Science Source December 28, 2009 DVD

A man on a deserted road stares at the starry night sky.

A man on a deserted country road looks at the night sky with binoculars.

The summer Milky Way rises before a man in this composite photo.

A man stares in awe at the wonders of the universe with the Small Magellanic Cloud (where infant stars are being formed in the Milky Way's Satellite G...

A man stares in awe at the wonders of the universe with the Small Magellanic Cloud (where infant stars are being formed in the Milky Way's Satellite G...

Composite photograph of a man standing in awe of the Helix Nebula, one of the planetary nebulas closest to Earth. The Helix Nebula, six hundred ninety...

Composite photograph of a deserted country road and the Helix Nebula, one of the planetary nebulas closest to Earth. The Helix Nebula, six hundred nin...

The planet Saturn seems to rise above a deserted country road in this composite photo. Photo of Saturn taken by the orbiting Cassini spacecraft.

A deserted country road seems to lead straight to the summer Milky Way in this composite photo.

A man on a deserted country road stands in awe of the planet Mars in this composite photo. Picture of Mars by NASA.

A man on a deserted country road stands in awe of the planet Mars in this composite photo. Picture of Mars by NASA.

The planet Mars seems to rise above a deserted country road in this composite photo.

An illustration showing a world map on a grid.

A conceptual illustration showing a "hot" world map on a grid.

Electrical transformers .An electrical transformer consists of two (or more) wire coils wrapped around the same core made of a very high magnetic perm...

White LEDs .A light-emitting diode (LED) is based on a forward-biased heterojunction and emits narrow-band radiation whose wavelength is determined by...

White LEDs.A light-emitting diode (LED) is based on a forward-biased heterojunction and emits narrow-band radiation whose wavelength is determined by...

White LEDs.A light-emitting diode (LED) is based on a forward-biased heterojunction and emits narrow-band radiation whose wavelength is determined by...

White LEDs.A light-emitting diode (LED) is based on a forward-biased heterojunction and emits narrow-band radiation whose wavelength is determined by...

White LED spectrum.Colorless or white light as perceived by eye consists of many colors or wavelengths of light. Optical intensity as a function wavel...

The solar corona appears on 22 July 2009 during the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, as seen from the Pacific Ocean in the maximum tot...

On 22 July 2009 the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century was photographed from the Pacific Ocean for over 6.5 minutes.

On 22 July 2009 the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century was photographed from the Pacific Ocean, observed for over 6.5 minutes. The image...

The Milky Way in Sahara from the World Heritage Site of Tassilli National park in southern Algeria. The bright object on upper left is planet Jupiter.

As desert scorpions begin to come out in this Sahara evening, the constellation Scorpius, rises above a group of Saharan man (Tuareg people) and sceni...

On 22 July 2009 the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century was photographed from the Pacific Ocean, observed for over 6.5 minutes. The image...

A satellite image of Sumatra, Indonesia, before and after the devasting earthquake and tsunami of December 26th, 2004. The epicentre of the quake was...

Wind turbines at the Altamont Pass Wind Farm in the Diablo Range, in Northern California. Wind power is a viable resource for non-polluting energy.

Wind turbines at the Altamont Pass Wind Farm in the Diablo Range, in Northern California. Wind power is a viable resource for non-polluting energy.

Wind turbines at the Altamont Pass Wind Farm in the Diablo Range, in Northern California. Wind power is a viable resource for non-polluting energy.

Wind turbines at the Altamont Pass Wind Farm in the Diablo Range, in Northern California. Wind power is a viable resource for non-polluting energy.

Wind turbines at the Altamont Pass Wind Farm in the Diablo Range, in Northern California. Wind power is a viable resource for non-polluting energy.

Wind turbines at the Altamont Pass Wind Farm in the Diablo Range, in Northern California. Wind power is a viable resource for non-polluting energy.

Wind turbines at the Altamont Pass Wind Farm in the Diablo Range, in Northern California. Wind power is a viable resource for non-polluting energy.

Snowcapped Mauna Loa volcano is the largest volcano on earth, rising to an impressive height of nearly 14,000 feet. It's a massive shield volcano and...

2008 Conjunction (close pairing of solar system objects) of Venus and Jupiter in Sagittarius. This shot shows the brilliant planet Venus and less brig...

2008 Conjunction (close pairing of solar system objects) of Venus and Jupiter in Sagittarius. This shot shows the brilliant planet Venus and less brig...

Conjunction (close pairing of solar system objects) of Venus and Jupiter. This shot shows the brilliant planet Venus and less bright Jupiter approachi...

2008 Conjunction (close pairing of solar system objects) of Venus and Jupiter in Sagittarius. This shot shows the brilliant planet Venus and less brig...

2008 Conjunction (close pairing of solar system objects) of the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter over Hawaii. This shot shows the brilliant planet Venus and l...

The great 2008 conjunction (close gathering of solar system objects) of Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon. This telephoto shot shows the crescent Moon (wit...

This view of snowcapped Mauna Loa Volcano is from the eastern lip of Kilauea caldera, at Kilauea Iki. Kilauea Volcano can be seen erupting steam from...

A new vent at Kilauea's summit crater (Halemaumau) erupts ash and steam in the dawn. Snowcapped Mauna Loa Volcano, the largest on Earth, looms in the...

Mauna Loa Volcano looms behind the Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory, which sits on the 4,200 foot summit of Kilauea Volcano. Mauna Loa is much larger, b...

A meteor, or shooting star, flashes against the night sky above the erupting Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Kilauea, one of the wo...

A gibbous Moon (three quarter full) rises over the erupting steam and ash plume at the summit of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. Kilauea, a shield volcano...

The International Space Station enters the Earth's Shadow over the erupting Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. The Space Station's trail dims toward the lower...

This massive, 100 foot littoral (or steam) explosion occurred when hot lava entered the sea along the Kalapana shoreline on the southeast coast of Haw...

This massive littoral, or steam, explosion occurred when hot lava entered the sea along the Kalapana shoreline on the Southeast coast of Hawaii. The i...

This image shows incandescent lava fragments falling to earth from a 200 foot high eruption column. The cloud is mostly steam and ash created when hot...