{"id":791,"date":"2012-03-15T07:06:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T15:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/blog\/?p=791"},"modified":"2024-01-04T08:36:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T16:36:51","slug":"space-the-desktop-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/?p=791","title":{"rendered":"Space, The Desktop Image"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I love those big, full resolution images that NASA makes accessible to the humans of the internet. Since they are often available in high resolution they make for an amazing source of gorgeous, varied and virtually endless selection of desktop images. I am always frustrated finding and keeping tracks of the wide range of repositories for these graphics. Here are some of the hot spots where you can access high resolution, freely downloadable space imagery.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/EST.700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1515\" title=\"EST.700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/EST.700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/EST.700-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/esa-mmg\/mmg.pl?b=b&amp;keyword=envisat&amp;start=1\">ESA Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>European Space Agency launched an 8-ton satellite called Envisat that would deliver back to Earth some of the most beautiful images of our planet taken from space.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mercury.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1517\" title=\"mercury\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mercury.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/mercury-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tothemoon.ser.asu.edu\/gallery\/mercury\">Mercury Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Recently released high resolution images from Nasa&#8217;s Mercury and Gemini Missions<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gemini.111.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1516\" title=\"gemini.111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gemini.111.png 600w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gemini.111-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tothemoon.ser.asu.edu\/gallery\/gemini\">Gemini Mission<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">GRIN is the Great Images in NASA collection, a large depository of NASA images, just start browsing around to discover stuff like this:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/apollo.grin_-932x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1512\" title=\"apollo.grin_500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/apollo.grin_-932x1024.jpg 932w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/apollo.grin_-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/apollo.grin_-768x844.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/apollo.grin_.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/grin.hq.nasa.gov\/subject.html\">GRIN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Oh, and here is a collection of Apollo only imagery<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/apollo_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1514\" title=\"apollo_500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/apollo_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/apollo_500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/apollo_500-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wms.lroc.asu.edu\/apollo\/browse\/\">Apollo Image Archive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">And how about a great NASA image conduit brought to you by the wonderful folks over at The Internet Archive.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/nasa.internetarchive.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1518\" title=\"nasa.internetarchive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/nasa.internetarchive.jpg 761w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/nasa.internetarchive-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/nasa.internetarchive-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nasaimages.org\/\">NASA Images<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">NASA has an &#8220;image of the day&#8221; and it is usually worth a peek, here is a repository of them all.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/nasa.pickofday_700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1519\" title=\"nasa.pickofday_700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/nasa.pickofday_700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/nasa.pickofday_700-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/archivepix.html\">NASA Pick of the day<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This just popped up, a great Flickr page from NASA called NASA on the commons.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/5278072336_fc4b75d1f4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1510\" title=\"5278072336_fc4b75d1f4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/5278072336_fc4b75d1f4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/5278072336_fc4b75d1f4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/5278072336_fc4b75d1f4-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44494372@N05\">NASA on The Commons<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6665388195_2104182c56.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1511\" title=\"6665388195_2104182c56\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6665388195_2104182c56.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6665388195_2104182c56-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/astro_andre\/\">Andre Kuipers Flickr Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Dutch astronaut and physician Andre Kuipers brought his camera aboard the International Space Station and took some photos in his spare time. OK, these should keep you busy for awhile, if and when I find more collections I will post them here. If you have some to offer, please feel free to let me know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love those big, full resolution images that NASA makes accessible to the humans of the internet. Since they are often available in high resolution they make for an amazing source of gorgeous, varied and virtually endless selection of desktop images. 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