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Today, because of man's inquisition for more knowledge, there have been lots of discoveries about the solar system. Due to the advance evolution in taking pictures through the satellite and various aerospace missions, there had been a great contribution in achieving mankind's quest for vivid and sundry pictures of planets, solar system objects and the solar system itself.
These days there are a lot of available media that offer magnificent and clearer pictures of the outer space such as virtual guided tours, different websites, multimedia presentations, and through different online professional labs. It does not only provide pictures of planets but also other specified solar system objects such as the sun, comets, asteroids, stars, and moons.
In the past, only CD-ROMS were there and print-outs can be obtained by paying $7 or more plus $5 handling charges. But because of the innovations made in technology, even voice-overs are available online where you can view new pictures of planets, captured by different aerospace missions like the Mars Global Surveyor, Galileo and Cassini space craft, and Mars Pathfinder.
In addition to man's search for more information, NASA's Hubble has also taken a close shot of new moons and rings that surrounds Uranus. It also released various pictures that showed possible new moons around Pluto and other moon reservoir. Hubble telescope had also captured a picture of Mars kicking up the dust as it moves nearer to the Earth. And because of Hubble's success in providing a better look around the solar system, a movie was even made about Neptune's Dynamic Atmosphere. Also the biggest discovered asteroid, Observation of Ceres, revealed that it might be a miniature planet with ice as its water.
With credits to various space missions, there have been plenty and new pictures of the most prominent feature of the solar system, the sun. Pictures taken showed that the sun's disk can lodge over 100 Earth and its inside can hold more than 1 million Earth.
These pictures can now be viewed or printed out directly through or from various websites, thanks to the researchers. The display of these planet pictures also gives a precise idea to future generation of how to invest their skills and ideas for the search of new world. Energy crisis is the main issue of this world as many countries is trying to find alternative resource of energy to survive in this society. The use of picture planets will provide them a motivation of moving toward the search of new worlds.
