See the Eclipse from Moon.

8:30AM Taiwan                                                           9:30 AM Taiwan

A totally different view of July 22, 2009 eclipse. This two images from the Japanese geostationary satellite MTSAT show the view of Earth at 8:30 a.m in Taiwan.

However this is not the image i mentioned in the title . Because of the Star Sensor failure in Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft ( The Indian Spacecraft orbiting moon ), an unnecessary media hype has followed. People started started worrying about its life and mission. It is possible to maintain the operation of the spacecraft even with the failure of one sensor. As if to silence critics, Dr Nair announced that Isro will turn Chandrayaan-1’s cameras towards the earth during the total solar eclipse of July 22 to conduct a unique study of the moon’s shadow on the earth from close to the moon[Source: Deccan Chronicle]. Keep an eye on the Chandrayaan web page, if you are interested to see the eclipse image taken from moon itself.

Update 1:

Chandrayaan beams moon’s shadow during solar eclipse

_{(Source: IANS)}
^{Published: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 at 20:26 IST}

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Bangalore: India’s first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 captured the shadow of the moon on the earth’s surface during the July 22 total solar eclipse, an Indian space agency official said Tuesday.

The images were captured by the terrain mapping camera (TMC) on board the 514-kg spacecraft, which is orbiting at 200 km above the lunar surface. [more]….

Update 2:

Beautiful images of moon’s shadow on earth, taken from moon itself are published. Here is two of those pictures from isro website.  More images are available in http://www.isro.org/pslv-c11/photos/moon_images.htm

Cannabis- Good or Bad ?

An interesting article (published recently) inJournel of Clinincal Investigation says, high doses of cannabis promote embryonic and adult hippocampus neurogenesis. which means it enables hippocampus to generate new neurons in brain throughout a human’s lifespan. This is really a good news! (link: Cannabinoids promote embryonic and adult hippocampus neurogenesis and produce anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects)

But wait. Another study published by University of Leicester researchers has found “convincing evidence” that cannabis smoke damages DNA in ways that could potentially increase the risk of cancer development in humans (link: Cannabis alters human DNA)
Let us hope someone will filter out the bad thing out of good things.

Gas storm in Jupiter

This amazing gas storm is in the gas giant in out solar system Jupiter. These cloud bands are rotating in opposite direction of planet’s rotation. The gif image is made from the collection of time laps images from approach of Voyager 1 spacecraft to Jupiter. You can also see the circulation of great red spot.