A human protected by advanced technology during the first lunar landing, demonstrates knowledge developed through study of the natural sciences.
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Best Microscopic Images of 2008 Announced
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Glowing-hot carbon nanotubes form an expanding orange ball in this winning image from the 2008 Small World photomicrography competition, sponsored by Nikon and featured in an October 15 National Geographic News gallery. In nine other masterworks of magnification, a beetle danced on a pin, and drugs yielded crystal rainbows.
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Buggies Moon
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Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan drives a lunar roving vehicle (LRV) on the moon. LRVs, also called moon buggies, helped the astronauts explore more of the moon.
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Chile Volcano Erupts With Ash and Lightning
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After 9,000 years of silence, Chile's Chaiten volcano erupted, generating on May 3 what may have been a "dirty thunderstorm." These little-understood storms may be caused when rock fragments, ash, and ice particles collide to produce static charges--just as ice particles collide to create charges in regular thunderstorms.
The eruption, which continued off and on for months, forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and cattle from this corner of Patagonia.
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The Earth
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Earth seems to fill the sky in this image taken by the crew of Apollo 17 in 1972. The picture marked the first time astronauts were able to photograph the south polar ice cap.
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The Sun
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An enormous magnetic loop of hot gases creates a glowing handle on the sun. The June 9, 2002, prominence was caused by explosive instabilities in the sun's magnetic field.
