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Jason Major

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Space exploration aficionado and occasional NASA image processor.
Rhode Island, USA lightsinthedark.com Joined January 2010
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Jason Major @JPMajor
Mimas in front of Saturn, captured with Cassini by the Cassini Imaging Team 22 years ago today on November 7, 2004. The dark bands are the shadows of Saturn's rings on the planet's northern hemisphere, which had a blue tint during its late winter season.
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This is a view of the surface of asteroid Ryugu captured by the MASCOT probe during its descent on October 3, 2018 after separation from Japan's Hayabusa-2 spacecraft. The area in the foreground spans about 29 cm/11.4 inches across.
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Here's a little picture I worked on a few years back
NASA Universe Verified account @NASAUniverse Sep 14
The supernova responsible for the Crab Nebula was observed in 1054 and cataloged as a “guest star” by Chinese astronomers. Over the past two decades, we’ve been able to map the changes in the cloud of debris left behind by this explosion. #MondayMotivation
This composite image of the Crab Nebula combines X-ray and infrared light from NASA’s Chandra and Webb telescopes. The nebula is an oval with a complex interior structure against a black background. On its exterior are curtains of glowing red and orange fluffy material. Its interior shell has large-scale loops of mottled filaments of yellow-white and green, studded with clumps and knots. Nestled within is a blue and purple shape resembling a spinning toy top made of white wispy clouds, resting on its side. In the center is a ball of brilliant white light, which is the neutron star. It is the remnant of the star that exploded to create this nebula. From the bottom of the neutron star, a jet of matter is rushing downward, like scalding hot steam being released from a valve. The image is watermarked “Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared: NASA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Major.”
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