Space debris in pictures...


	Space debris in pictures...
balthazarus
2-17-2009 3:08 AM
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Unbelievable...
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2-17-2009 8:15 AM
shaor
what goes up must come down!
2-17-2009 9:16 AM
tanyamm
That last picture is something else! We should all be scared, very scared.
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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/68351f4b-4d76-440b-996a-55b0f7e173a9/90D62AF8-A8B0-43C0-81DC-2D103C432568/" 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.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169126" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169126" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169126"><H1>		
	Space debris <SPAN class="count">(11 pictures)</SPAN></H1></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.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169126"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/7791BB72-444A-4C2C-823C-A92AF7A99EFC" alt="Space debris: External fuel tank of the space shuttle Discovery falls back to earth." /></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.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169126">The external fuel tank of the orbiter falls back to earth after detaching from the space shuttle Discovery in July 2005.</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.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169130" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169130" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169130"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/F8B2006A-F6A8-433F-9AA9-8E617BFBE529" alt="Space debris: Spherical object which fell from the disintegrating Space Shuttle Columbia." /></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.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169130">People gather around a spherical object, which may be a hydrogen containment tank, on a chicken farm in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA in 2003</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.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169138" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169138" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169138"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/7BF06B78-59D5-4A3B-89BF-3E3C52727258" alt="Space debris: Wreckage from the downed Skylab." /></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.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169138">A US Customs official inspects the largest piece of wreckage from the downed Skylab at the San Francisco International Airport, California, in July 1979. The one-ton piece wreckage was found in Australia</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://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169122" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169122" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343170038"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/CC28CF08-3048-4BD0-BC35-95D5F806DA74" alt="Space debris: Fallen Space Junk in Australia" /></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.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343170038">a ball of twisted metal, purported to be fallen space junk</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; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/feb/12/spacetechnology-spaceexploration?picture=343169120"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/E4A50BD9-2A30-46B8-88D4-AF2FEFA0C5C4" alt="Space debris: A metal ball that fell from the sky in South Africa." /></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; 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