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Create your own HTE exhibit with these free-rights images from Wikimedia Commons and various NASA Missions that we have chosen for each topic. Please take note that these images, though all free to use, still require a credit when you apply them to your project. We will provide the correct credit below each image. For example: (Credit: Author Name).
When Atoms Collide.Light that does not pass.Where the winds Blows. |
The Flow of Electric Charge.The Shape of Speed.Bending of Light. |
Pillars of Erosion.Seeding the Environment. |
When Atoms Collide.
Atoms, the building blocks of matter, are constantly in motion, moving around at speeds that are thousands of miles per hour at room temperature, and millions of miles per hour behind a supernova shock wave.
Neon Sign
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Violetbonmua) |
Neon Sign
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Lestat (Jan Mehlich)) |
Aurora Borealis
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - United States Air Force) |
Aurora Borealis
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - United States Government) |
Supernova Remnant - N132D
(Credit: NASA/CXC/NCSU/K.J.Borkowski et al.) |
Supernova Remnant - Cassiopeia A
(Credit: NASA/CXC/MIT/UMass Amherst/M.D.Stage et al.) |
Light that does not pass.
You are relaxing with a book on a nice sunny day when a friend leans over your shoulder and the page goes dark. "Hey, you're blocking my light!" Any time an object blocks the light from another source, it forms a shadow.
Shadows
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Victor van Werkhooven) |
Shadows
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Purityofspirit) |
Lunar Eclipse
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Juan lacruz) |
Lunar Eclipse
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - רבלבוֹ) |
Europa Casting a Shadow on Jupiter
(Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona) |
Io, Ganymede, & Calisto Casts shadows on Jupiter
(Credit: NASA, ESA, and Erich Karkoschka (University of Arizona)) |
Where the wind blows.
On Earth, winds can blow briefly during a storm, and over long time scales, as in the jet stream. Winds have also been detected on other planets, in the space between stars, and in galaxies.
Blown Dandelion
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - John Liu) |
Blown Dandelion
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Erlend Schei) |
Comet Hale-Bopp
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons) |
Comet Hale-Bopp
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Hans Bernhard (Schnobby)) |
Starburst Galaxy - M82
(Credit: NASA/CXC/Wesleyan/R.Kilgard et al.) |
The flow of electric charge.
Electric discharge can occur wherever there is a large build-up of electric charge, and can create spectacular displays of sudden energy release on Earth and in space.
Welder
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Mass Communication Specialist |
Welder
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - William M. Plate Jr.) |
Lightning
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Ziemor at pl.wikipedia) |
Lightning
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Emmanuel Boutet) |
Nebula - B1509
(Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/P.Slane, et al.) |
The shape of speed.
Bow waves are familiar sights in front of boats, and can be also formed in the atmosphere and in space when objects move more rapidly than the speed of waves in their liquid or gas environments.
Bow Wave
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - AlfvanBeem) |
Bow Wave
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Arnold Paul) |
Shockwave
(Credit: Ensign John Gay, USS Constellation, U.S. Navy ) |
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Orion Nebula
(Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)) |
Bullet Cluster
(Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/M.Markevitch et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI; Magellan/U.Arizona/D.Clowe et al.) |
Bending of light.
When the path of a light ray is bent, the image of the light source becomes distorted. For example, light paths can be bent through the lenses of eyeglasses or through the warping of space by a cluster of galaxies.
Lensing
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Joe Mabel) |
Lensing
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Niabot) |
Lensing
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Commander John |
Lensing
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Jerry Segraves) |
Gravitational Lensing
(Credit: NASA, N. Benitez (JHU), T. Broadhurst (Racah |
Pillars of Erosion.
The relentless action of winds slowly carve away at the environment, leaving behind sculptures from erosion. Microchip fabrication uses particle beams to erode material and create structures on the surface. Prolonged wind erosion in deserts leaves behind columns of dense rock. Winds from bright stars blow away their surroundings to unveil dense regions of gas from which stars are forming.
Chip
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Futase_tdkr) |
Chip
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Gona.eu) |
Pinnacles of Australia
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - HjalmarGerbig) |
The Grand Canyon of the United States
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - chensiyuan) |
Gas Pillars in the eagle Nebula (M16)
(Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, J. Hester and P. Scowen |
Dust Pillars of the Carina Nebula
(Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (U. California, Berkeley) et al., |
Seeding the Environment.
The growth of new structures depends on the introduction of novel material into an environment. Bees distribute pollen from one plant to another, promoting reproduction in plants. Farmers seed and fertilize soil to enable the growth of selected crops. Oxygen, iron and other heavy elements necessary for the formation of planets are distributed into interstellar space by supernova explosions.
Bee Pollenating
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Jon Sullivan) |
Bee Pollenating
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Ragesoss) |
Farmer
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - David Baldi) |
Farmer
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons - Antoine Taveneaux) |
Supernova - G292.0+1.8
(Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State/S.Park et al.; |
Supernova - SN 1006
(Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/G.Cassam-Chenaï, |
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