NASA announces 12 impressive astronomical pictures of 2007

A beautiful astronomical photo introduction site NASA updates everyday "Astronomy Picture of the Day". Among them, a total of 12 impressive astronomical pictures were picked up and announced. Various pictures are gathered from fantastic things to those that feel magnificent scale.

Details are as belowAPOD 2007: Astronomy Pictures of the Year for 2007

A grand tailed comet seen right after sunset in the Southern Hemisphere

Credit & amp; Copyright: Robert H. McNaught

The Albos mountains that the moonlight illuminates

Credit & amp; Copyright: Babak Tafreshi

Saturn passing behind the full moon

Credit & amp; Copyright: Pete Lawrence (Digital-Astronomy)

Pleiades cluster that reflects light by cosmic dust

Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, J. Stauffer (SSC, Caltech)

Swirl galaxy NGC 1672

Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA) Hubble Heritage (STScI / AURA); Acknowledgment: L. Jenkins (GSFC / U. Leicester)

Valley of DeathNight view of

Credit: Dan Duriscoe, U.S. National Park Service

The eyes of Mer career with two galaxies

Credit & amp; Copyright: Ken Crawford (Rancho Del Sol Observatory)

Expanded International Space Station

Credit: STS - 117 Shuttle Crew, NASA

Deneb shining in the northern part of the Statue of Liberty

Credit & amp; Copyright: Robert Gendler

Saturn satellite on one side dark Iapetus

Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA

Victoria · crater of about 800 meters in diameter on Mars

Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission, Cornell, JPL, NASA

The comet of Holmes leaping the tail of the blue ion

Credit & amp; Copyright: Ivan Eder and (inset) Paolo Berardi