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The 1903 Wright Flyer and Beyond

The 1903 Flyer was the first aircraft to make a successful, controllable, heavier-than-air flight. View the Flyer at different angles, the customized lightweight motor, and other related images for a complete picture of this breakthrough in aircraft…

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Cellular Mitosis

Mitosis is the series of visible changes that occur in the nucleus and chromosomes of non-gamete-producing plant and animal cells as they divide. This Image Gallery exhibit depicts these events using state-of-the art microscopy and digital image…

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Developing the Flyer

From the inspiration of a toy helicoptor to glider tests at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, view photographic documentation of the Wright Brothers' attempts at human flight and the stages toward a final successful aircraft. View launches and landings,…

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Mars Exploration by Land

NASA's twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity set down on the surface of Mars in January 2004. After meeting the 90-day goal, both rovers continued to dig, measure, observe, photograph, and explore the rough terrain. This Image Gallery showcases images…

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Mars Exploration by Orbit

The European Space Agency's (ESA) first mission to Mars, called Mars Express, was launched June 2, 2003 and entered an orbit around the planet by December 25. This Image Gallery exhibits a number of images of Mars captured by the High Resolution…

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Mountain Glaciers

Glaciers in cold mountain regions are key indicators of global climate change. This Image Gallery exhibits glaciers, their behavior, and influence on the surrounding environment. View mountain glaciers dramatically shaping our landscapes around the…

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Pioneers of Flight

Otto Lilienthal and Octave Chanute were the pioneers of flight who most influenced and inspired Orville and Wilbur Wright. Photographs of Lilienthal, a German engineer, depict his flying attempts in various gliders before his career was cut short in…

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Supernova Remnants

A supernova is the explosive death of a star. This Image Gallery exhibit shows optical, x-ray, and radio images of five famous supernova remnants of varying ages, from the extremely young (SN 1987A, at just over 15 years old) to the very old (Vela…

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Venomous Fishes

In 2006, evolutionary biologists at the American Museum of Natural History conducted a phylogenetic analysis of spiny-rayed teleost fishes. They discovered that at least a thousand more venomous fish species inhabit worldwide aqautic ecosystems—a…

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Wilbur Wright's letter to Octave Chanute

Wilbur Wright asks for help from the respected engineer, Octave Chanute, in May of 1900. View all five pages of this original handwritten letter, which provides remarkable insight into the approach the Wright Brothers were planning to take in…

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from article Deep inelastic collisions

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Deep inelastic collision between an electron and a proton, where the nucleon is viewed either (a) as a blob that breaks up or (b) as composed of quarks, one of which is ejected by elastic scattering with the electron.

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from article Nose cone

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Flow about slender body.

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Flow about blunt body.

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from article Optical prism

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Optical prism, consisting of a refracting medium bounded by two surfaces. Dispersion of light into its component colors is shown. (After W. J. Smith, Modern Optical Engineering, 3d ed., SPIE Press–McGraw-Hill, 2000)

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from article Optical prism

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System of two Porro prisms, used to invert the image in traditional binoculars. (After R. E. Hopkins and R. Hanau, U.S. Military Handbook for Optical Design, republished by Sinclair Optics, 1987)

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from article Optical prism

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Pentaprism, used in single lens reflex cameras. (a) Perspective view, showing how the prism deviates light through an angle of 90° without inverting or reverting the image. (b) Ray diagram. (After R. E. Hopkins and R. Hanau, U.S. Military Handbook…

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Set of two thin prisms, known as optical wedges, which can be used as an alignment device. (After P. R. Yoder, Jr., Non-image forming optical components, in Geometrical Optics, SPIE Proc., 531:206–220, 1985)

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from article Authigenic minerals

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Calcite concretion formed in Paleocene marine siltstone, Moeraki beach, New Zealand. Uncemented siltstone has been eroded away by wave action. Concretion is about 2 m (7 ft) in diameter, which is unusually large.

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Scanning electron micrograph of authigenic kaolinite. The clay mineral formed from dissolution of calcic feldspar in a Miocene sandstone, San Joaquin basin, California.

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Scanning electron micrograph of clinoptilolite zeolite (white crystals) on smectite-coated (dark background) sand grains. Sample is from Paleocene volcanic sandstone, Baja California, Mexico.

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