The Boston Globe online has a great page of 35 amazing recent photos from the International Space Station (ISS), taken by astronauts, including this strange beauty from high above Egypt:

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These stunning images are computer visualizations, made by mashing data like air traffic GPS signals from satellites, taxi cab activity, Internet activity, highway use and Internet activity with Google maps’ Mapplet technology…

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I love this photograph, from a November 12, 2008 article on China View, China reveals its 1st full map of moon surface — the giant “page” of moon surface photos, which make the two clapping men look like they’re only a few inches tall, the marching banner across the top, the orange reveal curtain dropped and disheveled to the floor of the hall, and the hint of goldish-greige curtains in the background, all of it is pitch-perfect…

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Just as depicted in the animated Pixar film wall-E, now in theaters, kipple is not only covering the earth, but filling up the space around our planet as well. ScienceDaily reports, in Swerve Left To Avoid That Satellite: The Growing Issue Of Space Debris…

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