{"id":777195,"date":"2024-02-14T09:39:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=777195"},"modified":"2024-02-14T09:39:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:39:54","slug":"we-heart-the-earth-and-sky-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=777195","title":{"rendered":"We heart the Earth and sky! PHOTOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We Heart the Earth and Sky!\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MU6atX1PduI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Happy Valentine\u2019s Day! We\u2019re sharing the love by celebrating some of the many heart-shaped objects you can find from way out in the depths of space to closer to our neighborhood in the solar system to right here on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>2024 lunar calendars on sale now. Makes a great gift! Check it out here.<\/p>\n<h3>Heart shapes in space<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_465549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-465549\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-465549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2 merging Antennae galaxies (NGC 4038 and NGC 4039) form a shape like a heart. Long tails stream outward as a result of the merger. Our universe is no stranger to heart shapes in nature. Image via ESA\/ Hubble\/ Robert Gendler.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_465555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-465555\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/02\/The_Heart_nebula_ESA-Hubble-and-NASA-e1707832750919.jpg\" alt=\"A red heart shape made of gas and dust with scattered stars.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-465555\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-465555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Heart Nebula lies 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. It gets its heart shape from hot stars at the center that are emanating radiation. Image via ESA\/ NASA\/ Hubble.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354195\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/Pluto-July-13-2015-NASA-APL-SwRI-e1612750820452.jpg\" alt=\"A beige and black planet in space with a large heart-shaped light area at bottom.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-354195\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We love Pluto, too! The New Horizons mission, which swept closest to Pluto on July 13, 2015, revealed unique surface markings including this light-colored area that traces out a huge heart on the planet. Image via NASA\/ APL\/ SwRI.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354196\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/Mars-Heart-Craters-Feb-14-2004-NASAJPLMalin-Space-ScienceSystems-e1612750567514.jpg\" alt=\"Orbital view of 10 varied heart-shaped craters in pinkish landscapes.\" width=\"650\" height=\"975\" class=\"size-full wp-image-354196\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mars has a lot of heart! These 10 images of craters with distinctive heart shapes were taken by the Mars Global Surveyor between 2001 and 2004. Image via NASA\/ JPL\/ Malin Space Science Systems.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354198\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/Heart-on-the-Moon-Nov-19-1969-Apollo-12-scaled-e1612751124304.jpg\" alt=\"Rocky gray ground with a shallow hole with the shape of a heart, and there are space-suited legs at the top of the image.\" width=\"800\" height=\"787\" class=\"size-full wp-image-354198\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Let\u2019s show a little love to this petite heart-shaped depression in the moon\u2019s surface, photographed during the Apollo 12 extravehicular activity on November 19, 1969. The legs of astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. can be seen in the background. Image via NASA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Finding love on Earth<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354200\" style=\"width: 653px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/Galesnjak-Island-Croatia-Atlas-Obscura.jpg\" alt=\"A heart-shaped island surrounded by blue water.\" width=\"653\" height=\"390\" class=\"size-full wp-image-354200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/Galesnjak-Island-Croatia-Atlas-Obscura.jpg 653w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/Galesnjak-Island-Croatia-Atlas-Obscura-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/Galesnjak-Island-Croatia-Atlas-Obscura-640x382.jpg 640w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/Galesnjak-Island-Croatia-Atlas-Obscura-190x113.jpg 190w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/Galesnjak-Island-Croatia-Atlas-Obscura-140x84.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back down on Earth, we find this heart-shaped island in the Republic of Croatia that\u2019s just 164 feet (50 meters) wide. It\u2019s Galesnjak, nicknamed Lover\u2019s Island. This lovely shot was taken by ALOS, Japan\u2019s Earth observation satellite. Image via ESA\/ Arya Stone\/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_465550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-465550\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/tamara-bravo-Maui-heart-shaped-rock-2019-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"A rock with a window shaped like a heart by the seaside.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-465550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/tamara-bravo-Maui-heart-shaped-rock-2019-unsplash.jpg 800w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/tamara-bravo-Maui-heart-shaped-rock-2019-unsplash-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/tamara-bravo-Maui-heart-shaped-rock-2019-unsplash-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-465550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was the famous heart-shaped hole in the rock in Maui, Hawaii. Tamara Bravo captured the Nakalele Blowhole in July 2019, before it was destroyed by the relentless pounding of the waves in January 2020. Image via Tamara Bravo\/ Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354202\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2021\/02\/annie-pm-DXdehLl0O4g-unsplash-scaled-e1612754345929.jpg\" alt=\"Pink heart-shaped blossoms hanging from an arc-shaped stem.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-354202\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heart-shaped leaves are common on Earth, and sometimes you can find heart-shaped blooms, too, such as this bleeding heart plant. Image via annie pm\/ Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_465553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-465553\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/02\/swans-heart-shape-sarka-krnavkova-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Swans on a pond with 2 holding heads together, their necks making a heart shape.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-465553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/02\/swans-heart-shape-sarka-krnavkova-unsplash.jpg 800w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/02\/swans-heart-shape-sarka-krnavkova-unsplash-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2024\/02\/swans-heart-shape-sarka-krnavkova-unsplash-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-465553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of a swan\u2019s courtship ritual is to face each other and bow their heads, forming a heart shape with their necks. Swans mate for life. Image via Sarka Krnavkova\/ Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bottom line: The shape of hearts is ubiquitous in the universe, as we can see in these photos from small petals on Earth to galaxies in the distant universe.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cp-load-after-post\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post-author\">\n<h4>Kelly Kizer Whitt<\/h4>\n<p>                    View Articles\n                  <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-tags\">\n<h6 data-udy-fe=\"text_7c58270d\">About the Author:<\/h6>\n<p>Kelly Kizer Whitt has been a science writer specializing in astronomy for more than two decades. She began her career at Astronomy Magazine, and she has made regular contributions to AstronomyToday and the Sierra Club, among other outlets. Her children\u2019s picture book, Solar System Forecast, was published in 2012. She has also written a young adult dystopian novel titled A Different Sky. When she is not reading or writing about astronomy and staring up at the stars, she enjoys traveling to the national parks, creating crossword puzzles, running, tennis, and paddleboarding. Kelly lives in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/space\/heart-shaped-objects-in-nature-space-earth-valentines-day\/?rand=772280\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Valentine\u2019s Day! 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