-of-year-2008.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.itvnews.tv/img/17A771AF-56CB-485B-9A66-801EAFC093CB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.itvnews.tv/Blog/Blog/best-50-astronomy-pictures-of-year-2008.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.itvnews.tv/img/4CF9C947-172F-48AB-B2EE-8A9C66DF2B35" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/31/best-space-images-of-2008/" href="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/31/best-space-images-of-2008/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.universetoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/31/best-space-images-of-2008/"><P><A href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html">The Boston Globe's The Big Picture </A>put together an <A href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html">"Advent Calendar"</A> of 25 pictures from the Hubble Space <A rel="external" title="" class="alinks_links" href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/telescopes/">Telescope</A> that is well worth the trip if you haven't already browsed through the nice and roomy images.  I think my favorite is #9.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html" href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.boston.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/4CC8DE9E-5337-413A-9782-39C65723ED7B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/BD2B017C-D266-4BA6-99A1-AF6C39B1114F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/D6DFB341-6609-4BBD-8236-8E21517EFDB5" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/DB54226F-4A8B-4605-98B9-B9A370C6444F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/0C62A9C6-7C4A-4671-95A9-32B9C4CFC16D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/2BAA93D8-D21A-4F74-970B-CE889BC194AB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/hubble_space_telescope_advent.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/0AAB4047-6F3D-4242-A0A0-7ADC1A3C0EAA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/31/best-space-images-of-2008/" href="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/31/best-space-images-of-2008/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.universetoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/12/31/best-space-images-of-2008/"><P>And finally, <A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/index.html?source=rss">National Geographic has a Top Ten Most Viewed Space Photos of 2008</A> that is very fun, too. </P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/index.html?source=rss" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/index.html?source=rss" style="font-size: 11px;">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/index.html?source=rss"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.nationalgeographic.com/img/8F6AFE73-F165-4078-BEDD-BA3FC44C801F" alt="TOP SPACE PHOTOS: Most Viewed of 2008" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo2.html" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo2.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo2.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.nationalgeographic.com/img/2C4A695F-60AA-4FB3-8177-2CBBECCBF8F1" alt="TOP SPACE PHOTOS: Most Viewed of 2008" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo3.html" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo3.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo3.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.nationalgeographic.com/img/4F517B41-93F8-4B57-A6BC-AD3DF5AE6A87" alt="TOP SPACE PHOTOS: Most Viewed of 2008" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo4.html" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo4.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo4.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.nationalgeographic.com/img/7A788C19-27A7-4B5F-A574-15F7C3E3DBED" alt="TOP SPACE PHOTOS: Most Viewed of 2008" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo5.html" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo5.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo5.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.nationalgeographic.com/img/B884B40E-C8BE-4AA5-A625-96EA44DBFEF7" alt="TOP SPACE PHOTOS: Most Viewed of 2008" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo6.html" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo6.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo6.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.nationalgeographic.com/img/B68C7B71-3CD7-4B7C-B6C6-9C5A73C726A0" alt="TOP SPACE PHOTOS: Most Viewed of 2008" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo7.html" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo7.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo7.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.nationalgeographic.com/img/B5FD5287-C770-4936-8592-B6F35FDDB9EE" alt="TOP SPACE PHOTOS: Most Viewed of 2008" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo8.html" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo8.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo8.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.nationalgeographic.com/img/754607AD-278C-4D32-8C58-C5A4AE7252A0" alt="TOP SPACE PHOTOS: Most Viewed of 2008" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo9.html" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo9.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo9.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.nationalgeographic.com/img/F14F2B3C-374C-4708-AC50-0B958C26D005" alt="TOP SPACE PHOTOS: Most Viewed of 2008" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo10.html" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo10.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/photogalleries/top-ten-space-photos/photo10.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.nationalgeographic.com/img/6CA6A8B8-1F7F-46B4-8976-C926D5F82A94" alt="TOP SPACE PHOTOS: Most Viewed of 2008" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/85B21153-54A6-4A96-8FC6-130B531CDD35/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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