moonrise as seen from iss

Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli takes pictures from the International Space Station (ISS) such as the spectacular distorted moonrise above. Nespoli posts his pix online for your viewing pleasure--pure eye candy!

international space station's moon transit

French Astrophotographer Theirry Legault captured image, at right, of International Space Station crossing the Moon (near center of picture).  Legault took this impressive shot on December 20th from Normandy, France just a few hours before the eclipse. Please view article and more pictures at Universe Today.

pictures of dec. 21, 2010 lunar eclipse

Lunar eclipse pictures taken from around the world are available at Universe Today.

Harry Potter 7 Pics

Here below some pictures of Harry Potter 7, aka Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I:
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Movie Cast:
- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, who makes a decision to find the remaining Horcruxes, not returning for his seventh year at Hogwarts.
- Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, one of Harry's two best friends.
- Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, one of Harry's two best friends.
- Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid, the Hogwarts gamekeeper and Care of Magical Creatures teacher, Harry's first friend from the magical world.
- David Thewlis as Remus Lupin, former Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Lupin is a werewolf and a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
- Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom, a slightly nerdy friend of Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Luna.
- Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood, one of Harry's friends and member of Dumbledore's Army
- Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange, one of Voldemort's principal Death Eaters, older sister of Narcissa Malfoy, aunt to Draco, and cousin of Sirius Black, whom she murdered in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
- Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy. Isaacs considered not returning for the film, before the book was released, as he was worried Malfoy would have very little screentime due to the character's imprisonment in the previous story.
- Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy, Draco's mother and younger sister of Bellatrix.
- Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew, former member of Harry's father James's group of friends, he betrayed Harry's parents to Voldemort. Now one of Voldemort's principal Death Eaters.

Lots of interesting characters in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!
:)

Harry Potter 6 Pictures

Here below some pictures from Harry Potter 6, aka Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:
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So glad to know that there will be a new Harry Potter movie this year!
:)