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NSSDC Photo Gallery: Earth (Popularity:  )
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-earth.html
Selected images from the space, with captions.
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Welcome to the Planets: Earth (Popularity: )
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/earth.htm
Includes a planetary profile and some pictures.
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Earth Observatory: The Blue Marble (Popularity: )
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/
Detailed true-color images of the entire planet.
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The Solar System in Action: Earth (Popularity: )
http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/earth.html
General information about the planet and some pictures.
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Views of the Solar System: Earth (Popularity: )
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/earth.htm
Views from the space, animations, general information and data.
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Windows to the Universe: Earth (Popularity: )
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/earth/earth.html
An overview of the planet and its moon including general information, data, pictures, news, historical and mythological background.
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Info on The Planet Earth (Popularity: )
http://www.facts-about.org.uk/science-planet-earth-planet-info.htm
Brief facts about the Earth.
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The Nine Planets: Earth (Popularity: )
http://www.nineplanets.org/earth.html
General information, some statistical data and links.
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MoonBase7 (Popularity: )
http://www.moonbase7.com/
Facts, missions, phases, news, links. Also dedicated to the space in general and robotics.
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The Moon Illusion Explained (Popularity: )
http://facstaff.uww.edu/mccreadd/
Why our satellite looks big at the horizon and smaller when higher up.
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Lunarsat Info Page (Popularity: )
http://www.lunarsat.de/
Multimedia presentation of the European space mission to investigate the south pole for its suitability for the first permanent human ...
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The Solar System in Action: Moon (Popularity: )
http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/moon.html
General information about the satellite, the eclipses and the phases, presented in a popular language.
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Keith's Moon Page (Popularity: )
http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/
A collection of facts, phases, folklore and photographs.
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Interactive Map of the Moon (Popularity: )
http://www.penpal.ru/astro/
The visible and the hidden side. Includes games and basic information about the satellite and the lunar missions.
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Moon Page (Popularity: )
http://www.moonpage.com/
Some facts, quotations, trivia chosen at random.
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NYTimes.com - Moon's Dust Hides a Throbbing Heart (Popularity: )
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/14/science/space/14MOON.html
Laser-ranging measurements indicate that the moon is a bit flexible, hinting at a molten interior. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to ...
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What's a Blue Moon? (Popularity: )
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/moon/article_127_1.asp
From Sky and Telescope magazine. Explains what it is and when the phenomenon happens.
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Space.com: More Moons Around Earth? (Popularity: )
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/second_moon_991029.html
Article describing the asteroid Cruithne, and orbital motions at gravitational balance points in space that temporarily pull asteroids into Earth ...
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Summer Moon Illusion (Popularity: )
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/24jun_moonillusion.htm?list661644
An explanation of the illusion that the Moon, low on the horizon, is actually bigger then when seen higher in ...
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Dyson's Animated Moon (Popularity: )
http://www.mariannedyson.com/moon.htm
Interative moon map (Flash based) with brief information about various features.
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