The Big Picture year 2008 in photographs

I love pictures and they are relatively easy to blog about. You see them then you show them. It is also the time of year for 2008 best of list so when I come across something like this I naturally.


This is the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana. This photo was taken in southern Chile May 2, 2008 by Carlos Gutierrez


The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from Kennedy Space Center on May 31, 2008. Photo by Eliot J. Schechter.


A polar bear is drying off in St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-Felicien, Quebec on March 6, 2008. Photographed by Mathieu Belanger.


Although this picture was released November 7, 2008 by the Big Wave Awards in Sydney the picture was taken July 6 by Andrew Buckley.


Here are some of the Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2008.


No, this is Mercury and not the Moon. Taken as the MESSENGER spacecraft departed the planet for the second time.


Spiral Art - This image was taken by Vicent Peris using the 3.5 meter telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory in southern Spain.

Please visit these websites for larger pictures with better explanations.