Space Gallery

NOTE: This section has been superceded by my new website www.spacecentre.nz/resources/images.


Click on the thumbnails to see each picture, most of which come with explanatory text. They're all copyright free, so download away....

The Earth from directly above New Zealand (26kb).
The World on a fine day (32kb).
Spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies (36kb).
Massive black hole at the centre of a galaxy (28kb).
Famous Hubble picture of stars being born (29kb).
Artist's digital impression of the International Space Station, when completed in 2003 (45kb).
twin comets Two comets diving into the Sun, taken by SOHO (78kb).
the sun False-colour image of the Sun, taken by SOHO (75kb).
extra-solar planet What appears to be an extra-solar planet (115kb).